How can you make the most out of a live event you’re attending? This episode is jam-packed with tips from the pros. It includes a snippets from my experience at the best live event I’ve ever attended, Podfest Multimedia Expo and my lessons learned not only from Podfest, but on how to deal with a storm of adversity the week before launching a product. Are you ready for some REAL accountability? Why does accountability not work in the early stages of Entrepreneurship? Because you need an employee and a boss and early stage Entrepreneurs who are solo have to be both so who holds who accountable? That is why Real Accountable is going to be the new norm for those early-stage solopreneurs, they will take that "boss" role to our founders and hold them accountable to processes like an employee. It's a crazy concept, create a business for yourself where you are the actual boss but you need to actually be the employee and outsource for that "boss" role. Our team will hold your feet to the fire and make sure you follow through with what you say you’re going to do. Goal-setting comes with excuses, reasons and results. We focus on results. Go to RealAccountable.com and apply today. Do you have questions for our next panel? Record them now for our next Q&A panel at http://makeitsnappyshow.com/question. Please click subscribe button above so you can listen and "make it snappy" on all our future episodes. All the beautifully engineered, snappy show notes for this episode are located right here: http://makeitsnappyshow.com/podcast-episodes/ Subscribe to Nick Snapp’s newsletter and receive his free guide on how to create over one hour per day for parents at http://makeitsnappyshow.com/guide.

Launching a beta test comes along with a very unique set of challenges. If you want to learn about what it's like to be in the fray, listen to this episode of how Nick is launching the Real Accountable platform and how he is (or is not) doing it productively. There are ton of productivity nuggets in here that you can learn from listening to his story and experience. So are you ready for some REAL accountability? Why does accountability not work in the early stages of Entrepreneurship? Because you need an employee and a boss and early stage Entrepreneurs who are solo have to be both so who holds who accountable? That is why this new program, Real Accountable, is going to be the new norm for those early-stage solopreneurs, they will take that "boss" role to our founders and hold them accountable to processes like an employee. It's a crazy concept, create a business for yourself where you are the actual boss but you need to actually be the employee and outsource for that "boss" role. Our team will hold your feet to the fire and make sure you follow through with what you say you’re going to do. Goal-setting comes with excuses, reasons and results. We focus on results. Go to RealAccountable.com and apply today. Do you have questions for our next panel? Record them now for our next Q&A panel at http://makeitsnappyshow.com/question. Please click subscribe button above so you can listen and "make it snappy" on all our future episodes. All the beautifully engineered, snappy show notes for this episode are located right here: http://makeitsnappyshow.com/podcast-episodes/ Subscribe to Nick Snapp’s newsletter and receive his free guide on how to create over one hour per day for parents at http://makeitsnappyshow.com/guide.

A clear head provides endless opportunities for productivity… My guest and friend Mike Vardy is a clear testimony of how to get more done and reduce stress by thinking and planning differently. Mike’s the founder of Productivityist.com. He’s appeared in the pages of SUCCESS magazine, the Huff Post, Lifehacker, and many more. He’s a published author, speaker and one of the first productivity podcasters to broadcast his message to help people stop “doing” productive and start “being productive. Mike reveals a brand new concept he’s developed called the Productivity ROI - you can actually score your productivity each day! It’s a great conversation you’ll want to play to a few times over to take it all in… So if you listened to the last episode, you may be like, “what’s up with the new format, where's the documentary of your story?” Well, I was happy to take a quick (premature) hyalites to build some buffer in and get ahead with the content to keep it as high quality as possible…it’s just something that had to happen. All that being said, it’s my absolute pleasure to present to you the one and only Mike Vardy. So are you ready for some REAL accountability? Why does accountability not work in the early stages of Entrepreneurship? Because you need an employee and a boss and early stage Entrepreneurs who are solo have to be both so who holds who accountable? That is why this new program, Real Accountable, is going to be the new norm for those early-stage solopreneurs, they will take that "boss" role to our founders and hold them accountable to processes like an employee. It's a crazy concept, create a business for yourself where you are the actual boss but you need to actually be the employee and outsource for that "boss" role. Our team will hold your feet to the fire and make sure you follow through with what you say you’re going to do. Goal-setting comes with excuses, reasons and results. We focus on results. Go to RealAccountable.com and apply today. Do you have questions for our next panel? Record them now for our next Q&A panel at http://makeitsnappyshow.com/question. Please click subscribe button above so you can listen and "make it snappy" on all our future episodes. All the beautifully engineered, snappy show notes for this episode are located right here: http://makeitsnappyshow.com/podcast-episodes/ Subscribe to Nick Snapp’s newsletter and receive his free guide on how to create over one hour per day for parents at http://makeitsnappyshow.com/guide.

