@@The-Athenian I’ve just tried it again and went through the process. The link IS working… please check your spam folder in your email as it sometimes lands there. Once you sign up, you’ll get an email with the link to download the slides. Let me know if you still have any issues..
@@CEOEntrepreneur Something's not right. I've tried this very simple process in 3 different browsers and the "GET INSTANT ACCESS" button simply does nothing. It has no behavior at all. It did work on my Android smartphone, though, using Google Chrome! It shouldn't have anything to do with the first device but hopefully it does. Very strange. Also, while we're at it, you seem to be asking for cookie compliance twice, and from 1025px viewport width upwards, text seems to bleed out its container on that page, on Brave and Firefox at least. Use the zoom function on your browser to see it happen. Hope It's not exclusive to my device too lol
@@The-Athenian strange indeed but thank you for pointing this out. We’ve recently just moved our website over to a much faster server to cater for our new and much improved community platform launching in April, so maybe a few things have been lost in translation (so to speak). This has now been reported internally to our team and they’ll investigate in more detail tomorrow. I have noticed the double cookie notice myself too. If you still haven’t managed to get access to the slides… just email me at my first name (tamer) followed by @ceoentrepreneur.com and I’ll forward them to you by email and also offer you a free (absolutely zero sales and no commitment to buy anything from us ever) call where I will be happy to answer whatever questions you may have for your business. This is a way to apologise for the hassle but also thank you for pointing it out to us. Once again, Apologies for this… we want to make sure your experience with us is smooth, but as you know from the masterclass, things don’t always go to plan... It’s how you deal with them that hopefully helps you keep growing 😅🚀
@@CEOEntrepreneur Improvement is a continuous process right? I'm glad you made a better change! And congratulations on your awesome communication skills, was really surprised at how kindly I was spoken to. Just so you're in the know about your viewers, I found your videos while looking for company management advice. You're very well placed in the results. I work at a small IT company with the founder who created it in 2011 and is still pretty much stagnated. I've been working here for 3 years just focusing in the tech support I have to solve, but lately I've been thinking I should own the company per say, in my head, and try to grow it. At the very least it will be a learning experience. Pretty much the company lacks in all aspects of company management so I'm starting with the why, because there isn't any. If I understand correctly, the company was created "for fun". The founder enjoys working in IT, this is the 3rd company he's created, and he wants money of course but in my opinion there's just too many things we're selling, no focus, no decent branding (company is named Radical Page, which doesn't sound like the company takes itself seriously in my opinion). So anyway I'm making a step by step growth project divided into different stages which consist of implementing data collection methods we will use to find out what services or products pay better per hour of our time spent on them. And using your overviews as guidelines I'm confident we'll steadily improve!
Mistakes I have made so far: not putting funds into marketing early enough, hiring incompetent staff and keeping them for too long, not creating SOP's and transparent ways to over see the processes, delegating without scheduling regular follow up meetings, not anticipating how my staff has to grow with the business. Growth creates new roles within the company which I didn't realize caused stagnation and an inability to move forward. We were operating on a model that only worked in a smaller space with less services. This caused us to stagnate for the first 6 months after moving to a new location, being too accommodating to staff that is not a good fit for the business.
You’re learning from your mistakes. Whilst it’s painful to go through, this is a part of your business growth process and making sure you survive long enough to learn from these mistakes and not do them again is the way!
This masterclass is truly a game-changer for small business owners! The insights and strategies shared are both practical and empowering. -Macy (Team Evan)
@@CEOEntrepreneur OMG! 😳 I was so overwhelmed with the same frustration you mentioned about talking heads wasting time with no real value. You however, present the truth in a way that only someone with experience could. I’m totally inspired and reinvigorated by your content and I’ve only just started watching. Thank you! 🙏
As an experienced entrepreneur with over two decades of business acumen, I want to express my sincere appreciation for sharing such an insightful video. Having weathered the storms of business for many years, I fully recognize the significance of spreading this message to businesses at every stage of their journey, whether they're starting, running, or scaling. It's often the leadership that must lead the charge in embracing the mindset essential for success. Your generosity in sharing this invaluable resource is truly commendable. Thank you.
