Your First Thousand Clients with Mitch Russo

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017: Mike Wolf is The Homeless Millionaire Aug 07, 2017

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Mike Wolf is a serial entrepreneur best known for his real estate investing. He’s been investing for 25 years and now teaches others how to create a lifestyle of freedom through passive income both from real estate and also in their businesses.

In this episode, Mike Wolf and I discuss:

Life before he became a millionaire
How got into in real estate
Quitting his job
Lessons learned from buying properties
The "long term" approach
On being the homeless millionaire
Importance of having the right mindset
Surrounding yourself with people who want to see you succeed
Betting on your strengths
How he is changing the world

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Mike's Site
Mike's Email

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016: Mike Ayalon on Following His Passion Aug 04, 2017

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Mike Ayalon is the CEO of Greek University, an educational platform that has inspired countless institutions across North America in identifying, understanding and resolving current social issues.

As a successful motivational speaker and entrepreneur, Mike has headlined over 300 presentations across 100 college campuses such as Sexual Assault Prevention, Hazing Prevention and Campus Safety, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention, Strategies for Managerial Excellence, and Diversity in Student Organizations.

Mike's strong technological background and varied professional experience in building companies from startup to over $25 Million in annual sales gives him a profound understanding of the ways these issues penetrate educational structures today. Mike is a TIPS-certified trainer and the former Executive Director of Sigma Pi Fraternity with 125 chapters and over 100,000 members nationwide.

In this episode, Mike and I discuss:

Filling in the gaps and the start of his entrepreneurial journey
Lessons learned from building websites and doing SEO
Growing client base from the scratch
Importance of getting niche specific
Changing roles and going after his own dreams
Building systems so the business can run without you
College years, hazing and misconceptions about it
Dealing with the pain from the past
His journey to 1000 clients
What he is doing that is changing the world

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015: Mitch Stephen on Overcoming Hopelessness & Making a Fortune Jul 31, 2017

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Mitch Stephen has been a self-employed RE investor for 20+ years. His real estate investing career started at the age of 23 when he made his first investment. Mitch, together with his wife, Tommi, and his daughter, Shannon purchased their fair share of local houses.

Their company, Independence Day, Inc., has bought and sold over 1,500 properties in and about San Antonio, Tx since 1996. This company specializes in buying distressed properties with OPM and selling those properties with Owner Financing.

In this episode, Mitch Stephen and I discuss:

Starting with nothing and having to hustle to survive
On books that inspired him
How he bought more than 1000 properties over the years
The business model that he followed
Turning the tables on property acquisition
Biggest lessons and takeaways along the way
Importance of making a change even when it's hard
What is his passion today
What he is doing to change the world

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014: Mella Barnes on Breaking into the Music Scene Jul 28, 2017

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Mella is a session singer, songwriter and voiceover actor living in Nashville, Tennessee. Also an animal lover, she has three dogs, a rabbit, and any number of foster animals in various shapes and sizes. She is the author of Way Less Cowbell, a book on communicating with session musicians.

In this episode, Mella and I discuss:

The start of her journey as a musician
Why she considers herself a “studio” person
Clients and referrals
Self-promotion & helping other musicians
Crushing Social Media and standing out from the noise
Importance of having connections
Mistakes she made early on that YOU can learn from
More on her passion
How she is changing the world

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013: Rob Kosberg on Writing a Bestselling Book Jul 24, 2017

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Rob Kosberg is a #1 best selling author, founder of www.BestSellerPublishing.org and has been featured on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX and the Wall Street Journal.

Rob has spoken to and taught thousands of entrepreneurs, coaches and consultants how to stop hunting for clients and instead position themselves as the hunted.

Through his trademarked Publish. Promote. Profit. (TM) program Rob helps his clients to create their own professional, best selling book (guaranteed) and then teaches them how to use that book to grow their income via speaking engagements, free publicity and lead generation strategies.

Rob used his own best selling book and these strategies to build his last company to over $1,000,000 in income in less than 15 months.

Rob is passionate about helping small businesses reach their target audience via cutting edge marketing.

