EOFire | Daily chats with Entrepreneurs On Fire

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2020. 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. Jim Markham is an award-winning serial entrepreneur with an innovative mind and passion for his craft. He started as a barber charging $1.50 a haircut, and made the jump to salon owner, celebrity stylist and creator of a haircare empire that includes 5 brands including PureOlogy Serious Color Care (which he sold to L’Oreal in 2007 for $280 million) and his current venture, ColorProof Color Care Authority. Together his companies account for $1.2 billion in combined retail sales. Jim recently added author to his list of accomplishments, publishing his first book called Big Lucky – a hybrid memoir and entrepreneurial self-help guide designed to help spark your entrepreneurial fire. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. If someone you admire is making more money than you in the same pro

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2020. 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. Andy Goldstrom is 2X Inc. 500 Business Owner, consultant, author, and professor who helps entrepreneurs achieve similar success in both good and challenging economies. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. If you can identify a set of changing needs in today’s market and execute, you can grow your business against the toughest of odds. 2. Great leadership is needed more than ever.  You can inspire by doing your homework, looking ahead, communicating well and trusting your team. 3. Midcourse Advisors leverages the success of 2X Inc.500 Entrepreneur Andy Goldstrom to help business leaders focus on the right pursuits with the right tools and methodologies to scale and grow their businesses effectively and efficiently. Sign up for your FREE strategy assessment, order Andy’s new book Gro

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2020. 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. Ann Sieg's training has impacted hundreds of thousands of people worldwide to achieve online success all while working from home. But nothing has matched the rapid success of her e-commerce students. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Grow Entrepreneurs is like parenting. It is a nurturing process, and it is best done by demonstration in real life opportunities. 2. Business is the sport of non-athletes. There is an extremely high level of athleticism in business. Just like sports, you have to strengthen yourself for your journey. 3. Have the courage to pursue your dreams because there is help and support out there for you to achieve them. Discover how to set up an automated "hands off" e-commerce business you can operate from anywhere in the world - Register Now: Flipping Product

Dr. Lulu is a Nigerian-born queer, former US Air Force Lt. Col, disabled veteran, semi-retired pediatrician, 3-time TEDxSpeaker, 7-time bestselling author, youth suicide prevention activist, LGBTQ+ youth advocate and mom of a transgender young adult who lives in, and agitates the governor of Texas. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. We have to look at what we're doing to these children and how we're trying to cause something that's good and otherwise should be celebrated become something that is bad and almost a burden on the child. 2. LGBTQ+ persons became synonymous with the word closet. The idea was you hide this aspect of your life, you pretend it doesn't exist. We hide it in a place where no one will find it, which is what we do with closets. 3. Inviting in is about empowerment. It's about owning your ship as it were, that this is who you are and you have no apologies, and you’re only going to invite others into your space if you find you them worthy. 7 Mistakes Parents Make Even When They Want to Accept, Affirm &

David Supple is the CEO of nedc in Boston, Architects who Build and Lift Spirits with Spaces. He is a Tufts graduate. He is an author, humanitarian on a mission to unite those that create the built environment. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. The divisiveness and polarization that we are left with today is really from the misinformation. 2. Dig in and uncover until you have a satisfactory answer. 3. These gentlemen who changed the history books to make it appear that the architect and the builder were separated throughout time to raise their social status because it benefited them also changed the history books to deny African's legacy of classical architecture because it did not suit their ends. Everything You Were Taught About the Origins of Classical Architecture... IS. A. LIE. Get David’s book for FREE! - Classical Architecture's African Roots Sponsors: FranBridge: Many EOFire listeners have launched franchises in a variety of industries outside of food – and FranBridge Consulting has guided them to these premier o

Leo Simpson is a 6X Author, an Adjunct Professor of Business, and the Family Business Life Mastery Coach. He helps CEOs, Business Owners, and Executives eliminate family life crashing and burning. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Family life and business life are meant to be teammates, not opponents. 2. Create focus. Attain clarity about family life and business life. When you understand them as independent dynamics that actually have a dependency on one another at the same time. Then you can understand why they feel one another and why they actually create flow. 3. When you are positioned to achieve mastery and you start leveraging these keys. What happens is you understand the value of not only what your treasure is, but where that treasure lies. 9-Day Transformation Challenge. Setup a call with Leo - Team 3L Sponsor: HubSpot: HubSpot’s all-in-one CRM helps you automate tedious tasks, keep track of all your deals in one place, and make sure your whole team has access to the same data. Get started for free at HubSpot.c

Alisha Conlin-Hurd is the co-founder of the post click agency - Persuasion Experience. After launching 450+ landing pages and sales funnels, she uses her PX System to uncover why people buy, and creates Golden Hippo Offers to convert more traffic, and persuade more people at scale. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. The answer to scaling is not pouring more ads. It's about your post click experience. 2. If you're saying the same boring nonsense that your competitors are saying because a lot of companies copy their competitors, then you're not going to stand out from the noise. 3. A lot of people in their marketing, they're brainwashed and obsessed with their ads. The point of the ad is just to get the click. Everything that happens post-click, that is really what makes you all of your money. Unlock proven formula to create high converting landing pages that convert your traffic into 13% - 346% more leads and sales - Persuasion Experience Masterclass Sponsor: HubSpot: HubSpot’s all-in-one CRM helps you automate tedious tas