I can't believe you only have 3.43k subscribers. YOU ARE A GEM! Glad I found your channel! I'll be here when you reach your 10k 100k 1m! Thank youuuu!!!
Thank you so much! It’s comments like these that make it all worthwhile… We do have (ambitious) plans for growing this channel. But we have to start somewhere! Let me know what you’d like to see more of or if you have any specific business questions, ask them here and I’ll try to do a video on it!
Hi, Im from Honduras and let me tell you that this Is the BEST CHANNEL ❤ I EVER SEEN thank you so much for sharing this valuable information this is gold for me I really need 🥺 i have service company and i just want to scale but i dont know how ...
Wow, thank you! My advice would be take it step by step. Scaling isn't some magic bullet and a lot of the foundations here are what need to be replicated time and time again. You've got this!
This is the best business mentor I've ever found on UA-cam. It is very detailed yet the frameworks given are general enough for any type of business to follow. I don't have a business yet. But I will. Soon.
Hi! I was writing a novel and to give more credibility to the characters I started studying the "business things" (I never been in that environment, and they needed to talk and act like workers). Even before discovering the 6 hats, my characters took each one a role. So they had their role written on the door. It was not enough, I was curious to know what their roles mean... long story short, in the last three years I studied agile, problem solving, design thinking, product management, lean, and I found all this stuff so interesting!! A little random, and confusing, like every education you can get from youtube videos. I really needed your videos to get the overall view, to complete the puzzle!! So thank you so much!!! And another important thing!! My dream is to be an artist, sell my books and drawings, and artists never consider that this means that they must become an entrepreneur. We are lost in our fantasy... So, it was a very long journey, I felt like I was losing precious time and going too far from my goals, but all this knowledge will help me one day when I will be my own CEO!!
Nadia what a great comment! Thank you! I’ll be intrigued to read your novel when it’s complete. Please reach out to me when it is. And yes this stuff is fascinating and the psychology behind what drives people in business is really interesting. Finally I agree that experts in particular field and especially artists need to understand how to be an entrepreneur so that they can market themselves. Unfortunately our education system just teaches us to be followers within our fields of choice and there’s a big component missing in how to lead, take risk and run your own business in your field of choice. Hopefully this channel will over time try to rectify this ;) best of luck on your novel!
Thank you for all your work on this! After watching tons of business "gurus" talk about "how to start a business and make $$$", "how to make $1 Million in your first month",...etc. I finally stumbled upon your videos and find them to be the most geniune, practical, and realistic! Hope you will continue this channel and conntinue making more videos.
Watched uninterrupted, took 8 pages of notes, now watching again...I truly love your approach, your lessons, and the way you teach them. You make it all understandable (though no less overwhelming at times...) and executable for those of us who struggle with the "business" side of entrepreneurship. Thanking you now, but foresee much more gratitude in the future....
@@CEOEntrepreneur Solopreneur, Green Monkey Promotions. Promotional products, corporate apparel, company webstores, fulfillment services. Will finish year at $500k in sales and focused on scaling up. 5 year plan to build this from solo to a business that will run without me. At that point, we'll decide whether to sell the biz or hire a GM. 55 years old now, shooting for 60 to semi-retire.
Awesome. You’re ahead of most businesses so congrats! Have you taken the free business triage on our website? It’ll give you a free customised report on how you’re business is doing in all the main areas and takes only 5mins :)
@@CEOEntrepreneur Yup, did the triage. Doing an event from Dec2-Dec 5 and will have a lot of down-time while out of town. Plan to use that time to read/research/plan using the triage (mindset) and also work on systems and processes using your other vids and guides.
Live chat ended by UA-cam... so I'll answer @wendy alison 's question here: Q: Actually I have a question about that. As a creator a lot of my business is about the work I create. Can I be the creator in my business and the CEO? A: YES... you can... it's a great question. But you should allocate time to be the 'CEO' and time to be 'creative' they are two different roles...and sometimes, some creative people hire a CEO... but it's definitely possible and there are a lot of examples out there of people who do both of people who do both so there is creativity in that too... If you think about it, the role of the CEO is to be a 'visionary' and that involves not only strategy but quite a bit of creativity too.... and this is why it is different to the COO role which is better built for an integrator.
