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Back Bedroom to Big Business

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by Dino Tartaglia & Simon Hartley

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If you're keen on improving your business or starting a new business, Back Bedroom to Big Business podcast is here for you. Each week in this 12 episode series, hosts Dino Tartaglia and Simon Hartley bring up and discuss great tips and strategies. Dino and Simon, are here to solve problems and answer questions such as: do I have to have venture capital? Can I grow and do well organically? What characteristics do I need to have to be successful? Are the mistakes I've made common? What should I be on the lookout for? Is there a margin of error? Do I need to do everything? Must I know the numbers? And so much more. Because of the value in what they offer, Back Bedroom to Big Business will quickly become your favourite podcast for motivation to get your head in the game. Turnover is vanity. Profit is Sanity. Cashflow is king.

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Episode thumbnail for BB2BB014 From Zero to Global - How Businesses Become Global Sensations on Zero Funding [BrewDogs, Spanxs + 4 others] Part 2

February 20, 2020

BB2BB014 From Zero to Global - How Businesses Become Global Sensations on Zero Funding [BrewDogs, Spanxs + 4 others] Part 2

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Welcome to the Back Bedroom to Big Business podcast hosted by the talented and educational hosts Dino Tartaglia and Simon Hartley. Our hosts are a winning team with combined experience, research, and know how to help other business owners get where they want to go. Back Bedroom to Big Business is not an average business podcast that makes you feel inspired, but not motivated to action. You’ll be taking notes during their weekly episodes and planning how to implement what you’ve learned.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">During this episode, Dino and Simon discuss part two of their series about building a global business without venture capital funding or significant investments. This episode will focus on case studies of extremely successful online businesses and how they attained their global status with little to no support.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>The Businesses</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Basecamp - Project management platform</span></li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Self-funded</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Started with a team of only four people</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Grew 100,000 customer organically</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Committed to a vision he could execute</span></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Grammarly - Writing assistant</span></li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Spell and grammar checker and much more</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Charges 800 universities and 100,000 writers </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Free Google Chrome extension</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">7 million active users daily</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Focused relentlessly on</span> <strong>one</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">core value: </span></li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Helping people communicate better wherever they write online</span></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Shutterstock - Stock/Royalty free photos</span></li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Limited market</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Combined his personal skill of photography and web development</span></li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shot 30,000 photos in the first year of business</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Personally coded the site</span></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">2 Billion dollar business</span></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Commonalities:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Founding principle  - focus on solving a valuable problem for the market</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Passionate </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Finances</span></li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Surviving/thriving</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cash flow</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Profitability</span></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Honestly, I couldn’t live without it, man.” (Grammarly)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“He’s not a magician or lucky. He just made some really good decisions and acted on them.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“They are solving a problem that makes a real difference and has real value in the world.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Reinvesting to grow further.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Every dollar is a prisoner.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Return on spend is a great metric.”</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Visit our Website!</strong></p> <p><a href= "http://www.successengineers.co">www.successengineers.co</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Want more of Dino and Simon?</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.successengineers.co.uk/glasgow"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Dino and Simon's Website: Success Engineers</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><a href= "https://uk.linkedin.com/in/dinotartaglia?trk=pub-pbmap"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Dino's LinkedIn Profile</span></a></p> <p><a href= "https://uk.linkedin.com/in/simon-hartley-897a8113"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Simon's LinkedIn Profile</span></a></p> <p><a href="http://be-world-class.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Simon's Website</span></a></p> <p><a href= "https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCnlo6PUJPmrm8-5MZ4CHzFg"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Simon's YouTube Channel</span></a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Mentions:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://basecamp.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Basecamp</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><a href="https://www.grammarly.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Grammarly</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><a href="https://www.shutterstock.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Shutterstock</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><br /> <br /></p>

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February 13, 2020

BB2BB013 From Zero to Global - How Businesses Become Global Sensations on Zero Funding [BrewDogs, Spanxs + 4 others] Part 1

