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Garrett Robins is currently working on a venture in the home automation industry. They talk why you can’t do it all as a business owner and how putting yourself out there by creating a good ole boys club sets you up for success. Show Notes: 00:30...
Garrett Robins is currently working on a venture in the home automation industry. They talk why you can’t do it all as a business owner and how putting yourself out there by creating a good ole boys club sets you up for success.
Show Notes:
00:30 Introducing Garrett Robins
03:29 What he’s working on right now
03:52 From making $100k a summer selling home security systems to making $8/hr to learn internet marketing
05:42 His newest venture in home automation
08:04 Why he considers his business a marketing company and not a hardware or SaaS company
08:45 How shooting someone in the face with a paintball gun opened up opportunities
09:23 Why he’s laser focused as a marketing company vs SaaS project
10:19 Garrett's vision to educate entrepreneurs and bring them in as affiliates
11:11 Why the landscape for information products has changed and what’s happening
12:41 What it feels like to scale winning offers
13:52 Getting in with the “Good Ole Boys Network”
15:38 Putting yourself out there and being willing to sacrifice
16:22 Why you can’t do it all
17:17 What KPI’s he is paying the most attention to
18:34 Nothing tells the whole story like a good old fashion phone call
20:26 It sounds really sexy, but it doesn’t give you sexy money
21:36 How automating as much as you can helps you build something bigger
23:15 The real lessons when walking away from a business and losing money
24:42 The right way to structure the deal when taking outside money
25:45 Assembling the team around you as an entrepreneur
27:36 One of Garrett's biggest rules with business partners
30:18 This final piece of advice tightly wraps together what successful entrepreneurs do
31:30 Say thanks to Garrett Robins on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/garrettrobins/ or on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/garrett.robins1
Resources:
Book - Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
Spencer Shaw interviews business owners about what it takes to run and grow a business. These aren't conversations about raising millions of capital or scaling to become the next billion dollar venture. Our message is for normal, hard working people that want insights to grow their part-time or full time business.