Watched uninterrupted, took 8 pages of notes, now watching again...I truly love your approach, your lessons, and the way you teach them. You make it all understandable (though no less overwhelming at times...) and executable for those of us who struggle with the "business" side of entrepreneurship. Thanking you now, but foresee much more gratitude in the future....
Fantastic, really! So far nothing I've seen on this topic has been in the slightest decipherable to me, but this is great in so many ways! I like the way you talk fast, too! Thank you for this! I am trying to get out of the field and let other people make the money for me. I have all the business I want, and I turn away 10 potential customers a week because I can't do it all myself. I've put my toe in the water with employees, and a toe in the water with bigger, better equipment. I have a great reputation, everything except money to show for it all!
Came across your content when looking for something to help with building systems in our business. So glad i did. This video is a true masterclass. You just landed a new loyal follower in Kenya 😊
I watched this video in Feb 2022 when I was alone in my business. Now, we are doing 7 figure revenue with 25 team member in the organization. My main focus as a CEO is strategy and vision. I involve little bit in the technology (Setting up automation and CRM) because I just love doing it but tech resposbiltiy is not holding me and I am not the bottle neck of the process by doing that. Great video though! Just watching it today again! Thanks for sharing it with us!
This is incredibly valuable information. I learned to see my role as CEO and view all the other tasks I'm doing as a solopreneur as me wearing the hats of those roles until I can outsource. This is liberating because I now have more of an idea and plan for scheduling that CEO role during all the busy-ness of juggling everything in order to move forward. Thanks - really great presentation.
This is so helpful, even though my business is still a baby this masterclass help give me a projection of where I want to see my business in the next several years.
been doubting myself for a while now.... But what i've heard here vindicated what i have been doing regardless of what detractors have been saying. Thank you CEO Entrepreneur!
I’m grateful and thankful you took the time out to share this information. We’re rebranding after 14 years in business and this is going to help us tremendously! Thank you!
This is incredible! Especially the part about split testing, wow! Correct me if I'm wrong (?) but it's a bit like with say for example Facebook ads... you're testing, testing, testing... initially at a loss or breakeven, and then you find a few winning ads and scale them to huge numbers profitably, while still testing other things on the side to hopefully stack winners (in this video's case, killer systems and processes). All while managing cash flow so tests never drop you to $0 and you can't scale your winners anymore.
Great information, and very inspiring. I like how you make it personable, and all the fun clips you add to the video. It keeps it entertaining, and also the interest level up so all us apprentices can really soak in what you are saying. Excellent material and I am exploring more.
Thank you! This video is super valuable. And I appreciate you not putting this behind an email barrier. I watched and then went to your website and downloaded your slides and framework. Now back to watch a second time to take notes on the slides :)
....Talk about getting burnt out and overwhelmed 😵💫...that's me....smh Hey! Hey! Yes,I love your videos and I'm locked in🔥 thanks for sharing your experience on this platform. I am super inspired and motivated especially after hearing your story, I am at a phase in my business where I want to really scale my business (3yrs/service based) much faster than I've been doing before without getting burnt out and now trying to build a team to now delegate the daily tasks has been tough. I am determined to hit my new financial goals this year for next quarter. I am jumping over hurdles after hurdles and barely surviving in business but now I'm so ready to Grow and LIVE😎🙏🏽 Thank you! New subbie here
The CEO Blueprint is amazingly well thought out and really helpful! I am so glad that what you are talking about is really making sense to me and help me to pivot to the next lever. I have overcome my fear of delegating as a solopreneur and working on building a team. I know what our business goals are, and hope you will have more videos about how to craft a quality team at each level. I guess that’s the execution part. Thank you thank you!!👍❤️
You’re welcome! Glad it was valuable. What’s your business and what are you trying to achieve? And Yes, I’m planning to do some more videos on teams. What specifically would you like the video on teams / hiring to include and I’ll make sure to include it in that video 🚀
@@CEOEntrepreneur sorry to hijack this comment. I have the same question. We have a printing, signs, apparel and promotional products business. My in-laws grew it quite a bit without any kind of business plan or having any clue what their P&L was over time. My MIL passed away and my FIL wants to retire, leaving the business to us. We really know nothing about business so I am so grateful to have found your videos! These are the exact questions I have been asking but do not know how to execute. Our sales are anywhere from 25k-50k per month but we want to be consistent and GROW! Any advice?