This is my story for you to learn how not to start your business. It has a happy ending though, hopefully, because it’s happening real time. The Make it Snappy Productivity Show is transforming into a documentary of how productive or unproductive I can be at building something out of nothing. It’s my real-time journey for you to follow along. We’re building a $2-5MM company, RealAccountable.com from scratch, and I want you there with me every step of the way. This was the hardest episode we’ve ever produced…was it worth it? Let us know what you think of the new format, and stay Productive on Purpose Snappy Nation! So are you ready for some REAL accountability? Why does accountability not work in the early stages of Entrepreneurship? Because you need an employee and a boss and early stage Entrepreneurs who are solo have to be both so who holds who accountable? That is why this new program, Real Accountable, is going to be the new norm for those early-stage solopreneurs, they will take that "boss" role to our founders and hold them accountable to processes like an employee. It's a crazy concept, create a business for yourself where you are the actual boss but you need to actually be the employee and outsource for that "boss" role. Our team will hold your feet to the fire and make sure you follow through with what you say you’re going to do. Goal-setting comes with excuses, reasons and results. We focus on results. Go to RealAccountable.com and apply today. Do you have questions for our next panel? Record them now for our next Q&A panel at http://makeitsnappyshow.com/question. Please click subscribe button above so you can listen and "make it snappy" on all our future episodes. All the beautifully engineered, snappy show notes for this episode are located right here: http://makeitsnappyshow.com/podcast-episodes/ Subscribe to Nick Snapp’s newsletter and receive his free guide on how to create over one hour per day for parents at http://makeitsnappyshow.com/guide.

Dr. “Let it Flow” Clem Harrod and I decided to do a co-interview today with our guest, serial entrepreneur, husband, father and computer scientist, Mr. Tom Sylvester. Tom’s the founder of SerialStartups.co, among several other businesses, including a real estate firm and wine/liquor store, that he and his wife Ariana own and operate out of the Rochester, New York area. Serial Startups is a community for people that want to start one or more businesses to achieve their goals and secure their desired lifestyle, a resource they wish they would have had when starting their first business, and I tell ya there’s a TON of value on this site. Tom & Ariana host an amazing podcast that goes by the same name as well. So Clem and I talk with Tom in depth about the idea of failing fast and how productive this can be for new businesses: we share stories and talk about what it’s like to do it all, the RIGHT way, with a family by your side. We present to you Clem and I’s interview with Tom Sylvester. So are you ready for some REAL accountability? Why does accountability not work in the early stages of Entrepreneurship? Because you need an employee and a boss and early stage Entrepreneurs who are solo have to be both so who holds who accountable? That is why this new program, Real Accountable, is going to be the new norm for those early-stage solopreneurs, they will take that "boss" role to our founders and hold them accountable to processes like an employee. It's a crazy concept, create a business for yourself where you are the actual boss but you need to actually be the employee and outsource for that "boss" role. Our team will hold your feet to the fire and make sure you follow through with what you say you’re going to do. Goal-setting comes with excuses, reasons and results. We focus on results. Go to RealAccountable.com and apply today. Do you have questions for our next panel? Record them now for our next Q&A panel at http://makeitsnappyshow.com/question. Please click subscribe button above so you can listen and "make it snappy" on all our future episodes. All the beautifully engineered, snappy show notes for this episode are located right here: http://makeitsnappyshow.com/podcast-episodes/ Subscribe to Nick Snapp’s newsletter and receive his free guide on how to create over one hour per day for parents at http://makeitsnappyshow.com/guide.

