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In episode 29 of Espresso Hour, Ship 30 for 30 Captains Dickie Bush and Nicolas Cole walk through the wins, lessons, and realizations they gained over the course of the year.
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00:00) Intro
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01:13) 2023 Wins
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04:53) Launched a successful group coaching program
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11:37) Built our first asynchronous product in a month
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15:07) Doubled the business profit
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21:07) Hired 7 team members while maintaining performance culture
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28:18) Experimented with different podcast styles
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31:37) Built our V1 dream production studio
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34:59) Built a paid newsletter to $250k in ARR
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38:32) Learned the power of cross-collaborations
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43:49) Learned how to hire & train a sales team
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45:23) Refined our content supply chain
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48:44) 2023 Lessons & Realizations
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50:18) Work in defined sprints of monk or maintenance mode
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54:33) Every reinvestment into the business is positive if…
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55:56) The importance of surrounding yourself with an all-star team
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57:09) You’re a fixed number of hours away from anything
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1:02:38) Every leap of progress came from IRL meetups
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1:03:25) The value of a mastermind is normalizing success
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1:06:04) “Slogs” are necessary
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1:07:36) Audio and video develop more resonance
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1:08:10) Paying for the ideal scene
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1:09:49) We can build anything we want (with constraints)
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1:10:28) 2024 and beyond
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