@@CEOEntrepreneur Also, we currently have 2 full time employees and a part time employee. And I need to start getting paid but I'm worried our income isn't where it needs to be...I currently work as a nurse so we need to be solid in order to match my nursing income. Fortunately there is room for me to ease into it financially, but I really need to hit the ground running.
@@amberlindberg3435 apologies!!! I missed these comments hiding within the thread. I’m sorry to hear about your MIL… Taking over a business any business is a challenge even if you’re a pro at running businesses. To remain consistent, try to view the business as a collection of systems. Documenting those systems and getting the team to continuously optimise and repeat them will help maintain some higher levels of consistency. That also means optimising your lead generation systems etc. I have a new series on systems that may help (ua-cam.com/play/PLn39xAKhD8juWEQ7Yu7OXTKNb7i0Du_ic.html). But I will also be covering the main question in this thread on teams shortly so do stay tuned.
I love the channel and am so happy that I found it. Great info. One suggestion "Don't run out of cash' is not a strategy. Saying that is like telling someone that does not know how to fly 'don't crash the plane'. If you look at your case of having one large customer and them pulling the rug, that is a great place to start with a specific strategy. #1 is do not let any one customer control your cash flow so that if they leave it will put you out of business. #2 Be sure to get sufficient capital up front. I don't take on any projects without a deposit of at least 50% up front. having that would have prevented them from pulling the rug to soon and would have given you ample runway to at least meet payroll obligations. That is the only critique that I have with everything of yours that I watched so far. If you don't learn from that mistake its more likely to happen again.
Thanks for your valuable comment! I agree with you completely.... The incident was many years ago and whilst what you're saying is relevant, it was far more complex than relying on just one customer and getting paid in part upfront. We had many customers as well as investment money coming in. It was a much larger project (8 figures) and the client's was so large and well known that anyone who dealt with them had to follow their terms. And they did not pull out. They just didn't pay at the end. A similar example would be like working with a government body and they only pay in arrears and after many days - you either accept it or don't. Anyway it's a long story and it's also a long time ago! If you watch my videos on this channel on this story in more detail (ua-cam.com/play/PLn39xAKhD8ju0LCvDzcUiM8xzjCg5VNUi.html), part 2 outlines learning lessons from this and one of them was that we also grew too fast and didn't have the right infrastructure to manage risk. As for 'don't run out of cash'. Yes this is definitely NOT a strategy. This is a high level thing that you as the owner of the business are accountable for. Part of your job description. The strategy is indeed a lot more involved and outside the scope of this video. At the end of the masterclass, you'll see a blueprint that outlines where strategy fits into the bigger picture. We spend the first 4 months of our 12 month Firestarter Programme working on strategy, so yes, 'don't run out of cash' would not cut it as a strategy. What's your business and where are you in your business journey?
Dr Tamer you are an Amazing Coach. I love your delivery Thanks so much for the knowledge shared. Beyond this I hope you can guide me to help businesses around me succeed. We have a high business failure rate in my country and all these issues clearly plays a role in their failures. Would love your mentorship. Cheers.