<p><strong>Visit our Website!</strong></p> <p><a href= "http://www.successengineers.co">www.successengineers.co</a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href= "https://uk.linkedin.com/in/dinotartaglia?trk=pub-pbmap">Dino Tartaglia's LinkedIn</a></p> <p><a href= "https://uk.linkedin.com/in/simon-hartley-897a8113">Simon Hartley's LinkedIn</a></p> <p><a href="http://be-world-class.com/about/">Simon's website - Be World Class</a></p> <p><a href= "https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCnlo6PUJPmrm8-5MZ4CHzFg">Simon's YouTube Channel</a></p>

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February 6, 2020

BB2BB012 Summary of Season 1

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Welcome to the Back Bedroom to Big Business podcast brought to you by our experienced, educated, and well-spoken hosts Dino Tartaglia and Simon Hartley. This podcast puts out weekly episodes for business owners and entrepreneurs of both large and small businesses with great tips, tricks, strategies, stories, and blueprints to help along the way. Each episode is chock full of great information and often times a funny anecdote or two. Always truthful, Dino and Simon won’t lead you astray.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">During this episode, our great hosts look back on their first season episodes one through eleven. These episodes span two separate series: Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs (episodes two through six) and Fatal Mistakes by Entrepreneurs (Episodes seven through eleven). What you’ll hear during this review:</span></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Season review</span></li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How to apply these lessons and strategies</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How to ensure that you do something with this knowledge</span></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Case study examples</span></li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shift in thought and even posture</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Lightbulb moments</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Awareness of the problem but the inability to solve it</span></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Low and high-value questions </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Client patterns</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Clarity and Messaging</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Characteristics of Wildly Successful Entrepreneurs</span></li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">E2 Solve Valuable problems </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">E3 Embrace Challenge</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">E4 Constantly Solve Problems</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">E5 Share Passion</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">E6 Get Lucky</span></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fatal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs</span></li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">E7 Obsession</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">E8 Need for Speed</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">E9 The Chase</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">E10 Wrong Trousers</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">E11 Toilet Roll</span></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The value of any knowledge is only truly realized when you use it and apply it.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“So what are you going to do now?”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“A great coach can facilitate coming up with a solution.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Connecting the dots isn’t so easy.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Everyone must build their own blueprint for success.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Continuous momentum is needed.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Any plan does usually survive first contact.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Use the three Cs: Clarity, confidence, cash flow.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“How to build purpose, meaning, and passion.”</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Visit our Website!</strong></p> <p><a href= "http://www.successengineers.co">www.successengineers.co</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Want more of Dino and Simon?</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.successengineers.co.uk/glasgow"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Dino and Simon's Website: Success Engineers</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><a href= "https://uk.linkedin.com/in/dinotartaglia?trk=pub-pbmap"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Dino's LinkedIn Profile</span></a></p> <p><a href= "https://uk.linkedin.com/in/simon-hartley-897a8113"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Simon's LinkedIn Profile</span></a></p> <p><a href="http://be-world-class.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Simon's Website</span></a></p> <p><a href= "https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCnlo6PUJPmrm8-5MZ4CHzFg"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Simon's YouTube Channel</span></a></p> <p><br /> <br /></p>

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What is Back Bedroom to Big Business?

If you're keen on improving your business or starting a new business, Back Bedroom to Big Business podcast is here for you. Each week in this 12 episode series, hosts Dino Tartaglia and Simon Hartley bring up and discuss great tips and strategies. Dino and Simon, are here to solve problems and answer questions such as: do I have to have venture capital? Can I grow and do well organically? What characteristics do I need to have to be successful? Are the mistakes I've made common? What should I be on the lookout for? Is there a margin of error? Do I need to do everything? Must I know the numbers? And so much more. Because of the value in what they offer, Back Bedroom to Big Business will quickly become your favourite podcast for motivation to get your head in the game.

Turnover is vanity. Profit is Sanity. Cashflow is king.

How often does this podcast release new episodes?

This podcast updates daily.

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This podcast is available on 4 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.

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