"What's the one action you took that yielded the biggest results for you in terms of validating an idea?” I was blown away by the high levels of insight I received in response to this question. This episode of The Make it Snappy Productivity Show gives you first-hand experiences of how to test and validate your business idea without wasting a lot of time and money. So are you ready for some REAL accountability? Why does accountability not work in the early stages of Entrepreneurship? Because you need an employee and a boss and early stage Entrepreneurs who are solo have to be both so who holds who accountable? That is why this new program, Real Accountable, is going to be the new norm for those early-stage solopreneurs, they will take that "boss" role to our founders and hold them accountable to processes like an employee. It's a crazy concept, create a business for yourself where you are the actual boss but you need to actually be the employee and outsource for that "boss" role. Our team will hold your feet to the fire and make sure you follow through with what you say you’re going to do. Goal-setting comes with excuses, reasons and results. We focus on results. Go to RealAccountable.com and apply today. Do you have questions for our next panel? Record them now for our next Q&A panel at http://makeitsnappyshow.com/question. Please click subscribe button above so you can listen and "make it snappy" on all our future episodes. All the beautifully engineered, snappy show notes for this episode are located right here: http://makeitsnappyshow.com/podcast-episodes/103 Subscribe to Nick Snapp’s newsletter and receive his free guide on how to create over one hour per day for parents at http://makeitsnappyshow.com/guide.

If you think you’re ready to scale your business you need to listen. If you think you’re an entrepreneur, you need to listen. Jeff McDermott, founder and Chief Visionary Officer at The Lights on Lab, a private membership based Entrepreneurship Ecosystem based out of Southern California. Jeff is on my Board of Advisors for Real Accountable and if there’s anyone who can help you validate and scale your business idea, he’s the man. Jeff and I talk about how he got his start in real estate and why he’s so passionate about helping entrepreneurs scale their business. I love Jeff because not only is he an in-your-face-type-of-guy who won’t put up with my excuses - I’ve come up with many, believe me, but he’s always thinking about the big picture, where’s this going, how can you take yourself out of the picture and what can you do to create a legacy. He challenges me continuously and I’m sure he’ll challenge you as well as you listen to this episode. It’s a remarkably valuable conversation Snappy Nation that you’ll definitely enjoy. So are you ready for some REAL accountability? Why does accountability not work in the early stages of Entrepreneurship? Because you need an employee and a boss and early stage Entrepreneurs who are solo have to be both so who holds who accountable? That is why this new program, Real Accountable, is going to be the new norm for those early-stage solopreneurs, they will take that "boss" role to our founders and hold them accountable to processes like an employee. It's a crazy concept, create a business for yourself where you are the actual boss but you need to actually be the employee and outsource for that "boss" role. Our team will hold your feet to the fire and make sure you follow through with what you say you’re going to do. Goal-setting comes with excuses, reasons and results. We focus on results. Go to RealAccountable.com and apply today. Do you have questions for our next panel? Record them now for our next Q&A panel at http://makeitsnappyshow.com/question. Please click subscribe button above so you can listen and "make it snappy" on all our future episodes. All the beautifully engineered, snappy show notes for this episode are located right here: http://makeitsnappyshow.com/podcast-episodes/102 Subscribe to Nick Snapp’s newsletter and receive his free guide on how to create over one hour per day for parents at http://makeitsnappyshow.com/guide.