Thank you Adu for your kind words. My advice is to keep watching the videos on this channel, ask questions in the comments and share the videos with other businesses that you feel need help. You can also go to our website (ceoentrepreneur.com/Firestarter) and see if the Firestarter programme is suitable for you. If not … stay tuned as we’re planning an earlier stage programme
It’s not easy. But for what it’s worth, there is light at the end of the tunnel. I’ve been where you are and it’s not fun. Key here is speaking to the right people that have experience, know-how and have you’re best interests at heart. Best of luck! 💜
I have to say that I have so much anxiety about running out of money. Everytime you say "don't run out of money" I get heart palpitations. I borrowed money from a patient in Jan 2020 to purchase a company I grew and managed for over 2 years. 3 months into me owning the company, I was mandated by the governor to close my business due to covid. My business was closed for 3 months. I had to get emergency SBA funding and the PPP loan to re open. I rely on insurance income which often creates a huge cash flow issue when they "have glitches" and just refuse to pay. I often have these issues that cause me so much stress. I am in the process of offsetting those cash flow issues but it takes time. I am hoping to learn about how I can further mitigate these issues quickly.
Yes running out of cash does cause us business owners a lot of anxiety especially in the early days of a business and also during the pandemic. There are strategies you can implement to try to smoothen cash fluctuations out a bit and manage what’s coming in and equally importantly what’s going out and when (negotiate with people you have to pay). Keep going… you’re doing the right things by asking the right questions. Let me know if you have a specific finance related (or other business) question and I’ll see if I can do a video on it and mention you. You’ve got this.. 🔥🚀
my god.... this really is my true talent... everything you mentioned in this video ive been doing right. i just got my full team and we are going to get started june 1st. i am very excited to see us all grow in this long journey together as a team. such a great video, this made me even more passionate about this.
I can't thank you enough. Will definitely join your fire-starter in time to come. Already sent to my circles your video link. Much love from Sydney, Australia.
You’re more than welcome! Btw I got notifications that you had another comment on here relating to testing but can’t see it… was this deleted or has UA-cam lost it somewhere? No issues if you changed it but I just want to make sure I respond to all your comments but for some reason only this comment is showing up from you for this video.
@@CEOEntrepreneur Love the content. One of the interesting things in this post is the use of 'split tests'. This may be due to most of your businesses being 'tech oriented' (Im in service industry). Can you unpack more of what this means and how to apply it in starting and growing a business?
Thank you! I am glad you're finding it valuable. Welcome to the channel. Feel free to suggest in the comments any topics you'd like me to do a video on or if you have a specific business question
Thank you so much for sharing your story, it really helps to hear how things can go, so lets try to prevent it. I had to subscribe this is way to valuable. I am committed to getting this right my second time around.
You’re welcome! You can do this! Failure is an essential step in learning… (I learn that the hard way 😅). If we don’t fail, then we’re not growing. What’s your new business about and what are you trying to achieve?
@@CEOEntrepreneur I can definitely relate. My first business failed due to lack of knowledge and also because I had no processes or systems in place. So when I did hire it was a complete bomb because I failed to put those in place prior. I have learned from my mistakes and I am so glad I found your channel. I am starting a cosmetic business again. May I ask, would I map out my processes in a project manager or jus a regular google doc? I want it to be easy to follow for my future hires. I am so glad I found your page, got my notifications turned on 🤗
It really doesn’t matter where you document your processes, as long as they’re easy to use / understand, consistent, and people know where to find them. A bit meta but… I always do an SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) for documenting SOPs very early on so that your process of making processes is the same throughout. It also helps later on as your employees start documenting their own processes when they optimise and find better ways of doing things. I’m planning to make a video about this soon so stay tuned 😉 … and best of luck!
Thank you! I am glad you're finding it valuable and sharing it within your circle is awesome! The channel seems to be growing today more than usual and it's because people like you are doing things like this and showing UA-cam that the content is worth spreading :). Feel free to ask any business related questions here in the comments or to request certain topics you'd like to see covered in future videos!
Sure... In fact, I was surprised with number of views vs content quality. Your content resonate with my recent learning. It didn't receive as much attention as it should have received in past only. But no worries. Your content is worth watching. Love from India. Regards, Amol S Pawar
I'm interested to find out a bit more about cashflow and the buffer. What's the ideal point at which you should start to become a bit more adventurous?
Here's the link to the slides: ceoe.co/slides-m
Currently not working. The button's link is empty, It's a placeholder probably. I filled in my info but was unable to get the slides :(
@@The-Athenian I’ve just tried it again and went through the process. The link IS working… please check your spam folder in your email as it sometimes lands there. Once you sign up, you’ll get an email with the link to download the slides. Let me know if you still have any issues..