In this episode, Rob Kosberg and I discuss:

Background and filling in the gaps
Having a massive business and losing it
How everything can start with a simple idea
Validating your BIG idea
Dealing with clients
How to get started with writing a book
Marketing tactics that you need to know about
What is his passion today
How he is changing the world

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012: Steve Olsher Helps with Finding Your ‘WHAT?’ And Reinventing Yourself Jul 17, 2017

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Steve is an entrepreneur, creator & founder of The Reinvention Workshop as well as the author of "What is Your What?" He teaches and trains people on how to reinvent themselves. He is also runs the Reinvention Radio Podcast. In this episode, Steve Olsher and I discuss: Looking back on younger self Why it's OK to FAIL How the ‘Reinvention’ started Understanding your ‘What’ Being a critique and a creator How to get influencers to respond to you Taking small steps to achieve your goals How to reinvent yourself What is his passion On changing the world Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Reinvention Radio What is your WHAT? Podcast Sponsor: Oscar Hamilton - Podcast Editing & Production services

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011: Shannon Graham on People Being Addicted To Their Own Suffering Jul 10, 2017

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Shannon Graham has developed a number of transformative coaching programs to tackle the hurdles of life and business. Some of Shannon Graham’s more recent innovations include “The Ultimate Lifestyle Intensive”: a highly popular weekend mentor coaching program that helps developing coaches skyrocket their personal and professional success, and “Legacy”: Shannon’s intensive one-on-one program for visionary entrepreneurs which combines one-on-one coaching with a powerful mastermind.

In this episode, Shannon Graham and I will discuss:

The start of the journey & Shannon’s biggest challenges
Dealing with the imposter syndrome
Being a young entrepreneur in business
Skills which helped him achieve success
Thoughts on imagination & creativity
Changing the rules of the game
The brutal and rewarding honesty
Keeping “impossible” out of your vocabulary in order to change the world

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010: John Corcoran on Building Personal Relationships With Your Clients Jul 03, 2017

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John is the creator of Smart Business Revolution, which helps entrepreneurs and small business owners bring in more income and clients by building real human relationships. He is also the co-founder, with Dr Jeremy Weisz, of Rise 25 Inner Circle. He is a former writer in the Clinton White House and has appeared in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Huffington Post, The Art of Manliness, Lifehacker, Business Insider, and numerous publications, blogs, and websites.

In this episode, John Corcoran and I discuss:

Figuring out what to sell and monetizing it
Scaling up and why getting help is important
Diversifying your revenue
Getting personal: Reaching out and retaining personal connections
Preparing your business for the future
The value of joint ventures
One major mistake he made that YOU can learn from
Understanding the right mindset
Finding the willpower to make a change
On how he is changing the world

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009: Ace Chapman Says Don't Start Businesses, Buy Them Jun 26, 2017

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Ace Chapman was a born entrepreneur, at the age of 5 he sold his school pictures to make back the $20 it cost for him to take them, by the age of 19 he had bought his first business, and by the age of 21 he had made his first million.

A college dropout with an eye for opportunity, Ace Chapman found a calling in buying and selling businesses. It was with the motivation to continue enjoying his life and having the luxury of freedom to do what he wanted that he invested in this business of buying businesses.

In the past 16 years, Ace has purchased over 40 businesses and discovered unique strategies to finance businesses and continues to help other people leverage those same strategies.

In this episode, Ace Champman and I discuss:

How he bought his first business
Lessons from running his first site
Going out of business and almost losing it all
How to get out of a situation where there seems to be no hope
Importance of having the right mindset
Working with a mentor
How YOU can find a good mentor
On changing the world

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008: From Engineer to Entrepreneur with Mark SA Smith Jun 19, 2017

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Mark SA Smith is an electrical engineer, author, speaker, and customer acquisition guru. He's co-authored three books in the legendary Guerrilla Marketing series and 10 other business books. His clients are Fortune 500 high-tech firms and entrepreneurial companies that need to scale rapidly. His area of expertise is product launches and sales force development. And he loves to figure out how to get customers buying.

In this episode, Mark SA Smith and I discuss: