http://100mba.net/show - Go big! When a large project is looming, how can you prepare yourself to tackle it? With so much to be done, how can you create a feasible timetable? Today, we're outlining exactly how to plot and execute long-term projects. Our biggest project ever, WebinarNinja 5.0, is launching soon. This project was over a year in the making, so we thought we'd share the exact strategy we used to stay focused, motivated, and on task over the long haul.

In a way, it’s easier to accomplish something when you have less time! That’s because you can see the endgame from where you are. But when the end of the tunnel is far, far away, you've got to strategize. You've got to think abstractly. Most of all, you've got to be at your most goal-oriented and consistent. It can be done! Our specific, step-by-step, actionable plan is applicable to any long-term goal in any kind of business. Tune in, learn how it’s done, and take on your next big project with confidence. Click play!

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MBA866 How To Stay Focused with Large Projects

http://100mba.net/show - Customer service isn't just support for users of your product. It’s part of the product! The price should represent not only what’s sold, but also what your customers know will happen when they need to reach out. Ensuring that customer service is done right means (eventually) hiring people who can do it. How can you best build that team? When should you start? How can you ensure that the people in charge of keeping your customers happy will do so? 

Today we discuss the process by which we built our customer support team, starting with our first hire. We detail the exact procedures, tools, and resources available. From finding the right people, to training and integrating them into your business culture, to finally entrusting them with the autonomy that frees you up to do other things, we've got a process that works. We'll tell you when to do it, how to do it, and why customer service is so integral to entrepreneurial success. Build a team you can trust! Click play!

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MBA867 Building a Customer Support Team

http://100mba.net/show - Done right, partnerships and affiliations can add an incredible boost to your product launches. By tying yourself to a whole new audience, you can sell exponentially more! So how should you choose your partners? More importantly, how can you make sure they choose you? Today, we lay out our exact strategy for bringing partners on board and forging alliances in which everyone wins. It’s systematic, relatively simple, and takes the pressure off of your potential partners so that “yes” seems like the only answer!

This is the exact strategy we're using to establish launch partnerships for the upcoming debut of WebinarNinja 5.0. The philosophy behind it is simple: while we do want something from our potential partners, we don't approach them with a request. We approach them with an offer, emphasizing how the relationship will benefit them. Crucially, we also create partnership “packages” of marketing materials, so our partners have very little to do. Hear all about our system, apply it to your business, and take your next launch to the next level. Click play!

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MBA868 How to Approach Launch Partners & Affiliates

http://100mba.net/show - Beyond marketing and sales, beyond projections and accounting, even beyond innovation and creativity, there’s a skill. One skill makes an entrepreneur successful no matter their background or training: problem solving. What makes or breaks a business is whether or not it solves a consumer problem. What makes or breaks a business person is whether or not they create that solution— and solve all the other little problems along the way. If you like solving problems, entrepreneurship is for you no matter what else you're capable of.

What matters is the problem-solving mindset. While many see problems as obstacles to avoid, entrepreneurs see them as challenges to enjoy. By gaining fulfillment from problem-solving, you become the kind of person for whom nothing seems impossible. That’s the mindset that breeds innovation, risk-taking, and an understanding of what consumers want. Whether you're trying to solve huge problems or little ones, sales is nothing more than money being traded for solutions. Hear how to approach business the problem-solver’s way. Click Play!

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MBA870 The One Skill Every Entrepreneur Must Have

Do you dream of travel? Many who go into business for themselves do so partially to be free to see more of the world. But what if travel isn't just the end to your business’ means? What if travel itself can help your business? That’s what we believe, and that’s what we're discussing today. Getting out of your comfort zone and exposing yourself to new places, cultures, and ideas isn't just good for the soul. It’s good for business! No matter what kind of business you run, what you can learn abroad is invaluable to your growth as an entrepreneur.

It’s never been as true as it is now. Today’s economy is a global one, more interconnected than ever before. Selling abroad, finding talent abroad, and having access to foreign markets is the leg up every entrepreneur should seek. The bigger your world is, the more of it you can do business with. We'll show you how to travel like an entrepreneur. Learn how to see the world, and apply your experience to your work. Click play!

MBA871 How Travel Can Improve Your Business

http://100mba.net/show - What’s the difference between hard work and success? Leverage! Many people work hard— heck, most people do. But for hard work to become true and lasting profit requires an extra ingredient. It requires an efficiency of effort that maximizes the impact of every second you spend. It requires an approach to business that isn’t just big-picture; it’s HUGE picture! On this episode of the podcast, we’ve got a special expert on hand to tell us all about it: ScienceofSuccess founder and Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient Matt Bodnar.

Bodnar knows a thing or two about leverage. He’s studied the success of everyone from Rockefeller to Gates, looking for patterns of thought and behavior that are universal keys to success. His “High Leverage Thinking” model centers on the relationship between time and the creation of value. By focusing on bedrock decision-making skills and effective delegation, you can make yourself successful in any industry, no matter how it or the overall economy changes. By studying foundational principles of not just business, but reality itself, you can create the conditions for success in any context. Learn how it works— Click Play!

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MBA872 Guest Teacher Matt Bodnar- High Leverage Thinking

http://100mba.net/show - Fasten your seatbelts, and return your seats and tray tables to the upright position! We're crossing the globe to find out if it’s really possible to build a business while seeing the world. If location independence is on your list of entrepreneurial dreams, this is the podcast for you! Today’s deep-dive business lesson is Part 3 in our 8-part series on working while traveling. 

We're hitting 15 cities in various nations over 8 incredible weeks, all the while finding out what it takes to stay productive. This week, we're in Italy. The culture is ancient, but the lessons in productivity, innovation, and achievement are timeless. We're letting some of humanity’s oldest works inspire new ideas about setting expectations, overcoming obstacles, and daring to go big— Roman Colosseum big! Join us as we reflect on how travel experiences can change the way you see your small business. 

We don't just think you can travel while you're working. As today’s episode reveals, traveling can actually improve the quality of your work. It can expand your mind, uncover new possibilities, and shake off doubts. Specifically, we’ve had 3 experiences in Italy that affected our professional outlook in practical, actionable ways. It’s an exciting journey, and we'd love to share it with you— Click Play!

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MBA882 The Working While Traveling Experiment P3: Applying Your Travel Experiences to Your Business

http://100mba.net/show - What can the best Italian meal of your life teach you about running a business? How can the warmth of a Sicilian barista inform your customer service philosophy? How much can you grow as an entrepreneur by consciously, thoughtfully enjoying the world beyond your borders? We’re finding out in this week’s podcast. It’s week 4 or our 8-week trek across the globe, and we’ve got another incredible in-depth lesson to share.
 
Last week, we discussed how enlightening certain tourist experiences can be for an entrepreneur. This week, we’re taking a look at what you can learn specifically from other businesses abroad. How is business philosophy different around the world? What foreign perspectives and practices can inform your approach to business? What can you bring home that will make your company stand out? 
 
We’re in Sicily, eating, drinking, and lodging our way to a better understanding of how business works. With the launch of our unparalleled new software just around the corner, we’re learning about customer service from the only perspective that matters: the customer’s. We’re halfway through this eye-opening journey, and the lessons are already worth every step. Hear what we’ve learned— Click Play!

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MBA883 The Working While Traveling Experiment P4: Learning From Businesses Abroad

http://100mba.net/show - You’ve got a great business idea, but you’re keeping it to yourself. If you let your million-dollar cat out of the bag too soon, surely someone will come along and beat you to market with it, right?

Not exactly.

Today, we address a frequently asked question about protecting business ideas from would-be thieves. Long story short: don’t worry about it! As we’ve said many a time, business isn’t about ideas; it’s about implementation. In so many cases — from electric cars to social networks — it’s not the first version that succeeds, but the best executed version. Listen to the podcast, and learn why you should never sit on an idea. Learn why the odds of losing out to idea bandits are so ridiculously low that it should never hold you back. Click Play!

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MBA925 Q&A Wednesday: How Do I Prevent Someone From Stealing My Idea?

http://100mba.net/show - Sometimes, you just don’t feel like it.

We’ve all glared at the alarm clock with that death stare. We’ve all laid in bed for far too long, dreading the work ahead. We’ve all wasted time because of a lack of motivation. We’ve all been tired, depressed, unenthused. We’ve all been there.

But there’s a cure.

Today, we offer 4 techniques to get inspired, get motivated, and get the heck out of bed. As entrepreneurs, we have to keep running our businesses — even when we don’t want to. So we all need a little push from time to time, a bit of inspiration to stay on top of our game. These 4 motivational hacks are easy to implement (even from bed), and they work. 

Our host Omar would know. He uses these exact techniques whenever he’s feeling less-than-ready-to-rumble. It happens. But after hearing these techniques, you’ll be ready for whatever’s next. Click Play!

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MBA1089 My 4 Personal Hacks for Daily Inspiration

http://100mba.net/show - No matter how long you’re in business, there are still incredible, game-changing strategies to be learned. 

We just found a new one.

For the past few weeks, we’ve been using a technique suggested by a keen business mind to increase our productivity. And boy howdy, does it do the trick. “Theming” our work days has made us more productive, more efficient, and better at everything we do. We just couldn’t wait to share this incredible “hack” with you, our beloved listeners.

You honestly can’t fully imagine the full benefits of this system until you try it. Tune in as we discuss how to implement this scheduling strategy, and how its success is rooted in the actual physiology of the human brain. We discuss the number of “themes” you should include, and how to lay out your personal plan. 

This one’s a keeper. Click Play!

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MBA1196 - Why Theming My Days Has Been a Game Changer

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