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What is CRM? A Short Guide the Budding Entrepreneur – ShoeMoney

December 21, 2019 Ben Mattice Leave a comment

You thought maybe being an entrepreneur meant you were just the ideas guy. Then you got deep into the planning process and realized there was a lot you had to do yourself before you could just be the ideas guy. Even Elon Musk had to learn business before he could start his engineering and product companies. He had to learn about marketing and other important aspects of marketing. One key aspect of business and startup marketing is CRM or customer relationship management. This is the center of your customer data. It’s where you store, track, and organize your customer data and interactions. How do you find the right software? Why should you use it? Keep reading to find out. How to Choose Your CRM Software Not all CRM software is created equal. CRM is just an umbrella term for various applications. There are three types of CRM under the main […]

Office Space Location: 7 Key Tips for Finding the Perfect Office Space

October 7, 2019 Ben Mattice Leave a comment

You and your best friend built a small app. You didn’t expect your idea to take off, but people adopted it and made it grow. Now you’re unable to carry the weight on your own shoulders and need employees. But you guys worked out of your home offices. You didn’t even think you’d need an office space. How do you even go about finding, leasing, and organizing an office space? Today we give you a toolset. These tools will empower you in your journey to a functional and perfect office space. Here’s what you need in order to do that. 1. Begin At a Coworking Space The cost of renting office space can be anywhere between $4k and $14k in the United States. And that’s per employee. If you’re lucky, electricity and water are included. If you’re not lucky, you’ll pay extra. Eventually, you will need your own space. You […]

Amazing Startup Strategies And Tips For Building A Successful Business Launch

September 27, 2019 Ben Mattice Leave a comment

The Silicon Valley stereotype is true. 70% of entrepreneurs in the United States started their business in their home. And when asked what’s the best way to learn to be an entrepreneur, just over half said, “start a business.” But for most people, starting a business is this nebulous concept. It’s “somehow I get a loan and sell people things.” But a startup is much more than that. Startup culture is rough. You’re constantly pushing your limits and you’re often wanting to quit. But the end result is worth it…if you make it. You want to have all the tools available for success. Without them, you’ll likely fail. Today, I’m going to hand you those tools. Draw a Map X marks the spot. When you come to a fork in the road, take it. The best maps give you reliable advice while showing you the way forward. You don’t always […]

Start a Construction Company the Easy Way by Following These 3 Steps

September 26, 2019 Ben Mattice Leave a comment

Residential home sales are steadily rising. This month, the rate of sales nationwide was up 7.1% from last month and it was 18% over projections. Now is the best time to get into the construction business. Prices are finally recovering after the market slump ten years ago and it’s been a seller’s market for a while now. But if you’ve never started a business, you might be wondering what you need to do first. Here’s a quick list of what you need to do in order to start a construction business. 1. Research Your Market Construction is a broad category. Are you starting a residential construction company, a government contractor company, or a commercial construction company? What types of homes or buildings are you going to build? This will determine which market you need to research. As we said previously, the residential market is booming. But where are you going […]

5 Badass Female Entrepreneurs You’ve Probably Never Heard About But Should Have

September 13, 2019 Ben Mattice Leave a comment

Even if women-owned firms are 34% of all businesses, they only represent 8% of employment and 4% of revenues. Women have historically faced near impossible barriers to entry in the business world. And the above statistic shows that the news hasn’t gotten much better. But women are charging ahead. Female entrepreneurship is on the rise. Between 97 and 2017, female-owned businesses increased by 114%. That number is increasing each year. Today we’re going to celebrate this accomplishment by highlighting five women who’ve faced the odds and won out. Here they are. 1. Michelle Miller Fitness If you’re lucky or rich, you could start a business in a month or two. But it can take up to a year to start a small business due to the myriad of hoops to jump. Michelle Miller managed to start her business in less than 6 months. This included porduct design, procurement, and branding. […]

Unique Personal Promotion Ideas for the Solopreneur

July 2, 2019 Ben Mattice Leave a comment

You’re at a fancy dinner and you strike up a conversation at the bar. You realize the person you’re talking to is a potential client and they’re asking how you can help them. You fumble into your pocket and pull out a crumpled business card. “Sorry. It’s my last one.” You say. They promise to get back to you. You later find out it was an empty promise. Have you been there? Do you hate self-promotion? There’s got to be a way to make it easier, right? Well, today we’re going to look at a few ways to make self-promotion a breeze. Check it out. 1. Unusual Business Cards I once got a business card that was a Starbucks gift card. The guy’s name was embossed in gold and I can tell you I wasn’t going to throw that puppy away. Most people don’t take a business cards 101 course […]