@@CEOEntrepreneur Something's not right. I've tried this very simple process in 3 different browsers and the "GET INSTANT ACCESS" button simply does nothing. It has no behavior at all. It did work on my Android smartphone, though, using Google Chrome! It shouldn't have anything to do with the first device but hopefully it does.
Very strange.
Also, while we're at it, you seem to be asking for cookie compliance twice, and from 1025px viewport width upwards, text seems to bleed out its container on that page, on Brave and Firefox at least. Use the zoom function on your browser to see it happen. Hope It's not exclusive to my device too lol
@@The-Athenian strange indeed but thank you for pointing this out. We’ve recently just moved our website over to a much faster server to cater for our new and much improved community platform launching in April, so maybe a few things have been lost in translation (so to speak). This has now been reported internally to our team and they’ll investigate in more detail tomorrow. I have noticed the double cookie notice myself too.
If you still haven’t managed to get access to the slides… just email me at my first name (tamer) followed by @ceoentrepreneur.com and I’ll forward them to you by email and also offer you a free (absolutely zero sales and no commitment to buy anything from us ever) call where I will be happy to answer whatever questions you may have for your business. This is a way to apologise for the hassle but also thank you for pointing it out to us.
Once again, Apologies for this… we want to make sure your experience with us is smooth, but as you know from the masterclass, things don’t always go to plan... It’s how you deal with them that hopefully helps you keep growing 😅🚀
@@CEOEntrepreneur Improvement is a continuous process right? I'm glad you made a better change! And congratulations on your awesome communication skills, was really surprised at how kindly I was spoken to.
Just so you're in the know about your viewers, I found your videos while looking for company management advice. You're very well placed in the results.
I work at a small IT company with the founder who created it in 2011 and is still pretty much stagnated. I've been working here for 3 years just focusing in the tech support I have to solve, but lately I've been thinking I should own the company per say, in my head, and try to grow it. At the very least it will be a learning experience. Pretty much the company lacks in all aspects of company management so I'm starting with the why, because there isn't any. If I understand correctly, the company was created "for fun".
The founder enjoys working in IT, this is the 3rd company he's created, and he wants money of course but in my opinion there's just too many things we're selling, no focus, no decent branding (company is named Radical Page, which doesn't sound like the company takes itself seriously in my opinion).
So anyway I'm making a step by step growth project divided into different stages which consist of implementing data collection methods we will use to find out what services or products pay better per hour of our time spent on them. And using your overviews as guidelines I'm confident we'll steadily improve!
Mistakes I have made so far: not putting funds into marketing early enough, hiring incompetent staff and keeping them for too long, not creating SOP's and transparent ways to over see the processes, delegating without scheduling regular follow up meetings, not anticipating how my staff has to grow with the business. Growth creates new roles within the company which I didn't realize caused stagnation and an inability to move forward. We were operating on a model that only worked in a smaller space with less services. This caused us to stagnate for the first 6 months after moving to a new location, being too accommodating to staff that is not a good fit for the business.
You’re learning from your mistakes. Whilst it’s painful to go through, this is a part of your business growth process and making sure you survive long enough to learn from these mistakes and not do them again is the way!
I resonate with you...made the same exact mistakes
Crap the wip..
It was me too
Its looks you told my story. Same mistakes I made.
This masterclass is truly a game-changer for small business owners! The insights and strategies shared are both practical and empowering. -Macy (Team Evan)
Thanks so much for commenting and for your incredible feedback! :) Excited to have Team Evan supporting us
Finally! A real-life business person teaching real-life business methods.
ps - I'm not a gamer, my 10yo hacked my youtube account! I'm a grownup (some days) heading up the product domain in a tech company.
Hands down, this is the clearest, most comprehensive, and concise business education I have ever seen on UA-cam. BRAVO to you @CEOEntrepreneur.
Your feedback means the world to me! It's comments like these that motivate me to keep creating valuable content.
