Mike Dillard has built his first million-dollar business by the age of 27. Following that, he has started multiple companies that have collectively produced over $50 million in revenue without outside funding.
Now, Mike mentors other entrepreneurs and is developing technologies in the aeroponics industry that will give people around the world access to clean, healthy, organic food at a fraction of today’s current prices.
In this episode, Mike talks about the #1 shift he used to improve his content. He also explains the balance of quality vs quantity when it comes to making content and building brand momentum.
Timestamped Show Notes:
[1:35] Inception Point For Becoming A Business Owner
[4:12] Transitioning To A New Identity
[9:17] Building Brand Momentum
[14:20] Utilizing Podcast For Business Growth
[17:06] Balance Of Quality Vs Quantity
[23:20] Different Career Path
[25:02] Mastering Hobbies
[28:02] Getting Into Car Racing
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Ray Higdon is a two time best selling author and a former #1 income earner in a network marketing company that he joined while he was in foreclosure. Ray and his wife now have a coaching company that serves the profession as coaches, speakers, and trainers.
In this episode, Ray shares, for the first time, personal problems he overcame to have a massive breakthrough and how you can do it as well. Listen and learn how to stop the power of doubt from fueling you.
Timestamped Show Notes:
[1:27] Impact Of A Book
[3:08] Events Leading Ray To This Point
[9:16] Realization Of Doubt Being A Core Belief
[14:09] Past Traumas Shaping Your Life
[18:08] Finding The Source Of Your Problems
[25:27] Deciding To Go In The Right Direction
[30:13] Transitioning To Coaching And Training
[34:22] Opening Up To More People
[39:11] Ways To Acquire New Coaching Customers
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Brent Pella is a stand-up comedian whose comedy sketches, celebrity impressions, and parody music videos have gained more than 50 million views online and have been featured on MTV, Funny or Die, BroBible, Worldstar HipHop, and more.
In this episode, Brent talks about not following the traditional route of life and how he made a career out of something he loves, comedy.
Timestamped Show Notes:
[1:54] 7 Year YouTube Progression
[6:03] Not Following The Traditional Route
[9:32] Relationship With JP
[12:44] Making Videos Without Fear Or Hesitation
[18:35] Things Brent Loves Doing
[23:02] Driving Forces Of Recent Videos
[32:05] Keeping Consistency With Posting Videos
[41:39] Future Goals
[45:30] The World Of Impressions
[50:05] Favorite Comedians
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Tim Kennedy is a former Special Forces sniper, Texas Army Guard soldier, and professional MMA fighter.
In this episode, Tim drops some massive knowledge and thoughts on the current election. He also talks about his motivations to consistently serve, resiliency, and maintaining a good work ethic.
Timestamped Show Notes:
[0:39] Election Day Thoughts
[5:22] Balance Of Innovation And Conserving The Constitution
[8:28] Epitome Of Events Leading To Where Tim Is Today
[13:45] Bad For Bad
[20:44] Connecting Through The Disagreements
[25:38] Moral Conviction
[29:51] Other Countries Want America To Fall
[33:29] The Social Dilemma
[39:52] Tim’s Political Position
[43:47] Crazy Happenings In Other Countries
[50:42] Complacency In Your Life
[54:26] Motivation To Consistently Serve
[1:02:03] War Going Bad
[1:08:15] The Need For Influence And Power
[1:13:11] Stand For Something
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R.T is the Co-Founder and CEO of Vortic Watches. The Vortic Watch Company is a high-end wristwatch engineering and manufacturing company.
In this episode, R.T tells the history of how wristwatches came to be and how that inspired him to take old pocket watches and make them into wristwatches. Listen and learn how he created a physical product that was new and out of the ordinary and still turned it into a highly profitable business.
