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“I don’t think you can go eight hours a day with something, whatever it is (with me, it’s a company), you can’t do that unless you’re in love, unless you have a passion, because it doesn’t give you back all that much at times, at times it gives you a lot of pain, a lot of heartaches.” Joe Foster, Founder of Reebok.
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Today we’re re-sharing a snack-size episode that’s been helping people ever since we first aired it in 2019!
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This week Roland Frasier welcomed seasoned Entrepreneur Ryan Deiss onto the Business Lunch Podcast as the new co-host.
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Equity sharing is just one of the tricky subjects discussed in today’s episode with Roland Frasier, and Ryan Deiss. Today is the beginning of a new chapter for the Business Lunch Podcast, as we welcome our new co-host Ryan Deiss. These two seasoned Entrepreneurs also chat about a sudden slump in sales and the (apparently controversial) role of the CEO when it comes to marketing.
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Whether you’re a high-flying entrepreneur with a legacy of success or a struggling business owner, you probably need to hear these four words and say them to someone too.
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The concept of “Balance” assumes that there’s some aspect of equality, a notion of equilibrium. Go ahead and set all those ideas aside. Forget balance. Instead, accept and adopt prioritization. Then say, based on the season of life that you’re in and what your values are (the things that really, really matter to you), what you’re going to prioritize. “Because at the end of the day, I’m one human being with the same 24 hours as everybody else. And the more in demand you are, the less you’re going to be able to check all those boxes off.” Ryan Deiss
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Most Business owners think they want money. But they actually want what money can do for them, right? That might be to hire more employees, to get more equipment. It might be the ability to generate leads and customers by spending it on media. If you can help them with any of these things, then you’re genuinely an Investor. If you can’t help them with either cash or their needs, then you need to walk away. But if you can…Here’s Something You Need To Do.
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Entrepreneurs are learning that you don’t have to have a pile of money sitting in the bank to acquire a business or a business asset. And, Acquisitions win over every other business-growth strategy when it comes to building your business faster than you ever thought you could. In today’s episode, we’re sharing a section from the first session of Roland Frasier’s Epic Challenge. He discusses the giant opportunity for Entrepreneurs in times of recession (and why Acquisitions are better than Startups).
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Roland Frasier
Roland Frasier is a strategic investor who has bought and sold over 100 public and private companies ranging from a few million to over $100 million in adjusted sales over the past 30 years. He specializes in creative deal structuring and low and no money down acquisitions where he can add value, grow, scale and sell the businesses he acquires for as much as 200 times or more his initial investment. A "recovering attorney," Roland practiced business, tax and securities law for over 12 years, has been a principal or founder of 5 different Inc Magazine fastest growing companies and lives in San Diego with his wife, 2 children and their 3 chihuahuas.
You can connect with the Business Lunch Podcast team on Twitter and check out Roland's business site here.