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Jon Ostenson is a top 1 percent Franchise Broker, Consultant, Investor, and Author of the book 'Non-Food Franchising'. He draws on his experience as a former Inc. 500 Franchise President and Multi-Brand Franchisee in serving his clients. He is a frequent contributor on Franchising for Forbes, Inc., Bloomberg and The Franchise Journal. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. One overlooked aspect of success is focusing on stewardship and family legacy. 2. When advising early-stage entrepreneurs, he believes there are three key aspects to consider: mindset, talent, and investment criteria. 3. People are crucial to any business, whether the individuals you hire or the franchisor you partner with. Check out to receive a free copy of Jon’s new book – NON-Food Franchising, and book a call - FranBridge Consulting Website Sponsors HubSpot Close more deals and get on track for your best Q1 yet. Explore the new HubSpot Sales Hub and AI tools like ChatSpot at HubSpot.com/sales. Hostinger Among the top web hosting and website creation bran

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. Clay Clark is the founder of 6 multi-million dollar businesses, author of 12 books, Forbes contributor, Former SBA Entrepreneur of the year. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. If you don’t have a business, look at licensing or franchising. Franchising allows you to buy a scaleable system that works. 2. A goal is a dream with a deadline. 3. Know how much it costs for you to achieve your goals for your F6 life — your goals for your faith, family, finances, fitness, friendship, and fun. Schedule a 2-day training and see if licensing is a good fit for you - FlowPhotos.com Sponsors HubSpot Close more deals and get on track for your best Q1 yet. Explore the new HubSpot Sales Hub and AI tools like ChatSpot at HubSpot.com/sales. Hostinger Among the top web hosting and website creation bra

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. Rory Vaden is the Co-founder of Brand Builders Group, a Hall of Fame Speaker, and New York York Times bestselling author. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. Your mission matters because it matters to somebody else out there. That person is looking for you and trying to find you. If you focus and look for your uniqueness, you’d find them. But if you have diluted your focus, you’ll have diluted your results. 2. If you don’t know what problems you solve, there’s no way that your prospect or audience ever will. 3. Personal branding is the digitization of reputation. Get a free strategy call with Rory's team - Rory’s website Sponsors HubSpot Close more deals and get on track for your best Q1 yet! Explore the new HubSpot Sales Hub and AI tools like ChatSpot at HubSpot.com/sales. Thought

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. Ryan Levesque is the Inc. 500 CEO of The ASK Method® Company, and the number 1 national best-selling author of Ask, which was named by Inc. as the number 1 Marketing Book of the Year. His work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, and Entrepreneur and over 250,000 entrepreneurs subscribe to his email newsletter offering business advice. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. You just have to ask the right questions; answers become very easy. 2. With S.M.I.Q, you can measure their problems based on the length, depth, and quality of response. 3. You do not have to guess. Your market will tell you everything you need to say to get them to take action and move forward with you. Ready to pinpoint YOUR AVATAR'S BIGGEST STRUGGLE? The Common Path to Uncommon Success

Mike Hardenbrook co-founded and sold multiple online businesses. He currently works with CEO's to execute on operations and growth. He is the author of No Willpower Required: A neuroscience approach to change your habits with alcohol. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. Success is not just about achieving written or imagined goals. Rigid goal-setting limits potential. 2. When you repeatedly act, your brain establishes neural pathways to make that behavior more efficient, ultimately turning it into a habit. 3. Applying the same level of dedication and determination to changing personal habits as one does to their business endeavors can lead to successful transformation. Transform your habits around alcohol without willpower. 100 FREE copies for the first 100 to sign up - No Willpower Required Sponsors HubSpot Close more deals and get on track for your best Q1 yet! Explore the new HubSpot Sales Hub and AI tools like ChatSpot at HubSpot.com/sales. Hostinger Among the top web hosting and website creation brands in the world! Se

Lauren Cobello is the Founder and CEO of Leverage with Media PP, an online entrepreneur, 3x author, and Lifestyle TV Personality. She's been a regular on the TODAY Show, GMA, Dr. Oz, and Rachael Ray for over a decade. Her agency helps entrepreneurs write the right books for their businesses, get them on TV, and helps them scale their businesses to the next level. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. Everybody should have a book. 2. People become successful not because of luck, but because of strategy. 3. National media is a whole different ball game. You have to perfect your skill. You can't just decide that you want to be on national media and hire a publicist and then expect to be on it next month. Text PRTips to 315-201-2304 for a free download on how to build a business using books, media, and speaking engagements! Sponsors HubSpot Close more deals and get on track for your best Q1 yet. Explore the new HubSpot Sales Hub and AI tools like ChatSpot at HubSpot.com/sales. Thought-Leader Ever thought about giving a TEDx talk.