@@CEOEntrepreneur OMG! 😳 I was so overwhelmed with the same frustration you mentioned about talking heads wasting time with no real value. You however, present the truth in a way that only someone with experience could.
I’m totally inspired and reinvigorated by your content and I’ve only just started watching.
Thank you! 🙏
As an experienced entrepreneur with over two decades of business acumen, I want to express my sincere appreciation for sharing such an insightful video. Having weathered the storms of business for many years, I fully recognize the significance of spreading this message to businesses at every stage of their journey, whether they're starting, running, or scaling. It's often the leadership that must lead the charge in embracing the mindset essential for success. Your generosity in sharing this invaluable resource is truly commendable. Thank you.
You're very welcome. Thank you for your feedback!
I can't believe you only have 3.43k subscribers. YOU ARE A GEM! Glad I found your channel! I'll be here when you reach your 10k 100k 1m! Thank youuuu!!!
Thank you so much! It’s comments like these that make it all worthwhile… We do have (ambitious) plans for growing this channel. But we have to start somewhere! Let me know what you’d like to see more of or if you have any specific business questions, ask them here and I’ll try to do a video on it!
Hi, Im from Honduras and let me tell you that this
Is the BEST CHANNEL ❤ I EVER SEEN
thank you so much for sharing this valuable information this is gold for me I really need 🥺 i have service company and i just want to scale but i dont know how ...
Wow, thank you! My advice would be take it step by step. Scaling isn't some magic bullet and a lot of the foundations here are what need to be replicated time and time again. You've got this!
LOL - If all that happened to me at the same time - I would have been rebuking the devil left & right!
lol life really be testing me
You’ve earned a loyal follower!
Gold.
Thanks!
This is the best business mentor I've ever found on UA-cam. It is very detailed yet the frameworks given are general enough for any type of business to follow. I don't have a business yet. But I will. Soon.
I can listen to this guy all day😂
Hi! I was writing a novel and to give more credibility to the characters I started studying the "business things" (I never been in that environment, and they needed to talk and act like workers). Even before discovering the 6 hats, my characters took each one a role. So they had their role written on the door. It was not enough, I was curious to know what their roles mean... long story short, in the last three years I studied agile, problem solving, design thinking, product management, lean, and I found all this stuff so interesting!! A little random, and confusing, like every education you can get from youtube videos. I really needed your videos to get the overall view, to complete the puzzle!! So thank you so much!!! And another important thing!! My dream is to be an artist, sell my books and drawings, and artists never consider that this means that they must become an entrepreneur. We are lost in our fantasy... So, it was a very long journey, I felt like I was losing precious time and going too far from my goals, but all this knowledge will help me one day when I will be my own CEO!!
Nadia what a great comment! Thank you! I’ll be intrigued to read your novel when it’s complete. Please reach out to me when it is. And yes this stuff is fascinating and the psychology behind what drives people in business is really interesting. Finally I agree that experts in particular field and especially artists need to understand how to be an entrepreneur so that they can market themselves. Unfortunately our education system just teaches us to be followers within our fields of choice and there’s a big component missing in how to lead, take risk and run your own business in your field of choice. Hopefully this channel will over time try to rectify this ;) best of luck on your novel!
Thank you for all your work on this! After watching tons of business "gurus" talk about "how to start a business and make $$$", "how to make $1 Million in your first month",...etc. I finally stumbled upon your videos and find them to be the most geniune, practical, and realistic! Hope you will continue this channel and conntinue making more videos.
This is a brilliant masterclass. Thank you very much for this!!!!!!
You’re very welcome. Glad you found it valuable!
LOVED this Masterclass. Definitely has prompted me to think about how to rejig things in my business
Awesome! Thank you for supporting the channel and being there in the live chat. See you next time! :)
You are a true gem on youtube. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
You’re welcome! I hope it’s valuable for you 🚀
Watched uninterrupted, took 8 pages of notes, now watching again...I truly love your approach, your lessons, and the way you teach them. You make it all understandable (though no less overwhelming at times...) and executable for those of us who struggle with the "business" side of entrepreneurship. Thanking you now, but foresee much more gratitude in the future....