Timestamped Show Notes:
[2:02] Journey To Restoring Watches
[4:54] Inspiration To The Watches
[11:17] Tradition And Backstory Of The Watches
[19:17] Ability to Create And Getting The Watches
[25:40] Finding Product Market Fit
[31:01] Sales Cycles And Product Placement
[36:50] The Power Of Credibility
[41:36] Pricing vs Value
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Juliana & Mark Spicoluk are the founders of Boho Beautiful, a travel, yoga and lifestyle brand. Their mission is to create positive content for the body, mind and earth.
They have over 1.7 million subscribers on YouTube, 340k+ followers on Instagram, and have sold tens of thousands of books & programs online.
In this episode, Juliana and Mark speak about how they went from no following to millions with no expectations. Listen and learn the importance of self-awareness and how to step outside of your thoughts to keep the fears you have out of your way.
Timestamped Show Notes:
[2:30] Dynamic Of Working Together
[5:21] Finding On Another’s Strengths
[10:09] Pride In Your Work
[18:13] Keep Working Through Hard Times
[27:02] Importance Of Self Awareness
[33:52] Stepping Outside Of Your Thoughts
[41:02] Keeping The Spark Alive
[45:22] Facing Your Fears
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In this episode, Nicholas Talks about the value put into his book “The Modern Day Businessman”. For a limited time go over to nicholasbayerle.com/ebook to get your FREE ebook copy.
Timestamped Show Notes:
[0:33] Starting A Business
[1:14] Wanting To Write A Book
[3:02] Giving Value
[5:35] Get Your FREE EBook
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Jeff Lerner is Serial Entrepreneur, Speaker, Author, and Musician. He built a multi 8 figure agency and sold it, is one of the top affiliate marketers, and now is one of the fastest growing educational businesses in the world.
In this episode, Jeff shares his most successful strategies he uses to build 8 figure businesses.
Timestamped Show Notes:
[3:16] Making Money And Building Influence
[8:10] Getting People To Know Like And Trust You
[12:11] Creating A Good Quality Of Life Through Priorities
[17:09] Learning New Skills To Keep Building
[20:42] Working On New Relationships Through Therapy
[25:13] Becoming Passionate About Helping Other People
[30:07] Entre’s Curriculum
[34 :05] Content Is How You Change The Conversation
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In this week’s episode, Nicholas emphasizes the importance of making a plan and not putting so much pressure on the outcome of the plan.
Take a listen and see how to not get burnt out this quarter and make Q4 about your family.
Timestamped Show Notes:
[2;27] Getting Into Business In 2016
[6:56] Avoid Getting Burnt Out
[10:16] 5 Core Functions Of A Business
[15:25] Taking Your Health Back
[18:06] Final Thoughts
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Joost Jansen was a former Navy SEAL. After leaving special operations, he started working in Hollywood as a trainer, military adviser, stunt performer, and actor.
In this episode, Nicholas gives a sneak peek into a training Joost did. Take a listen and see why you should join the BDB Club to get access to exclusive trainings.
Timestamped Show Notes:
[3:23] Thriving Through Hardship
[7:02] Yamen Story Part 1
[14:10] Going Through Navy Seal Hell Week
[20:32] Seal Training That Translate To The Rest Of Your Life
[25:07] Your “Why” Is Irrelevant
[27:30] Experience In Seal Training
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In this week’s episode, Nicholas and Amanda give a BDB, podcast, and life update and explain where and why they moved to Austin Texas.
Timestamped Show Notes:
[1:09] Events Leading Up To The Move
[4:43] Thoughts About Moving
[7:03] Hidden Expenses Living In California
[10:12] Becoming Aware Of Benefits Leaving California
[!5:45] Excited For The Future
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In this episode, Nicholas gives the run down of the success of BDB’s first ever virtual event and how impactful it is to run a virtual event.
Timestamped Show Notes:
[0:54] Starting As A Health Coach
[6:45] Creating The Brotherhood
[12:03] BDB Live 4.0 Virtual Event
[15:04] Don’t Let Chance Define Your Success
[20:00] Play To Your Full Potential
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Justin Stumvoll has worked with over 4,000 clients in the past 8 years, teaching them to become honest with themselves and learn to face their greatest fears
In this episode, Justin teaches how to stop being driven by your insecurities and giving ourselves permission to heal.
Timestamped Show Notes:
[4:38] Reaching People Through Message
[10:01] Difference In The Style Of Counseling/Coaching
[12:26] Justin’s Transformation To Who He Is Now
[21:10] Being Driven By Insecurities
[27:07] Giving Ourselves Permission To Heal
[32:01] Identifying Things Holding You Back
[37:53] Working Through To Freedom
[50:10] Stop Living Numb And Just Existing
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Chris Evans is the CEO of Wealth Cap Holdings. He manages and advices over 7 figures per month in paid traffic and spends/ manages a portfolio of over $5 million of income producing properties
In this episode we deep dive into faith and family alongside building a successful business.
Timestamped Show Notes:
[2:40] Best Things To Talk About
[6:04] Learning Traffic And Sales
[12:12] Life As A Missionary
[19:13] Facing The Reality Of Who You Are
[22:03] Creating An Impact
[28:35] Going Towards That “Thing” That Motivates You To Build
[35:00] Monumental Lessons From Jay Abraham
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Sam Bakhtiar went from being divorced and on the verge of bankruptcy to a multimillionaire and CEO of multiple worldwide brands.
In this episode, Sam talks about his humble beginnings and how to rose to to wealth and influence.
Timestamped Show Notes:
[2:25] Getting Into Health And Fitness
[5:33] Mentally Putting In The Reps
[9:14] Progression Of The Companies
[15:15] Getting Back In The Game And Building Confidence
[17:50] Getting Your Spouse On The Same Page
[24:30] Expanding The Business To Multiple Locations
[28:00] Managing Through Another Obstacle
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In this episode, Nicholas speaks about building relationships with bigger influencers and serving other people’s mission and visions to rise up with them to have their ceiling become your floor. Learn Nichola’s way to get these influencers to see you as a peer where they are invested and interested in what you're doing.
Timestamped Show Notes:
[1:40] Building Relationships With Influencers
[3:50] Process To Create Results
[7:20] Making A Memorable Impression
[14:31] Process Of Connecting With Jay Abraham
[22:51] Investing With Russell Brunson
[25:17] Getting Russell To Speak At BDB Live
[27:11] First Time Going To An Event
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Dr.Robert Glover is the author of No More Mr. Nice Guy: A Proven Plan For Getting What You Want in Love, Sex and Life. He has helped change the lives of countless men and women around the world.
In this episode, Dr. Robert Glover goes into detail on becoming self aware, working on your “nice guy” syndrome and fixing your excuses.
Timestamped Show Notes:
[3:42] Progression Of No More Mr. Nice Guy
[13:34] Identifying And Becoming More Self Aware
[22:32] Working On Your “Nice Guy” Issues
[26:00] Facing Your Excuses
[33:25] Becoming A “Nice Guy”
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Myron Golden is a speaker and trainer in the areas of sales, marketing, business development, and financial literacy with over 27 years of experience. He has generated tens of millions of dollars or more online and offline.
In this episode, Myron goes into detail on building a financial fortress for you and your family. He also tells how to keep your mind and sales around the Bible.
Timestamped Show Notes:
[2:04] Life Growing Up
[5:39] Building A Financial Fortress
[15:20] Using The Word Of God In Business
[19:47] Using Stories To Shift Mindsets
[24:02] Bridging The Gap Between Being a Preacher And Selling
[35:33] Knowing The Truth About Wealth
[37:50] Limiting Beliefs
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Simon Lovell went from $50k of debt and went onto starting a multi-million dollar company until ultimately coming to help entrepreneurs build their confidence and be happy again.
In this episode, Simon tells the exact frameworks he used to be able to break free from past traumas.
Timestamped Show Notes:
[1:58] Defining Trauma
[4:11] Self Discovery And Identifying Self Sabotage
[10:34] Having An Addiction
[16:21] Making The Choice Of “Do I Want To Change”
[20:20] How Anxiety Affects How People Meet You
[25:20] Figuring Out What You Actually Want
[31:50] Aware And Unaware Traumas
[34:01] Creating Identity
[40:52] See What Triggers You
[43:25] Balance Between Solo And Community
[46:00] Process Of Struggling
[49:45] Leaving An Old Identity
[51:53] Don’t Create Problems
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Akbar Sheikh went from living in an electrical closet to generating millions of dollars online.
He helps other people generate millions of dollars as well and has been able to be the strategist for many people to be able to launch their online career.
In this episode, we deep dive into Akbar’s story of how he was able to build a successful business.
Timestamped Show Notes:
[5:17] What Akbar’s Company Does
[10:10] Living In An Electrical Closet
[17:14] Selling Refurbished Mattresses
[19:24] Getting Involved In Internet Marketing
[24:15] Assembling A Team
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Jeff Hahn is the owner and principal of a family of integrated agency brands. His team of 36 people serve an array of clients in the food and beverage space. He concentrates on reputation protection and restoration.
In this episode, we talk about the do’s and don’ts of PR with emphasis on everyone makes mistakes, it's about how you get up and recover from those mistakes that really define who you are as a person.
Timestamped Show Notes:
[2:48] Effect of COVID-19
[5:28] Jeff’s Expertise
[7:40] Common Crises That Need To Be Communicated
[12:33] Risk Management
[15:12] Working On The Craziest Crisis
[18:18] Recovering From A Reputation Damaging Event
[26:20] Training People To Get Back To Being Confident
[31:26] Become A Part Of The Solution Not The Problem
[35:02] In The Food Space
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Adrienne Dorison takes big business operational principles and figures out how to best apply them to the small business world. She has helped hundreds of businesses expand profit margins and cut costs in a short amount of time.
This episode is all about running your business like clockwork, taking back your time and helping you create a business where you can spend less energy, time, resources and money to have a business that continues to grow even when you're not there.
Timestamped Show Notes:
[2:05] Benefit From Applying Adrianne’s Tips
[4:46] Process Of Getting Into The Systems
[10:23] Common Mistakes And Tactics To Fix Them
[17:20] Becoming More Efficient With Your Time
[23:33] Building Confidence In Your Team Members
[30:02] Hiring The Right Person
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In this week’s episode, Nicholas announces early bird tickets to the best event we’ve ever done. Make the investment in yourself, show up and recognize the defining moments in life! Grab your Early Bird ticket to BDB Live 4.0 on August 28-30 2020!
Timestamped show Notes:
[1:01] Finding The Defining Moments In Life
[5:20] BDB Live 4.0
[9:15] Early Bird Tickets
[12:09] Being 100% All In
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JR Spear is not only a master in martial arts with a martial arts business, he is also a veteran. JR was overseas with our military and almost got blown up by a suicide bomber that shifted his life forever. In this episode, he describes his experience, how he’s working through that trauma, and how he turned his mess into his message.
Timestamped Show Notes:
[1:10] Life Story
[5:02] Learning Through Struggles
[13:14] Having Coaches Inside Of Business
[17:48] Objections In Business
[21:12] Life Changing Event In The Service
[29:49] Recovery Process
[33:32] Biggest Difficulty Recovering
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Mike Arse is someone who is changing the industry and is also pivoting during these times and is already set up for success if things were to change. He not only has been helping the new wave of gyms but has also been helping people market online and started coaching business.
In this episode, Mike goes into detail on the important pivots to make in your business in these times.
Timestamped Show Notes:
[3:11] First Getting Into Business
[9:30] Benefits Of Hiring Coaches
[11:40] Thinking Big And Working Towards A Vision
[20:15] Common Problem Seen
[28:19] Be Aware Of What You Want
[34:10] Family Dynamic As An Entrepreneur
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