Turn That Frown Upside Down: How to Fail Up as an Entrepreneur

June 29, 2019 Ben Mattice Leave a comment

There’s this statistic going around the internet that’s false. It says that 90% of small businesses fail. But stats collected over a five year period show this to be false. The number is closer to 50%. But still, that means that starting a business is like flipping a coin. That’s some pretty high odds. Well, like Han Solo likes to say, “don’t tell me the odds.” Because the payoff for sticking to your guns as entrepreneur is huge. Starting a business and expecting it to automatically succeed is like flipping a coin and expecting it to automatically land on “heads”. How do you get heads when you flip a coin? By continuing to flip the coin. That metaphor is a little weak for entrepreneurialism. There are some things you can do that ensure you’ll fail up instead of down. Follow these things and you’re likely to succeed the second time […]

Be Like Porsche: Invent Something New

June 12, 2019 Ben Mattice Leave a comment

“There is nothing new under the sun.” In a sense, King Solomon was right. Everything “new” we create is merely combination of existing materials. But not every combination of existing matter has been created. And inventions crop up all the time that inspire a new generation of tech. Today we’re going to look at one inspiring story. Porsche. How did Porsche become known as the premier luxury brand they are today? Was it merely the iconic Porsche Panamera? Print off your spreadsheets cause we’re going to look at how they’ve changed the business of luxury items forever. Form and Function I just learned a new word today. “Horological.” It means the study of the measurement of time. Luxury car companies like to contract with watchmakers to make car inspired watches. But few have gotten into the business of horology like Porsche. In fact, they changed the wristwatch industry entirely. How? […]

Take the Fork in the Road: Come Up With Awesome Business Ideas

May 24, 2019 Ben Mattice Leave a comment

Most people choose left or right when they come to a fork in the road. And you could just follow everyone else. Or you could just take the fork and do something with it. This is what business building is like. It’s looking at what other people aren’t doing and doing that. But how do you get from, no clue to successful idea? Do you pull a rabbit out of a hat? Shuffle a deck of cards? Today we’re going to give you a small map you can follow to getting to your best business ideas. 1. Take Note Like the illustration above, you can easily find out where people have gone in the past. With the advent of the internet, this has become even easier. You can easily find case studies online. Look at the niche you’re interested in and find out what startups other Entrepreneurs have done. Take […]

Why People Really Hate Us Online

May 22, 2019 Pat Flynn Leave a comment

Pat Flynn: Stop talking, because nobody cares. You are a complete idiot— Speaker 2: You are a complete idiot from head to toe. Speaker 3: Go do something that actually matters. Speaker 4: Why were you even born? Pat: . . . I hate you. Speaker 2: I hate you. Pat: These are some powerful words that I’ve read online about myself. Now, nobody has ever said any of these things to me in person, but it doesn’t really matter because when I read these things online, it hurts. I don’t know if you’ve ever been targeted for hate online. Whether it’s a comment on a YouTube video, or your blog, or a reply on social media, or something that you read in a forum somewhere, it doesn’t matter. It never feels good no matter how much people tell you that those are things you should just ignore. I’ve been […]

Top 5 Major Business Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make

May 1, 2019 Pat Flynn Leave a comment

Pat Flynn: Look, we all make mistakes, and making mistakes is a part of being an entrepreneur, but the problem is when we make the same mistakes over and over again, and we see other peoples make those mistakes, and we do them anyway. This particular episode, I’m going to teach you five major mistakes that new entrepreneurs make, no guests in this episode, just you and me having a conversation, and listen to the intro, here we go. Announcer: Welcome to the Smart Passive Income Podcast, where it’s all about working hard now, so you can sit back and reap the benefits later. And now your host, when he wants to learn something, he hires a mentor to save him time, Pat Flynn. Pat: What’s up and welcome to session 390 . . . no 369 of the Smart Passive Income Podcast. Thank you so much for joining me […]

Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing with Paul Jarvis

April 3, 2019 Pat Flynn Leave a comment

Paul Jarvis: For me, it’s always, I want a business that supports my life, not a life that supports my business. So I don’t want to Elon Musk things and work eighty hours a week and sleep on a couch in my office. I want to work thirty-ish hours a week and enjoy the rest of my time. As long as I make enough money to cover that, put money into savings and all of that, I feel good. I don’t need to . . . Working awards ten times more than that wouldn’t serve me, wouldn’t serve my life in any way. I don’t think it would serve my customers, even. Pat Flynn: I recently read a really interesting book, it was called Company of One, Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business. When I was initially going to read it, I was thinking about the […]

Innovations in the Video Game Industry Entrepreneurs Need to Know About

March 7, 2019 Ben Mattice Leave a comment

Video games are for kids and neckbeards who stream on Twitch, right? $18.4 billion says otherwise. Today, the video game industry is where innovation is happening. It’s where millions of tech enthusiasts gather in offices and garages and tinker with code, machines, parts, etc. These guys push computing technology to its limit. What’s the benefit to entrepreneurs and business owners? Tools. Productivity tools, advertising, etc. Today we’re going to talk about the video game innovations that could change the way you run your business. Let’s side-scroll onward. 1. Artificial Intelligence I remember when the cutting-edge game Deus Ex came out in 2000. I read a review of the game. It claimed the AI was so advanced that if you used a silenced weapon while standing over a ledge, the guards below would react to the shells falling from your gun. This was utter B.S. Not artificial intelligence in the slightest. […]

