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May 9, 2023April 23, 2023 Interviews 2.0

Business Lessons From Hockey

We continue and wrap up the Tyler Foley Interview with stories that guide us to business lessons from hockey experiences. His time as a goalie points out the universal law that a puck will find the gap in your protection. This truism holds for business as well. The places where you leave gaps in your strategy are often quickly highlighted. There is no such thing as being overly prepared or protected. Yes, We Can Learn Business Lessons From Hockey There are many ways to learn business lessons from hockey. We touch on a couple in this discussion before returning to sharing Tyler’s wisdom. His life story of overcoming challenges provides many examples to keep our spirits bright even during our... Read more

May 4, 2023April 22, 2023 Interviews 2.0

Leverage Your Unique Skills – Interview With Tyler Foley

Our interview with Tyler Foley explores his amazing and entertaining story while guiding you to leverage your unique skills. Obviously, we do not all have a story like his. However, we each have our own unique story, experience, and combination of skills. These make us invaluable in certain situations. The challenge is often finding where we fit best. That gap that calls for the one-of-a-kind puzzle piece that we are. Own Your Past To Leverage Your Unique Skills Part of finding a way to leverage your unique skills is embracing who you are. That includes knowing what you bring to the table. There are situations where you may be asked to set aside some of what makes you who you... Read more

May 2, 2023April 16, 2023 Interviews 2.0

Building Your Business Job By Job

We continue our discussion with Adrienne Johnston and her story with suggestions for building your business. She guides us through several of the steps she has taken, and these can be applied to your situation as well. We cover several areas of business that apply to far more than consulting companies and are tools for growth. A Stepwise Approach To Building Your Business There are many ways of building your business. These include adjusting prices, increasing the number of customers, and reducing the time per project. Adrienne touches on all of these as we talk about her growth and current approach to daily business. We even talk about things like setting expectations, delivery times, and managing schedules. About Adrienne Adrienne... Read more

April 27, 2023April 16, 2023 Interviews 2.0

Starting A Consulting Business From Scratch – Adrienne Johnston

We return to one of our core topics and tips for starting a consulting business from scratch. This episode begins a discussion with designer Adrienne Johnston. Her primary focus is presentations. However, her story is a lesson in how to niche down as well as build momentum and a clientele for your business. Key Steps To Starting A Consulting Business Adrienne started her self-employment path by using Upwork.com. Her story of building from nothing is an excellent example of starting a consulting business. We walk through her first jobs and how she grew those into the thriving business that she has today. While her business is focused on skills and a niche you might not relate to, there is a... Read more

April 25, 2023April 12, 2023 Interviews 2.0

Why Build A Mobile Application?

We conclude our interview with Tim Branyan with a discussion to answer the question, why build a mobile application? There are options to leave your solution web-only, make it mobile-friendly, or build a native mobile application. Tim goes into some pros and cons and how they influenced his approach to building the TrueFanz solution and its growth. Why Build A Mobile Application? The question is more about how rather than why build a mobile application. There are simply too many mobile devices and users that want to use your application. While mobile-first is not uncommon, it is also expensive and risky. Even more so for a full-featured solution such as TrueFanz. Tim provides us with a logical approach to your... Read more

April 20, 2023April 12, 2023 Interviews 2.0

Building A SAAS Solution – Interview with Tim Branyan of TrueFanz

We start a new interview series talking to Tim Branyan of TrueFanz about his journey toward building a SAAS solution and growing it. The discussion touches on many topics and stays high-level more than a technical deep-dive. Tim is entertaining and shares many lessons learned from his successes and failures. Building A SAAS Solution – This Is The Way There is a lot of buzz around building a SAAS solution, and many reasons why. Tim touches on some key concepts, such as scaling up and keeping initial costs low. We also look at some of his steps to build his team. Likewise, there is a parallel between his story of building his user base and the resulting community. About Tim... Read more