The 7 Laws of Scaling with Jim Huffman

Jim is joined by his good friend and EO forum mate, Adam Weiler. Adam shares some amazing insights from successes and mistakes he's made during his time as an agency and SaaS owner.
 
TOPICS DISCUSSED IN TODAY’S EPISODE

• Micro Conf takeaways
• Shooting your shot
• Starting an agency from scratch
• The power of making mistakes 
• Finding and convincing the key person
• Merging experience with existing culture
• Agency >> SAAS
• Productivity hack (kids)

Resources:

• Adam Weiler on Twitter
• Sunken Stone
• Jim Huffman website
• Jim's Twitter
• GrowthHit
• The Growth Marketer's Playbook

Additional episodes you might enjoy:

• Startup Ideas by Paul Graham (#45)
• Nathan Barry: How to Bootstrap a Company to $30M in a Crowded Market (#41)
• How I Met My Biz Partner and Less Learned Hitting $2M ARR (#44)
• Ryan Hamilton on his Netflix special, touring with Jerry Seinfeld, & how to write a joke (#10)
• How We're Validating Startup Ideas (#51)

Jim is joined by 4 impressive thought leaders in the productized services space to really break down and demystify this lucrative business sector. Members of the roundtable include John Doherty, CEO of Editor Ninja: Sam Shepler, CEO of Testimonial Hero: Karl L Hughes, CEO of Draft Dev: and Joel Klettke, CEO of CaseStudyBuddy.

TOPICS DISCUSSED IN TODAY’S EPISODE

• What is a productized service
• How far should you niche down
  • Wait, how do you pronounce niche?
• How do determine when to expand the niche
• How to price services out
• Should you be flexible with your service?
• Training sales teams
• How to get business / lead generation 

Resources:

• John Doherty, CEO of Editor Ninja
• Sam Shepler, CEO of Testimonial Hero
• Karl L Hughes, CEO of Draft Dev
• Joel Klettke, CEO of Case Study Buddy
• Jim Huffman website
• Jim's Twitter
• GrowthHit
• The Growth Marketer's Playbook

Additional episodes you might enjoy:

• Startup Ideas by Paul Graham (#45)
• Nathan Barry: How to Bootstrap a Company to $30M in a Crowded Market (#41)
• How I Met My Biz Partner and Less Learned Hitting $2M ARR (#44)
• Ryan Hamilton on his Netflix special, touring with Jerry Seinfeld, & how to write a joke (#10)
• How We're Validating Startup Ideas (#51)

Yonathan joins Jim to talk about startup growing pains, Jim shares and amazing encounter with a grungy but expert salesman, and they endeavor to find the perfect ad.

TOPICS DISCUSSED IN TODAY’S EPISODE

• Growing pains
• Visualizing the finish line
• Maker’s schedule vs  manager schedule
• Leaning on frameworks
• Getting honest feedback
• Damn Good Marketing
• Niche Freelancing
• Trend of small business acquisition
• The perfect sales pitch
• The perfect Ad

Resources:

• Jim Huffman website
• Jim's Twitter
• GrowthHit
• The Growth Marketer's Playbook
• One Day Design

Additional episodes you might enjoy:

• Startup Ideas by Paul Graham (#45)
• Nathan Barry: How to Bootstrap a Company to $30M in a Crowded Market (#41)
• How I Met My Biz Partner and Less Learned Hitting $2M ARR (#44)
• Ryan Hamilton on his Netflix special, touring with Jerry Seinfeld, & how to write a joke (#10)
• How We're Validating Startup Ideas (#51)

This week, Jim is featured on the  Do You Even Hustle? podcast. Jim shares how he launched 3 companies with the goal of getting them to $1 million each, and the lessons he has learnt along the way!

TOPICS DISCUSSED IN TODAY’S EPISODE

• Strengths 
• Weaknesses
• Importance of product in todays market
• Bootstrapping tactics
• The importance of a good hire
• Firing yourself
• Nitty gritty social growth tactics (facebook ads)

Resources: 

• Jim Huffman website
• Jim's Twitter
• GrowthHit
• The Growth Marketer's Playbook

Additional episodes you might enjoy:

• Startup Ideas by Paul Graham (#45)
• Nathan Barry: How to Bootstrap a Company to $30M in a Crowded Market (#41)
• How I Met My Biz Partner and Less Learned Hitting $2M ARR (#44)
• Ryan Hamilton on his Netflix special, touring with Jerry Seinfeld, & how to write a joke (#10)
• How We're Validating Startup Ideas (#51)

TOPICS DISCUSSED IN TODAY’S EPISODE

• What is Mestiza
• Getting through the trough of sorrow
• Pushing through failures
• Going from wholesale to D2C
• Leveraging data to make informed decisions
• Iterating flagship product
• Tactics for growth in fashion
• The value of direct customer feedback
• How to sustain a business partnership
• Being a business owner with kids

Resources:

• Mestiza
• Jim Huffman website
• Jim's Twitter
• GrowthHit
• The Growth Marketer's Playbook

Additional episodes you might enjoy:

• Startup Ideas by Paul Graham (#45)
• Nathan Barry: How to Bootstrap a Company to $30M in a Crowded Market (#41)
• How I Met My Biz Partner and Less Learned Hitting $2M ARR (#44)
• Ryan Hamilton on his Netflix special, touring with Jerry Seinfeld, & how to write a joke (#10)
• How We're Validating Startup Ideas (#51)

Jim and Yonathan give an update on the $3M challenge and discuss what to do with blunt feedback before getting into some Half Baked startup ideas.

