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Tony Taveras is a Olympian Bodybuilder, Arnold Athlete, IFBB Pro Champion, HGTV personality, and world class business entrepreneur who is looking to show others what is possible in this world and how they, too, can create the world of their dreams. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. Your life should be in good order to be a successful entrepreneur. It all comes together as one. 2. It is essential to understand that wishing for your dreams to come true is not enough. You must be intentional every day, focusing your energy on achieving them. 3. Taking full ownership and responsibility for your successes and failures in an organization's growth journey is essential. Embrace challenges and take full responsibility for outcomes. Connect with Tony on Instagram - Tony's Instagram Sponsors HubSpot The HubSpot Sales Hub supercharges your sales process so you can find, track, and close deals all in one powerful, easy-to-use platform. Make the switch to HubSpot Sales Hub at HubSpot.com/sales. Belay Download Belay's Delegation Guide f

Clay Clark is known as America's number 1 business growth coach, the U.S. SBA Entrepreneur of the Year for the State of Oklahoma, the founder of several multi-million dollar companies, and the host of the Thrivetime Show podcast which has been number one overall on the iTunes business podcast charts 6 times. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. Where there is no VISM, your leads will perish. V is for videos, I are Images, S is for search engine content, and M is for getting more video reviews. 2. If you're struggling, you've got 3 phases to stop struggling. One, you have to learn what to do. You have to learn the proven system. Two, you have to be accountable to the system. And three, you have to measure what you treasure. 3. People don't take action for fear of what might happen if they take action and it doesn't work. Grow Your Business 7x Faster. Learn how to generate leads and grow your business. Prices start at $250 - Thrivetime Show Sponsors HubSpot The HubSpot Sales Hub supercharges your sales process so you can find,

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant.   Trudi Lebron, PhD (ABD), is a diversity, equity and inclusion coach who teaches individuals and institutions how to build successful, anti-racist businesses. In the past seven years, she has grown her company, Scriptflip, into a 7-figure machine for helping others maximize their social impact. Trudi is the host of the Business Remixed Podcast, has been featured in Forbes, been a guest on top podcasts including So Money, She Means Business and Go-To Gal, and was recognized as one of the Hartford Business Journal 40 Under 40 Leaders in 2016.   Top 3 Value Bombs 1. If you are feeling called to make a bigger difference and be a vehicle for change, you don’t have to choose between making a lot of money and doing good in the world. You can do both together. 2. When you

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. John-Paul is a business transformation specialist who helps entrepreneurs start, grow, and turnaround businesses in Africa. In 2018, LinkedIn recognized him as a Top Voice on startups and entrepreneurship. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. Africa is one of the top 10 fastest growing economies in the world. 2. Most successful businesses in Africa are working on the margin side. Africa is enormous in volume, too. You can use both to maximize your profit. 3. Doing what you love to do will not get you to success. Along the way, you have to do something you do not like, too. Tune in to John-Paul’s unique weekly podcasts for practical tips, advice, and insights that’ll improve your chances of starting, growing, or turning around your business - The Smallstarter Business Podcast Sponsor

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. Susie Carder is a globally recognized profitability coach. Her radical business strategies have helped thousands of entrepreneurs and small business owners achieve exponential growth and triple their profits. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. Wealth is your birthright. Wealth is not just for some of us. It’s for all of us. 2. There are 3 types of people in this pandemic: the partiers; the people who want to go back to normal; and the generals—those pivoting to the things that they can do in this new normal. 3. The pandemic leveled the playing field. Everyone who had the upper hand had to reinvent the business, same as you, all at the same time. Sign up for your free 10-point business planning assessment - Susie Carder Website Sponsors HubSpot The HubSpot Sales Hub supercharges yo

Colin Campbell is a serial entrepreneur, having exited companies today worth over 1 billion and author of Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat. He is the founder of Startup Club on Clubhouse with nearly 1M members. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. Try to dominate a niche like a laser beam. Don't try to take on the elephants, be the best in the world at one small niche and that's how you can get there. 2. Technologies are actually really complex for a lot of individuals. We need to make technology easy. 3. To make your idea successful, it has to solve a problem. You have to have a purpose. And the purpose isn't getting rich. A purpose is something that you believe in. It's something you can love. Serial Entrepreneurs' Secrets Revealed by Colin Campbell - Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat. Sponsors HubSpot The HubSpot Sales Hub supercharges your sales process so you can find, track, and close deals all in one powerful, easy-to-use platform. Make the switch to HubSpot Sales Hub at HubSpot.com/sales. Thought-Leader Ever thought about giving

Eben Pagan is a husband, father, investor, art collector, and coach. He started his online business in 2001 from his bedroom with just a computer, selling an eBook of dating advice. He built his company to 80 full-time employees, and $30 million in sales, 100% virtually, with no office. In 2007, he offered his first course on how to grow a business to the $10 million per year level called Altitude. He has been interviewed by Tony Robbins, Larry King, and others on how to find opportunity and build a successful company. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. Attaining peak success can transform you into your best self. 2. It is not about getting things for yourself; it is about understanding the challenges, desires, and needs of others. 3. Generative AI is even more meaningful; professionals, entrepreneurs, and coaches must start using and practicing it. Unlock the next level in your coaching practice with the best of the best in the world - success leaves clues, and they'll show you the way! It's 100 percent virtual - Coach Ex

Armir Harris, a charter bus industry expert, rose from a political refugee background to found CharterUP, revolutionizing the booking process with transparency and accountability. A market leader known for innovation. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. Rather than focusing on having 2X growth, let's focus on having 10X growth. What this does is this naturally brings the best ideas and the best strategies to surface because there's no way to grow 10X without pursuing the best ideas. 2. A sense of urgency really drives action. And what it does is it creates forward momentum. A great sense of urgency is contagious, but what's even more contagious, however, is slow, passive inaction, complacency or incrementalism. 3. You have to be vulnerable. You have to be willing to admit when you make a mistake. As a leader, what the environment you create is really up to you and what you allow is also what you're creating. Connect with Armir on LinkedIn - Armir’s LinkedIn Sponsors HubSpot Put your sales team on the fast track to winning Q

Tony Lysan runs multiple YouTube channels that make him passive income on a monthly basis but the crazy thing is that he does not show his face or create any of the videos. Now he has embarked on a journey to help others to do the same. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. The thing about YouTube is that, sometimes you may post a video and it may not do anything for the first three months. And then it just pops off and hits 22 million views because of changing the thumbnail. Constantly tweak the thumbnails until you see results. 2. Hiring a strong team is your strong asset in this game. It’s important that they’re not just good people but they also keep up with the quality that they produce. In business, your employees will never care about the business more than you do. 3. No matter how hard you’re trying, or how much time and effort you put into something, you should never give up if you know that what you’re doing has a proof of concept. Visit Tony’s FREE training - 7-steps on how to crash on YouTube Sponsors HubSpot Put

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. Andy Mant is the founder and CEO of BLUblox, a company specializing in evidence based advanced light filtering eyewear. He started BLUblox after becoming dissatisfied with the quality and standards of blue light blocking glasses available and so set about to design lenses that match the evidence is the academic literature. Today Andy is a leading figure in managing light to improve health and wellbeing. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. Optimize your sleep. You’re going to be going to the moon with whatever your business idea is. At the end of the day, there’s easy way to do that. Bluelight blocking glasses that are backed by science and evidence is such an easy hack. 2. Don’t just sell them something. Educate and empower people. That elevates the brand status and get people boug

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. Mitzi Perdue's father co-founded the Sheraton Hotel chain, and her husband was the poultry magnate, Frank Perdue. She is the founder of Win This Fight, Stop Human Trafficking Now. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. In the case of the trafficked person, unless they’re rescued, there’s no end to it until death. 2. Anything that makes people less vulnerable would make human trafficking less likely. 3. Every success that comes your way in life depends on being able to get along with people. Sign up for Mitzi’s blog by texting WTF to 551555, then visit her website to learn more - WinThisFight.org Sponsors HubSpot Put your sales team on the fast track to winning Q4 with Sales Hub! Learn more at HubSpot.com/sales Belay Don’t be the bottleneck to your organization’s growth! Schedule a fre

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. Puneet Nanda, aka Dr. Fresh, is a serial entrepreneur, innovator and inventor, writer, and practicing yogi. In 2015, he launched the essential oils brand Guru Nanda, which promises to bring '100% pure and natural therapeutic grade essential oils' to the masses. Already picked up by large retail stores like Walmart, Walgreens and Big Lots, Guru Nanda is now one of the fastest growing non-MLM essential oil companies. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. You can be successful by being genuine and by being better. 2. It is challenging to educate your customers, but you will eventually gain their trust if you provide them with value. 3. Successful businesses always have one product or one service that fills the void in the market place. Check out the Guru Nanda Website and experience a w

Chris Stegner is the CEO of Very Big Things; a technology Innovation & Excellence company. They help companies become their greatest self by digitally elevating their brand, experiences, and opportunities. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. When you build an entire brand around the idea of innovation and excellence, you tend to just dominate any sector you move into. 2. Generative AI can affect almost every single business in the world. It's hard to think of a business that will not be affected by creating a better experience, the customers creating a better experience for their employees, creating tons of automation and efficiencies, and from there, drastically higher profitability. 3. Don't procrastinate on your innovation. Do not procrastinate on excellence. These are the things that could take your company from where it is today and turn it into something that's truly special, that really moves the world. Ambitious leaders grow their companies by partnering with us to digitally elevate their brand, experiences, and

Izzy Rosenzweig is a veteran of the DTC industry for over 10 years. As CEO of Portless, Izzy aims to revolutionize the industry by massively improving DTC's cash flow and profit margins through direct fulfillment. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. In this new DTC model, you could turn inventory to cash in days. You could reduce your risk and inventory. If something does well, you ramp up production and container costs don't even exist in this model. 2. Cross-border fulfillment will change the game for all for thousands of DTC brands and not only allow them to service their customers the way they did yesterday, but to run it with way better cash flow. 3. Play different games. Think outside the box. You're consumers love your brand and by keeping on leaning into these opportunities and these ways to play your game, everyone running DTC Brands or whatever company you want to be extremely successful. Skip the ship, unlock cash flow, and scale faster. Connect with Izzy by visiting Portless Website - Portless Sponsors HubSpot P

