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SBA loan

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Financing the acquisition of the first office plant company

"We bought it with an SBA loan. It was like the polar opposite of what I had been doing throughout my career."

Nick Haschka

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Scaling Roadmap

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1 creator

Identifying where a business owner is in their growth journey and what changes to make

"I reference the Scaling Roadmap. Wherever you're at, you should check out where on there — it's pretty spot on, and it's because businesses are not as unique as we think they are. Patterns exist across all of them. So that thing's free, you can go grab it."

The Game w/ Alex Hormozi

Learning negotiation frameworks for crafting deal structures and achieving win-win outcomes

"The Secrets of Power Negotiating by Dawson — I remember had a huge impact on me."

Tim Ferriss

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Steve Jobs biography

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Learning about Steve Jobs's leadership style and Apple's strategic decision-making

"Steve was an incredible leader. He was also a ruthless leader — very difficult. Read Walter Isaacson's book on him as well. I had many, many conversations with Steve over the years."

Pat Gelsinger

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StraightText

Software

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Bulk SMS outreach to potential business customers

"So, we're going to go over to straight text. And this is my favorite app for doing bulk texting. I love it because it sends your text from your MacBook or from your iPhone."

Chris Koerner

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Strategic Coach

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Entrepreneurial and leadership development to navigate firm direction and growth

"The things that have helped me most are learning soft skills, learning working with coaches, going through development programs like Strategic Coach and I went through Stagen's integral leadership program. Those are the things that have helped me figure out..."

Dana Anspach

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Stripe Atlas

Software

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Incorporating new companies and tracking startup formation trends

"Stripe which has an atlas program which I use kind of as a proxy for people who want to start companies. I used stripe atlas to build my agency."

This Week in Startups

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Succession

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Understanding shareholder pressure and corporate power dynamics

"If you guys haven't watched Succession, that gives you a glimpse into what it actually looks like to have shareholders, them flying out to meet with you, to try to pressure you, to do things."

Tom Bilyeu

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Tailor Brands

Software

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Starting and building a business, taking administrative/branding work off an entrepreneur's hands

"Shout out to Taylor Brands, man. I love those guys. Not officially sponsoring us today, but we have such a long partnership with those guys, and I really love what they're doing. I want to show you guys love by reminding you there is somebody that can take ..."

Tom Bilyeu

"the 80/20 principle, Richard Koch. That just never gets old. Just does not get old."

Tim Ferriss

Applying Elon Musk's manufacturing process framework to content creation workflows to improve quality and volume

"If you guys haven't read this book, it recently came out. It's called The Algorithm. It's from Tesla's former president who kind of reimagined some of their stuff. And basically it's Elon's approach to manufacturing anything. I made this mandatory for all t..."

The Game w/ Alex Hormozi

"So I bought I bought the art of the deal. I was like, I'm going to read the art of the deal to try to understand what is the strategy here?"

Shaan Puri

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The Dip

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"I remember I read this book by Seth Godin called The Dip. It was pretty powerful idea. He basically was just saying there's a big dip between being a beginner and the top of your field where you make the top 1% and most people quit in the middle."

Brian Armstrong

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The Dropout

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Learning the Theranos story

"There's an excellent podcast... I think it's called The Dropout... it's all about the Elizabeth Holmes story from the beginning of Theranos to her scammy ex-boyfriend... ABC Audio. It's excellent. I can't recommend it enough. It's really good. And it just g..."

Joe Rogan

"I would read The Effective Executive from Peter Drucker. Classic, old, short, incredible bang for the buck."

Tim Ferriss

Building scalable businesses on systems; becoming an owner instead of a micromanager

"The E-Myth Revisited, subtitle Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It. This is by Michael Gerber. This is a classic. Gerber is a masterful storyteller, and this classic of automation discusses how to use a franchise mindset... to creat..."

Tim Ferriss

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The Go-Giver

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Understanding the philosophy of providing value with no expectation of return

"If you haven't read Bob Burg's The Go-Giver, I highly recommend you doing so. I try to just provide as much value as I possibly can with no real expectation in return constantly."

Ryan Schuetter

"The other one is The Great CEO Within, which is a really fast and easy read. And for anyone who didn't start in Silicon Valley was really helpful to me."

Michelle Khare

Reading about the historical rivalry and partnership between Theodore Roosevelt and J.P. Morgan

"There's actually an entire book about that. I did an episode on the book called The Hour of Fate, which was the rivalry and then the partnership and then back to the rivalry between Theodore Roosevelt and J.P. Morgan. It's a fascinating book if you're looki..."

Founders Podcast

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The Infinity Machine

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Understanding the history and foundations of AI/LLMs; engaging narrative about entrepreneurship and the quest for superintelligence

"Everybody should check out The Infinity Machine. It's outstanding. The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence. This is not just 'here's the latest and greatest in AI.' It is the story of an incredible mind, a whole c..."

Tim Ferriss