TOPICS DISCUSSED IN TODAY’S EPISODE

• Update on One Day Design
• Dealing with harsh feedback
• Finding ideal customers
• 10+ Half Backed startup ideas
• Yeti's magic moment 
• Slack & Stripe App Ideas
• Billionaire Creators 

Resources:

• Jim Huffman website
• One Day Design
• Jim's Twitter
• GrowthHit
• The Growth Marketer's Playbook

Additional episodes you might enjoy:

• Startup Ideas by Paul Graham (#45)
• Nathan Barry: How to Bootstrap a Company to $30M in a Crowded Market (#41)
• How I Met My Biz Partner and Less Learned Hitting $2M ARR (#44)
• Ryan Hamilton on his Netflix special, touring with Jerry Seinfeld, & how to write a joke (#10)
• How We're Validating Startup Ideas (#51)

Jim is joined by the incredible Tim Stoddart, agency owner and SEO master, who turned a practice of writing to maintain his sobriety into a multi-million dollar empire. Tim shares strategic and inspirational insights he's acquired on his unique journey through entrepreneurship.

TOPICS DISCUSSED IN TODAY’S EPISODE

• The power of writing
• Habits that add up
• The secret of discipline
• The key to viral writing
• Agency life hacks
• Understanding partner’s super powers
• Diversifying revenue streams

Resources:

• Tim Stoddart
• Tim's Twitter 
• Jim Huffman website
• Jim's Twitter
• GrowthHit
• The Growth Marketer's Playbook

Additional episodes you might enjoy:

Startup Ideas by Paul Graham (#45)

Nathan Barry: How to Bootstrap a Company to $30M in a Crowded Market (#41)

How I Met My Biz Partner and Less Learned Hitting $2M ARR (#44)

Ryan Hamilton on his Netflix special, touring with Jerry Seinfeld, & how to write a joke (#10)

How We're Validating Startup Ideas (#51)

Jim is joined by Ben Jabbawy, Founder and CEO of Privy. They deep dive into the nuts and bolts of how to start and run a Saas company and how you can use things like a lack of funding to your advantage with the correct mindset.

TOPICS DISCUSSED IN TODAY’S EPISODE

• Early days of a startup
• Impressions after selling your company
• The founder cheat code
• Raising a million dollars 
• Pivot mind set
• Using a lack of funds strategically (annual subscriptions)
• The advantage of small teams
• Pricing strategy
• Impact of a CEO coach
• The keys to great saas
• Exciting trends                   

Resources:

• Privy
• Ecommerce Marketing School
• Ben's Twitter Account
• Jim Huffman website
• Jim's Twitter
• GrowthHit
• The Growth Marketer's Playbook

Additional episodes you might enjoy:

• Startup Ideas by Paul Graham (#45)
• Nathan Barry: How to Bootstrap a Company to $30M in a Crowded Market (#41)
• How I Met My Biz Partner and Less Learned Hitting $2M ARR (#44)
• Ryan Hamilton on his Netflix special, touring with Jerry Seinfeld, & how to write a joke (#10)
• How We're Validating Startup Ideas (#51)

Jim is joined by Ross Hudgens, founder of Siege Media. Ross shares the nitty gritty details about starting and growing an agency from a one man operation to a business with over 100 employees.

TOPICS DISCUSSED IN TODAY’S EPISODE

• Building an agency from nothing
• Spending big on a website
• Firing yourself
• Going from 10 people to 100
• How to stay focused on the long game
• Lifestyle Design
• Hiring Up-and-comers vs the been-there-done-that
• Pricing specifics

Resources:

• Jim Huffman website
• Jim's Twitter
• GrowthHit
• The Growth Marketer's Playbook
• https://www.winwithoutpitching.com/books/
• https://www.siegemedia.com/
• https://twitter.com/RossHudgens

Additional episodes you might enjoy:

Startup Ideas by Paul Graham (#45)

Nathan Barry: How to Bootstrap a Company to $30M in a Crowded Market (#41)

How I Met My Biz Partner and Less Learned Hitting $2M ARR (#44)

Ryan Hamilton on his Netflix special, touring with Jerry Seinfeld, & how to write a joke (#10)

How We're Validating Startup Ideas (#51)

Jim is joined by John Doherty, an Entrepreneur who runs two successful businesses while only working 4 days a week. They chat about building a two sided business and how to stay happy while running multiple businesses.

TOPICS DISCUSSED IN TODAY’S EPISODE

• Turning your side hustle into a business
• Going from $80 to $5000 in three months
• Revenue model for lead agency (sales pipeline as a service)
• Subscription vs pay per lead
• Building a two sided business
• Cheat Codes
• Acting on the ideas that get stuck
• How to set pricing
• The benefit of niching down
• Running two companies working 4 days
• Executive coaches and executive assistants  

Resources:

• Editor Ninja
• Credo
• John Doherty Twitter
• Jim Huffman website
• Jim's Twitter
• GrowthHit
• The Growth Marketer's Playbook

Additional episodes you might enjoy:

• Startup Ideas by Paul Graham (#45)
• Nathan Barry: How to Bootstrap a Company to $30M in a Crowded Market (#41)
• How I Met My Biz Partner and Less Learned Hitting $2M ARR (#44)
• Ryan Hamilton on his Netflix special, touring with Jerry Seinfeld, & how to write a joke (#10)
• How We're Validating Startup Ideas (#51)