Ryan Cassin and Steven Neuner are co-founders of Superpowers. Together they are unlocking the incredible leverage of executive assistants and helping fellow entrepreneurs achieve new levels of freedom and growth. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. Most commonly, we see entrepreneurs fire their EA only after their redlining and all that does is take it from a strategic hire to a reactive hire. 2. An Executive Assistant is the leader, and you're the boss. So that means you set the parameters of the relationship, but your assistant is the one pulling you forward. 3. You are deserving of an executive assistant. The right executive assistant will deliver new levels of freedom and growth, but you have to have the confidence to see the relationship through and put your assistant in the leader role. Superpowers helps successful entrepreneurs achieve new levels of freedom and growth. Setup a call with Steven and Ryan to learn more - Super Powers HQ Sponsors HubSpot Close more deals and get on track for your best Q1 yet! Explore the

Tim Angel’s Dad fired him and he was living on couches. When the iPad came out, he decided to be the best solution in the world for iPad cases. Two years in he almost went out of business, so he went direct to consumer, consistently improved, got 5 stars, scaled up advertising, and now they are 20x larger with 30 million in revenue per year. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. When you're trying to do something and it doesn't work, try something else. If that doesn't work, try something else. 2. A lot of companies now, they're doing business with manufacturers just online. So if you fly there and you build a relationship with the owner or people in the factory, you're gonna have priority over all those other customers that they never put a face to. 3. You’ll run out of motivation when it's just for yourself. One case for every situation - Zugu Case Sponsors HubSpot Close more deals and get on track for your best Q1 yet! Explore the new HubSpot Sales Hub and AI tools like ChatSpot at HubSpot.com/sales. NetSuite Download NetS

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. Pedro Adao is a 5-time ClickFunnels 2 comma club award winner, Founder of the 100X Academy, and Creator of The Crush It With Challenges Program. Pedro is best known for helping entrepreneurs launch, grow, and scale their business with the power of free and paid challenges. He has impacted tens of thousands of entrepreneurs by delivering his expertise in over 98 countries. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. To be successful today, you must create micro niches. 2. Identify you customers, you need to shift your focus to your target market. 3. Become a movement maker and crush it with challenges. Never miss this challenge with Pedro Adao and special guest - The 5-Day Movement Maker Challenge Sponsors HubSpot Meet HubSpot’s new AI-powered Campaign Assistant, a totally free-to-use AI to

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. Jill & Josh Stanton are co-founders of Screw The Nine To Five. They call themselves serial online entrepreneurs and world travelers - oh, and parents to their little guy, Kai. Jill recently launched her own brand, Millionaire Girls Club, the first, last and only 5-day all-inclusive, luxury retreat for unapologetically successful women. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. One of the benefits of affiliate marketing is that you do not need to deal with product fulfillment or customer support. You are just connecting your audience and spreading the word. 2. You can serve your audience by connecting them with experts - and get paid for the referral. 3. The key is to show up with integrity, honesty, and transparency. Ready to MANAGE AFFILIATE PARTNERSHIPS? The Common Path to Uncommon

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. Dr. Gala owns a handful of multi-million dollar companies. His longevity clinics see roughly 50,000 yearly patient interactions. He’s played basketball with George Clooney and Chess with Richard Branson. He now mentors entrepreneurs on how to eliminate taxes without moving from their home state. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. The ideal mindset recognizes that life is a series of problems, and you think of it as opportunities for solutions. 2. A Magic Piggy Bank can be anything that you can put money into, it does its work, and magically comes out to the other side so that you have access to all of your money again. 3. Start to recognize that opportunity favor the bold. Take action and go for it. The Common Path to Uncommon Success is available NOW! Visit UncommonSuccessBook.co

Andy Schoonover is founder and CEO of CrowdHealth, a company founded to give people the tools to free themselves from the tyranny of health insurance. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. The sellers of healthcare, which are big hospital systems, primarily want the price to go up. What people don’t understand is buyers of healthcare, which are the insurance plans, actually also want the price to go up. 2. Each doctor has about three people that he or she needs to build health insurance plans. He or she spends about 30% of their time fighting with health insurance companies about what they can or cannot do with their patients. 3. Instead of you having to give your monthly check to a big, cold insurance company - that's actually your enemy when it comes to getting your bills paid - you're giving your money directly to another human being. Visit and use the promo code EOF to get $99 a month for the first 3 months - Join Crowd Health Sponsors HubSpot Meet HubSpot’s new AI-powered Campaign Assistant, a totally free-to-use AI tool

Justin Nelson is an 8 Figure Entrepreneur who has hired over 5,000 Virtual Assistants Since His Companies Inception in 2020 with over 3,000+ Clients. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. Balancing your personal and business life is both possible and necessary. 2. Recruiting in the virtual world involves having a massive pool of candidates. 3. You owe it to your family and loved ones to create a business with more leverage than you currently have. Take that risk and believe in yourself because it is not just for you – it will benefit your entire family. So, seek out that leverage and go for it. Check out Your go-to platform for exploring exciting career opportunities in virtual assistance - Sphere Rocket VA Website Sponsors HubSpot Meet HubSpot’s new AI-powered Campaign Assistant, a totally free-to-use AI tool tailor-made for the marketers and business builders who spend hours each day on content creation! Head to HubSpot.com/campaign-assistant to test-drive Campaign Assistant for free FranBridge Many EOFire listeners have la