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2020. 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. Jairek Robbins is a performance Coach, Entrepreneur and Bestselling Author. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Keep your finances tight, keep on reviewing your finances, and cut down excess expenses. 2. Have clarity. Look at your numbers daily. 3. Focus on the most important thing that you need to do to keep your small business going. Get Your Small Business Owner Survival Guide and Attend The Upcoming Online Training! - FREE 9-Week Course Sponsors: BELAY: If you’re looking for highly vetted, US-based fractional virtual contractors, then check out BELAY! Learn how to reclaim your time and save 15 hours per week by mastering the powerful tool of delegation. Text FIRE to 55123 to get started! HubSpot: HubSpot’s all-in-one CRM helps you automate tedious tasks, keep track of all your

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2020. 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. Scott Oldford is a mentor, advisor and investor for online businesses scaling past 7 figures. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. If you are in the right place at the right time, and if you work on your mastery and skill, and you have the right systems in place, then your ability to get to 7-figures and beyond will happen at some point. 2. List out your challenges every week - and fix them. 3. By being patient, you will find yourself on the right path; it will allow you to create a successful business, and become a successful entrepreneur. Visit Scott's website to learn how he can help you! - The Nuclear Effect Sponsor: HubSpot: HubSpot’s all-in-one CRM helps you automate tedious tasks, keep track of all your deals in one place, and make sure your whole team has access to the same

Every month we put together an income report to share a behind-the-scenes look at the ups and downs of running a 7-figure business. In full transparency, it’s not easy – but it IS possible. Through hearing about our mistakes, lessons learned, and our wins, we hope to inspire and motivate you to take action in your business with just one step forward every single day. For our full income report, visit EOFire.com/income115, and IGNITE! March 2023 Income At-A-Glance Gross Income for March: $157,349 Total Expenses for March: $18,030 Total Net Profit for March: $139,319 Difference b/t March & February: +$8,181  Percentage of net profit to overall gross revenue: 89% Sponsors: Thrivetime Show: Is this your year? Visit ThrivetimeShow.com/eofire to see how Clay Clark’s business coaching has helped thousands of entrepreneurs to dramatically increase profitability! HubSpot: HubSpot’s all-in-one CRM helps you automate tedious tasks, keep track of all your deals in one place, and make sure your whole team has access t

Richard (Richie) Fearn went from being a successful multinational salesman to an online fitness coach, determined to help entrepreneurs and salesmen avoid the fitness industry scams and achieve lifetime results. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. When you get people the massive results and confidence to know that they now know how to sustain and maintain their trajectory after working with you, they become walking billboards for your brands 2. It is vitally important that you’ve got something to give to the world and that you are in the best shape to go out and serve those people. 3. Most people want to be rewarded for everything they do. They wake up and they want people to serve them. And this goes in every facet of your life. The people who win, the people who are truly happy, are the ones who go out and live life as servants of others. Get access to special bonuses for Fire Nation! - Ready Anywhere Fitness Sponsors: NetSuite: Take advantage of their special financing offer today! Defer payments of a full NetSuite impl

Sumner Douglas is a serial entrepreneur and previous early stage focused VC. He is the driving force behind BoomStartup, a top 10 ranked accelerator. His previous founder roles include Saasuma, GlassView and Vutiliti. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Modular construction simply means factory-built homes. It means homes that are transported to the site and then installed on a permanent foundation. 2. Affordable housing and the housing crisis in general is one of the biggest crisis that we face. The modular home solution and factory-built, high quality and sustainable buildings can really solve one of the biggest issues that we face. 3. Start a new company in the market that was ripe for disruption. The way that we produce in modular really has the potential to largely disrupt the housing market and to solve a lot of the different problems that we're facing. We build modular homes for modern life - Sumner’s Website StackHomes Sponsors: HubSpot: HubSpot’s all-in-one CRM helps you automate tedious tasks, keep track of all y

Siimon Sander runs a portfolio of profitable internet businesses, including AboutHire, Oscar Hamilton, and PodcastWise. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Calendar audit is a good place to start. If you truly are feeling overwhelmed, there's a good chance that you’re burnt out or you just have too much on your plate. 2. If you find yourself supervising too often, you're probably hired the wrong people. 3. Be extremely mindful, every single hour, how you spend your time. If you're not, you won't be able to spend more time with your friends. You won't be able to spend time with your loved ones, with your partner. The video hiring platform you'll love - AboutHire Sponsors: FranBridge: Many EOFire listeners have launched franchises in a variety of industries outside of food – and FranBridge Consulting has guided them to these premier opportunities! Sign up for a free consultation with Jon - or get a free copy of his book, “Non-Food Franchising” - at FranBridgeConsulting.com! HubSpot: HubSpot’s all-in-one CRM helps you automat

