The 7 Laws of Scaling with Jim Huffman

Learn about 6 hacks for engineering a mentorship experience without needing an actual mentor. Welcome to mentor hacking.  Here is what we'll cover in the episode. 

(1) Content Stalking a Person You Admire

1. Subscribe to their blog newsletter
2. Buy their book on Audible and Blinkist (if they have one)
3. Search for any recent podcast interviews they did
4. Follow them on Twitter to get a feel for where their head is at

(2) Three Levels of Reading 

• Blinkist skim: I get the book summary (via Blinkist) in 15 minutes to learn the core principles and decide if I want to read the entire book. 
• AudioBook: This is great for getting the details of the book when I don’t have the time to actually sit down and read. (This Dad / Founder thing can zap your schedule.)
• Paperback: If I really like a book then I get the paperback version to toss on my shelf. It’s nice to thumb through it and to have as a reminder to read it again. 

(3) Mentor Call Girls: Hey can I pay you $150 for 45 minutes of your time

(4) A Phantom Board

• Executive Coach
• CMO of a publicly traded company
• Another Founder that's being doing it 4 years longer than me

(5) Cold Outreach

(6) Professional Communities

Resources:

• Mentor Hacking
• Jim Huffman blog
• Twitter
• GrowthHit
• The Growth Marketer's Playbook
• Blinkist
• Audible

In this episode with Ben Yoskovitz, Founding Partner at Highline BETA, we talk about the following:

• His best selling book Lean Analytics and the opportunities that come with being an author
• His startup accelerator that lead to an acquisition with Airbnb
• How startups and big companies can work together
• What traits he looks for in startup founders
• And, most importantly, his advice for anyone that wants to do angel investing 

RESOURCES:

• Lean Analytics
• Highline BETA

ABOUT THE PODCAST

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

Do you want to launch a startup? Here are my thoughts on why you should not start a tech startup and why you should start an agency first. 

What are your options?

• Consulting Service
• Productize Service 
• Sell Physical Product 
• SaaS (Software as a Service)

Why an agency is a bad idea? Not Scalable, People Heavy, & Low Exit Multiples 

Why it's a good idea?

• SPEED: You can start one today 
• INVESTMENT: Requires no investment 
• CASH FLOW MACHINE: If you run lean you can have great margins
• YOUR LAUNCH PAD: Sets you up for future business acquisition or launches.  
• INVESTMENT FUNDS: Build up Cash to invest in other people
• LEARNING: Exposure to multiple industries 
• NETWORKING: Clients, Partnerships, Hiring

About the Podcast:

• Jim Huffman blog
• Twitter
• GrowthHit

How do you go from a side-hustle to running a company full time, with only one day of work a week? Today’s guest is Tommy Griffith, the co-founder of ClickMinded. Listen to his story about how he went from being an Airbnb employee to making a 6-figure salary working only one day a week – mostly from places like Thailand and Hawaii. During the episode, Tommy talks about how he went all-in on ClickMinded, how the interpretation of risk matters to entrepreneurs and founders, and what Tommy would want to know and do if he had to start over today.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:

• How Tommy runs a 6 figure business working 1 day per week
• The difficulty of finding help for your company’s problems
• How Tommy went all-in on ClickMinded
• His Interpretation of risk
• The power of saying NO
• How to decide if you should work for a VC-backed startup or start your own business
• What Tommy would want to know if he were starting today
• Tommy's half-baked startup ideas
• The best advice Tommy ever got

Resources:

• Tommy Griffith
• ClickMinded
• Burning the boats
• Tropical MBA
• Derek Sivers

About the Podcast:

• Jim Huffman blog
• Twitter
• GrowthHit

This podcast is centered around one question: What would you do if you were starting today?  Here are some episodes that I'll be launching in the weeks to come.

1. Learn How one EX-Airbnb employee Makes $1M working 1 Day Per Week
2. How comedian Ryan Hamilton went from a PR firm to landing a Netflix Special and Touring with Jerry Seinfeld
3. I get advice from a VC on how to get started in angel investing
4. I do a live recoding of a “Startup Idea” Brainstorm with the Partner of a Growth Agency
5. I chat with one CMO about growing a company to $8B Company
6. I talk about What I Would do if I Was Starting Today
7. Last, learn how the Founder of a $10M Company Fired Himself as CEO

And much more.

I hope you enjoy the podcast! For feedback, I'm on twitter at @jimwhuffman so hit me up.

Resources:

• Jim Huffman blog
• Twitter
• GrowthHit