Invitations in the Video Game Industry Entrepreneurs Need to Know About

February 15, 2019 Ben Mattice Leave a comment

How to Become an Inventor Entrepreneur with Ryan Gorman

October 26, 2018 Pat Flynn Leave a comment

Ryan Gorman: So basically, if you create a product that gets used more than someone’s toothbrush, that’s a good way of figuring out if it’s going to be a viable product or if it’s something that will just be a trinket that somebody will buy and sit on the shelf and never touch or maybe not even buy at all. And that doesn’t necessarily mean that everybody has to use it twice a day, period . . . Pat Flynn: You’re listening to Ryan Gorman, who is an entrepreneur, an inventor, and somebody who has made a business out of selling his ideas and actually creating physical products, and I wanted to invite him on to share with us a little bit more insight with how he’s done what he’s been able to do, to hopefully inspire some of you who, whether you have an audience already or not, whether […]

A Young College Student’s Plan to Change His Life

October 3, 2018 Ben Mattice Leave a comment

You can do a thousand and one things to make money. Most of the time, people just don’t know how to start out. They’ll just “come up with an idea” and run with it. And they have no clue if their business idea will actually work. Of course, there is always some uncertainty when starting a new business. This is why a majority of startups fail. But you can mitigate that risk by doing a few wise things. Pulling a business idea out of your derriere is the last thing you want to do. It takes observation and research. I’m going to tell you about a student I recently met who plans to do just that. 1. Find a Niche Nobody Has Filled This can backfire, of course. You could have found a niche nobody has filled and no customer would ever respond to. Then you really are wasting your […]

Five Coffee Facts to Impress Everyone With on Coffee Day

September 29, 2018 Ben Mattice Leave a comment

Did you know that more than 1/3 of all Americans drink coffee. And they spend more money on coffee each year than they do on investments. I personally could take a lesson from that last stat. Imagine how much money you might have if you put your coffee money into investments each year. Suffice it to say, coffee is a booming industry. Over the past ten years, coffee culture has gone from mere fru-fru Starbucks lattes to single-origin obsession. If you’re investing in the coffee industry or write a blog about coffee, you might note that tomorrow is Coffee Day. So, in honor of Coffee Day, we bring you five fascinating facts about coffee. 1. Instant Coffee is Old Instant coffee appeared in 1771. The problem was, it would go bad pretty fast. Most likely due to the fact it was merely dried coffee. But about 100 years later, David Strang […]

Education Matters: Interesting Courses for the Entrepreneur

August 28, 2018 Ben Mattice Leave a comment

When I left university, I thought I was done with school. I’d learned the basics of reading, writing, and ‘rithmatic. I could get a job and make a living now. The more I talk to people with higher ed degrees, the more I realize how much education really matters. It’s not about knowing facts but improving your own emotional intelligence. Some of us might not be able to take the time to go get a Master’s degree. This doesn’t mean we can’t continue in our education. Entrepreneurs love to read books. And they love to give courses. But one thing many of us neglect is real coursework. If you’d like to continue in your education, here are some of the most interesting courses any entrepreneur could take right now. 1. Digital Marketing with Udacity Digital marketing is such a broad topic. And when you don’t know where to start, you might just […]

It Might Be Cliche, But You Can Turn Your Passion Into a Business

August 24, 2018 Ben Mattice Leave a comment

You’re sitting your cubicle staring at a blinking cursor. It dances there mocking you. You’re supposed to be typing up that yearly report for the boss. But you’d rather be out in the mountains or on a lake somewhere fishing. Someone comes and taps on your shoulder. It’s the FedEx guy with a large envelope. You rip it open and out slides a flip phone. You open the phone and it rings. You answer, “Hello?” “What if I told you that you don’t have to sit in a cubicle forever.” “Yeah, well, I’m heading home here in an hour…” “What if I told you that you could turn your passion into a business? That it might take a lot of work, but you could be on the river fishing and making money at the same time.” Would you believe the man on the phone? Or would be like Neo and […]

13 Unique Ideas for Young Entrepreneurs

August 16, 2018 Ben Mattice Leave a comment

Children can start learning about money as early as age three. One of the best ways to do this is by not always buying something when you go into a store. If your kid wants something, you tell them “there isn’t enough money right now for that, but if we wait patiently, we will eventually be able to buy it.” Children are better at reasoning through these things than we give them credit for. They will make the connection between the waiting and the money and the eventuality of buying even if they can’t see or understand actual numbers yet. Now, your kid may not have an entrepreneurial bent as early as 3 years of age. At some point, they will want a “lemonade stand” in their life. You should be ready to help them achieve their little entrepreneurial dreams. It’s entirely possible for your little one to learn about […]