Jessica DeBry is the author of Author Entrepreneur: The 5-Step Blueprint for Leveraging a Self-Published Micro Book to Maximize Your Impact, Become the Go-To Expert, and Build a Six-Figure Business. She teaches female entrepreneurs how to use her innovative Micro Book Method to write bestselling books that catapult their business. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Write that book. The world needs your story. No one can benefit from your book and from your stories and from your strategies if it's living inside of you. 2. When we're going through something tumultuous, it really causes us to sit back and reevaluate things in our life. 3. Being a bestselling author brought automatic authority, credibility, connection and visibility. The book catapults the business. You don't need the super successful business first to get the permission slip to write the book, you need to give yourself permission to publish the book. Get an EXCLUSIVE bundle for Fire nation! - EXCLUSIVE bundle for Fire Nation Sponsor: HubSpot: HubSpot’s all-i

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2020. 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. Jimmy Rex is an adventurer, entrepreneur, networker, and author of a new book "You End Up Where You're Heading: the hidden dangers of living a safe life." Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. People choose to have a safe life because they feel comfortable with it; but you can expand your horizons and see the bigger world. 2. Human brains are wired to sense what is comfortable or what is uncomfortable; unfortunately, your brain does not know that society is safer now. 3. The true beauty of life is looking at yourself and going forward without expectations.  Do whatever you want to do; you only get one life and it is your life. Take that unsafe path and explore your journey. Check out Jimmy's site to stay up-to-date on his book launch date and pre-order availability - You End Up Wher

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2020. 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. Joe De Sena is the founder and CEO of Spartan, the world’s largest obstacle race and endurance brand and has demonstrated his entrepreneurial drive since his pre-teens. After building a multimillion-dollar pool and construction business in college, and creating a Wall Street trading firm, De Sena set his sights on ripping 100 million people off their couches by creating the Spartan lifestyle. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. The only thing that matters in starting a business is sales and making sure that your customers will love your service or product; then they will recommend it to their friends. 2. If you are not progressing, you are dying. 3. Fire. Ready. Aim: While being in your home during this Pandemic period go online, sign up for something hard, and commit to it. You w

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2020. 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. When businesses are ready to scale, they call James Friel. He's the secret weapon helping many of today’s well-known entrepreneurs become successful CEOs. Breaking complex problems into small actionable steps is his SUPERPOWER. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. You get stuck in your business because you are good at something, you start doing more, and you create success out of that something. 2. A system is a combination of people, processes, and tools. It needs to be coordinated to achieve an outcome. 3. Get in the habit and the mindset of being an effective CEO; do not fall into the trap of being the aforementioned 4 types of bad bosses. Uncover the bottlenecks, money leaks and biggest opportunities for growth in your business with the 10 Minute Business Audit! - RYG Framework

A thought leader on goal attainment, Christina Curtis regularly contributes to the Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Psychology Today. In her new book, Choosing Greatness, she provides an evidence-based approach to achieving exceptional outcomes. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. The most important thing is to recognize that confidence is a skill, so it's something you have to build. It's not a trait. 2. Energy is the most contagious thing in life. You can actually have two people sit in a room and not speak. And the person with the dominant mood or energy will transfer that energy to the other person. 3. If you're in a low slump, find the people who can bring you back up and pull you onto shore and get you on your feet so you can keep going. And if you're in a high, propel yourself forward, use it as a flywheel. Bring others around you and just trust that you're going the right way at the right time and the right moment. Get Christina’s book on Amazon - Choosing Greatness Sponsors: FranBridge: Many EOFire listeners h

Joel Comm is an Internet pioneer, a New York Times best-selling author of 15 books, in-demand speaker and strategist. He is co-host of two popular cryptocurrency and blockchain podcasts, and has personally minted over 1.5 million NFTs. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. The artificial intelligence is trained to analyze that content that already exists and try to put together answers to what we're asking it for. 2. Everything that AI is creating is a derivative, some permutation of something that's already been created. 3. AI can shortcut a lot of those processes and help the people that would otherwise be paid to operate. Check out Joel's website - Joel Comm's Website Sponsors: HubSpot: HubSpot’s all-in-one CRM helps you automate tedious tasks, keep track of all your deals in one place, and make sure your whole team has access to the same data. Get started for free at HubSpot.com! ZipRecruiter: Get your job noticed by the best and brightest candidates - with ZipRecruiter! Go to this exclusive web address to try ZipRecruit

Bobbi L. Parish endured decades of trauma and mental illness, failed by the systems meant to help. She founded The International Association of Trauma Recovery Coaching, changing the way trauma survivors recover. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. There's a part of the brain called the default mode network, and it's the part of our brain that is in charge of taking in what we learn socially and creating our sense of self. 2. If there is only one thing that you can do for someone else, it is to be a compassionate witness and to listen to everything that they have to say and to meet them without judgment. 3. Trauma is the great disconnector. It disconnects us from ourselves, it disconnects us from the people around us, and it disconnects us from the world at large. Check out all resources including a workbook on how to work with your inner critic - Bobbi Parish Website Sponsors: HubSpot: HubSpot’s all-in-one CRM helps you automate tedious tasks, keep track of all your deals in one place, and make sure your whole team has ac