Tracy J. Trost is an award-winning filmmaker, author, speaker, and creator of the heartwarming TV series American Homecoming. Inspiring audiences worldwide through film, books, and motivational content. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. The thing that separates American Homecoming from other shows is the story behind the story. It's not only entertaining, it's informational and it's really a great mission and cause. 2. If you want the big one, you gotta let go of all the other stuff you have. Your past beliefs and past understandings are holding you back from doing that you want to do. 3. If you believe you can or you believe you cannot, you are right. Also if you believe it isn't possible then you're right too. Watch the show. Become a delegate to help share the information - American Homecoming TV Sponsors HubSpot Put your sales team on the fast track to winning Q4 with Sales Hub! Learn more at HubSpot.com/sales Thought-Leader Ever thought about giving a TEDx talk? Visit Thought-Leader.com/fire to join a free training a

Bill Faeth is a renowned real estate investing expert, entrepreneur, and founder of Build Short Term Rental Wealth, a highly successful educational platform for real estate investors with over 25,000 members. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. The Augusta Rule says you can rent your primary residence for up to 15 days at full market value tax-free. 2. You need to understand how to build a super property, turning that into a super portfolio and building into a super life with intention. 3. Part of the investing strategy is if you go to the beach, the land value—the sand—is way more valuable, so the dwelling cost is going to be less. Your cost segregation benefits going to be less at the beach than it would be if you go to North Carolina. It's going to be higher in South Dakota than it would be in Malibu. A game-changing hub for elite STR investors set on revolutionizing their financial game - The STR War Room Sponsors HubSpot Put your sales team on the fast track to winning Q4 with Sales Hub! Learn more at HubSpot.com/sales

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. James Altucher has started and ran more than 20 companies and is currently an investor in and advisor to over 30, but at one point, James lost everything. In a matter of months, his account drained from $15 million to $143. Depressed and on the floor, James realized today's standard view of success comes with conditions, and that the only effective way to be successful is to choose yourself. Now, James Altucher is a successful entrepreneur, angel investor, chess master, and the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of "Choose Yourself." You can find his best and most controversial advice in The Altucher Report, which provides you with James' personal research in business, finance, and entrepreneurship. James also has a new bookour, Skip The Line. Top 3 Value Bombs 1

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. Simon Severino is the CEO of Strategy Sprints, Europe's leading remote Growth Advisory. His global team of Certified Strategy Sprint coaches does only one thing: Double the revenue of businesses in 90 days. Simon teaches Growth Strategy in select business schools and hosts the Strategy Sprints podcast. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. Staying lean and getting lean is essential 2. Improve upon what is currently working and make your life easy. 3. The Equalizer Template will help you determine your monthly sprint budget, and it will make your life easier. Check out the Strategy Sprints Toolbox and download resources for free - The Equalizer Tool Sponsors HubSpot Put your sales team on the fast track to winning Q4 with Sales Hub! Learn more at HubSpot.com/sales Thought-Leader Ever

Every month we put together an income report to share a behind-the-scenes look at the ups and downs of running a 7-figure business. In full transparency, it’s not easy – but it IS possible. Through hearing about our mistakes, lessons learned, and our wins, we hope to inspire and motivate you to take action in your business with just one step forward every single day. For our full income report, visit EOFire.com/income121, and IGNITE! September 2023 Income At-A-Glance Gross Income for September: $160,879 Total Expenses for September: $11,896 Total Net Profit for September: $148,983 Difference b/t September & August: +$38,901 Percentage of net profit to overall gross revenue: 93 percent Sponsors HubSpot Put your sales team on the fast track to winning Q4 with Sales Hub Learn more at HubSpot.com/sales Millionaire University Podcast Teaching you how to run a successful business and graduate rich, not broke Find Millionaire University on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. Belay Don’t b

Michael Hurnaus previously worked for Microsoft and Amazon before founding Tractive - market leader in GPS Tracking and Health/Wellness Monitoring for cats and dogs. Michael also angel-invests in B2C subscription businesses. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. Around 95 percent of success hinges on executing that idea well. The idea contributes only about 5 percent to startups and endeavors, while most of the outcome is determined by effective execution. 2. Pricing is vital for subscriptions, whether in your business or as an angel investor in others. The Choice Factory book is a great resource. 3. Reducing churn is crucial, perhaps even more than pricing. To lower churn, start by offering a fantastic product that engages users. Check out Tractive’s dog and cat trackers. Follow every step. Every minute. Everywhere - Tractive Website Sponsors HubSpot Put your sales team on the fast track to winning Q4 with Sales Hub! Learn more at HubSpot.com/sales FranBridge Many EOFire listeners have launched franchises in a variety of ind