Catharine Arnston is the Founder/CEO of ENERGYbits®. She left her thirty-year corporate career to found ENERGYbits after discovering algae was the most nutrient-dense food in the world with healing properties unknown outside of Asia. Her mission is to heal the world with mother nature’s oldest food – algae. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. Neglecting health is not a wise decision; building and preserving your health is essential because building your company becomes challenging without it. 2. Algae is crucial for your overall well-being because it nourishes your mitochondria, which are vital for your health. 3. Algae, the first life on Earth four billion years ago, continues to thrive. Despite their shared origin, Spirulina and chlorella serve distinct purposes in the body. These two algae offer unique benefits crucial for entrepreneurs that cannot be obtained from any other food source. Feel the wow of algae nutrition. Wellness. Energy. Beauty. Greens. Visit and Shop now! Use the code FIRE and get 20 percent off - Energ

Michael Litt is the co-founder and CEO of the video platform for business, Vidyard. While he's not bringing leading video-based technologies to market, he serves as a general partner of Garage Capital, a seed-stage fund. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. Do whatever you can to retrofit your solution to a problem. 2. The seller knows what their product does. The buyer knows what their problem is, but doesn't know what the product does. The sales process is the education to verify if those two things connect and if the service or product is a solution to those problems. 3. You must love the problem and you must love the work that's required to make this thing successful. And the good news is when you start to see responses when you start to get that feedback, you must reward yourself. You must celebrate that experience to pay for the pain that you put into earning it. Get started with Vidyard to gain access to our full suite of products - Prospector by Vidyard Sponsors HubSpot Meet HubSpot’s new AI-powered Campaign Assistan

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. Amy Porterfield is the host of the Online Marketing Made Easy podcast, creator of Digital Course Academy, and helps thousands of online entrepreneurs build a life and business they love. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. Having a system in your company or business is essential. 2. Focus on different sections of your company or business. 3. The use of business tools and software can help your business grow faster. Ready to IMPLEMENT SYSTEMS AND BUILD A TEAM? The Common Path to Uncommon Success is available NOW! Visit UncommonSuccessBook.com to order your copy today! Sponsors HubSpot Meet HubSpot’s new AI-powered Campaign Assistant, a totally free-to-use AI tool tailor-made for the marketers and business builders who spend hours each day on content creation! Head to HubSpot.com/cam

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. Billy Gene helps business owners and entrepreneurs turn clicks on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube into customers. He is also host of the Billy Gene Offends the Internet podcast. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. Advertising is the key. The most profitable companies worldwide have billions of dollars in sales and spend billions of dollars on advertising. 2. Keep in mind that nobody gets upset with you for asking for the sale; they get obsessed with HOW you ask for the sale. 3. Entertainment and controversy increase traffic. Ready to INCREASE YOUR TRAFFIC? The Common Path to Uncommon Success is available NOW! Visit UncommonSuccessBook.com to order your copy today! Sponsors HubSpot Meet HubSpot’s new AI-powered Campaign Assistant, a totally free-to-use AI tool tailor-made for the m

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. Stu McLaren has been working intimately with tens of thousands of authors, speakers, coaches, consultants and business owners to transform what they know, love and do into recurring revenue for the past 12 years. He is a membership expert & creator of TRIBE. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. Use the time to your advantage, and take the cash flow that you are creating in the short-term and invest it so it works for you for the long-term. 2. Build a relationship with a one-time customer so they can do business with you again. 3. It doesn’t matter what type of business you are in, you can turn it into a revenue stream. Ready to DIVERSIFY YOUR REVENUE STREAMS? The Common Path to Uncommon Success is available NOW! Visit UncommonSuccessBook.com to order your copy today! Sponsors Hu

Phill Agnew is the host of Nudge, the UK's number 1 marketing podcast. On Nudge, he shares practical marketing insights based on only on science. No fluff. No opinions. No BS. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. Standing out in relation to your competitors, which is important because you have to be distinct within your competitor set, makes you far more likely to be memorable, makes you far more likely to be spotted. 2. One of the secrets behind a really irresistible offer is scarcity. 3. The decision people make won't just come down to those tangible rational facts. Those irrational things can have just as much in effect. It’s our job as marketers to lean into that, to understand the biases that people use when they make decisions and to leverage them to make better offers ourselves. Checkout Phill's Podcast - Nudge Podcast Sponsors HubSpot Meet HubSpot’s new AI-powered Campaign Assistant, a totally free-to-use AI tool tailor-made for the marketers and business builders who spend hours each day on content creation! Head to

Jeff Fenster is an award winning entrepreneur, best selling author, award winning speaker and expert in relationship capital. He was named a top 100 Entrepreneur in America, Top 40 Executive under 40 by the Business Journal, and has an acclaimed podcast, The Jeff Fenster Show which features successful entrepreneurs, celebrities, and athletes sharing their insights and stories of success. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. We all have this unspoken account with each other and if you understand how to utilize the relationship capital you are generating with individuals that you wanna do business with, you can open an unlimited amount of opportunities. 2. Be interested and ask questions. By doing that, you're more interested in them than interesting. So you're gonna create an enormous amount of opportunities to find holes in areas to plug yourself or your business. Also, they're gonna leave that interaction loving you because you were a good listener. 3. Make notes about people you meet, not just saving their name in your con