Most of you have abandoned your New Year’s goals and resolutions already, so we touch on this and some of the pitfalls people fall into as well as some solutions for how we overcome them in the Snapp house - but the biggest pitfall for entrepreneurs is our lack of accountability and our ineffectiveness at validating our big ideas. We dive into my experience in this space, how NOT validating my idea has really crippled my progress as an entrepreneur and what I’m doing about it and what you can do about it as well. You need to be held accountable to what you say you’re going to do. Join Real Accountable and we’ll be the boss you don’t want, but know you need: Go to http://RealAccountable.com Want to work with Nick on how to get the right things done? Go to http://makeitsnappyshow.com/application Do you have questions for our next panel? Record them now for our next Q&A panel at http://makeitsnappyshow.com/question. Please click subscribe button above so you can listen and "make it snappy" on all our future episodes. All the beautifully engineered, snappy show notes for this episode are located right here: http://makeitsnappyshow.com/podcast-episodes/101 Subscribe to Nick Snapp’s newsletter and receive his free guide on how to create over one hour per day for parents at http://makeitsnappyshow.com/guide.

The Best of The Make it Snappy Productivity Show for the first 100 episodes! Our team picks their favorite moments! Where do we even begin? There have been so many snappy moments these first 100 episodes and The Make it Snappy Productivity Team all pitched in to reflect on their "BEST OF” moments to share with all of you listeners. We also had a few very special listeners contribute and share their perspective as well. This is a really fun episode hand-picked by our fantastic team here at Make it Snappy that took A LOT of work! Much love Snappy Nation for hanging with us 100 strong! Want to work with Nick on how to get the right things done? Go to http://makeitsnappyshow.com/application Do you have questions for our next panel? Record them now for our next Q&A panel at http://makeitsnappyshow.com/question. Please click subscribe button above so you can listen and "make it snappy" on all our future episodes. All the beautifully engineered, snappy show notes for this episode are located right here: http://makeitsnappyshow.com/podcast-episodes/100 Subscribe to Nick Snapp’s newsletter and receive his free guide on how to create over one hour per day for parents at http://makeitsnappyshow.com/guide.

I joined forces with the productivity geeks today, myself included mind you, to answer your questions about productivity tools & apps and we have a great discussion as to how to get the right things done more efficiently. First on our panel is Anna Cragin. Anna’s a fellow-productivity enthusiast who believes efficient use of time is EVERYTHING to an entrepreneur. She works with online entrepreneurs to take back their freedom by installing time management systems that eliminate to-do-list overwhelm and increase productivity in business, AND might I mention she has a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience, so she applies brain & behavior research to design ways to leverage our brains in everything we do to reach our goals. Next up is Michael Potter is a gifted musician, tech nerd and support professional with a mission to help people improve their lives with technology. Inspired by the John Cougar Mellencamp song, he’s also the founder of smallTOWNtech.net, providing personal and business solutions for an affordable price, in celebration of the small town life and the values therein. AND of course…we have philosopher, curator, co-host of The Production Channel podcast, Dr. Clem “Let it Flow” Harrod joining us on this month’s panel as he USUALY DOES. Unlike Anna, Clem earned his HONORARY phD from the same school of hard knocks that Dr. Dre went to in the early 90’s… He also established himself as a talented sports videographer for 15 seasons with the Orlando Magic and has since founded CLEMCO.av, where he works with many well-known companies and clients as a widescreen projectionist. ALWAYS great to have Clem on the show... I’m very pleased to present to you, in conclusion to our productivity tools theme for the month of December, The Tools Panel with Anna Cragin, Michael Potter and Clem Harrod. Want to work with Nick on how to get the right things done? Go to http://makeitsnappyshow.com/application Do you have questions for our next panel? Record them now for our next Q&A panel at http://makeitsnappyshow.com/question. Please click subscribe button above so you can listen and "make it snappy" on all our future episodes. All the beautifully engineered, snappy show notes for this episode are located right here: http://makeitsnappyshow.com/podcast-episodes/99 Subscribe to Nick Snapp’s newsletter and receive his free guide on how to create over one hour per day for parents at http://makeitsnappyshow.com/guide.