Thanks for your kind words. I’m glad it was valuable! What’s your business and where are you in your journey?
@@CEOEntrepreneur Solopreneur, Green Monkey Promotions. Promotional products, corporate apparel, company webstores, fulfillment services. Will finish year at $500k in sales and focused on scaling up. 5 year plan to build this from solo to a business that will run without me. At that point, we'll decide whether to sell the biz or hire a GM. 55 years old now, shooting for 60 to semi-retire.
Awesome. You’re ahead of most businesses so congrats! Have you taken the free business triage on our website? It’ll give you a free customised report on how you’re business is doing in all the main areas and takes only 5mins :)
@@CEOEntrepreneur Yup, did the triage. Doing an event from Dec2-Dec 5 and will have a lot of down-time while out of town. Plan to use that time to read/research/plan using the triage (mindset) and also work on systems and processes using your other vids and guides.
How come I never come across to this channel. I just can't get enough. This is amazing
Thank you 🥹
Live chat ended by UA-cam... so I'll answer @wendy alison 's question here:
Q: Actually I have a question about that. As a creator a lot of my business is about the work I create. Can I be the creator in my business and the CEO?
A: YES... you can... it's a great question. But you should allocate time to be the 'CEO' and time to be 'creative' they are two different roles...and sometimes, some creative people hire a CEO... but it's definitely possible and there are a lot of examples out there of people who do both of people who do both so there is creativity in that too... If you think about it, the role of the CEO is to be a 'visionary' and that involves not only strategy but quite a bit of creativity too.... and this is why it is different to the COO role which is better built for an integrator.
Thank you for replying to my comment, it’s such helpful advice. Now I just have to put it into action!
@@wendyalison199 you can do it! 🔥🚀
Watched uninterrupted, took 8 pages of notes, now watching again...I truly love your approach, your lessons, and the way you teach them. You make it all understandable (though no less overwhelming at times...) and executable for those of us who struggle with the "business" side of entrepreneurship. Thanking you now, but foresee much more gratitude in the future....
Thank you!
You’re a diamond. What a story!
Fantastic, really! So far nothing I've seen on this topic has been in the slightest decipherable to me, but this is great in so many ways! I like the way you talk fast, too! Thank you for this! I am trying to get out of the field and let other people make the money for me. I have all the business I want, and I turn away 10 potential customers a week because I can't do it all myself. I've put my toe in the water with employees, and a toe in the water with bigger, better equipment. I have a great reputation, everything except money to show for it all!
Came across your content when looking for something to help with building systems in our business. So glad i did. This video is a true masterclass.
You just landed a new loyal follower in Kenya 😊
Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm glad you found the video helpful.
I watched this video in Feb 2022 when I was alone in my business. Now, we are doing 7 figure revenue with 25 team member in the organization. My main focus as a CEO is strategy and vision. I involve little bit in the technology (Setting up automation and CRM) because I just love doing it but tech resposbiltiy is not holding me and I am not the bottle neck of the process by doing that.
Great video though! Just watching it today again!
Thanks for sharing it with us!
From solo entrepreneur to business maestro, you've orchestrated quite the transformation. Keep hitting those high notes!
You're amazing!! Watched all your videos and loving it. Please continue posting!
Thank you! Comments like these make it all worthwhile. Stay tuned because there is a lot more content coming your way soon!
I’m the opposite, I dont have the confidence to believe that I can run my own business 😂 I hired a team and everyone is making money accept for me.
This is incredibly valuable information. I learned to see my role as CEO and view all the other tasks I'm doing as a solopreneur as me wearing the hats of those roles until I can outsource. This is liberating because I now have more of an idea and plan for scheduling that CEO role during all the busy-ness of juggling everything in order to move forward. Thanks - really great presentation.
You’re welcome Terri! It is liberating. One of the tricks is being able to let go. Best of luck! 🚀
This is so helpful, even though my business is still a baby this masterclass help give me a projection of where I want to see my business in the next several years.
Who knew babies and businesses had so much in common? Glad the masterclass helped you see the future!
been doubting myself for a while now.... But what i've heard here vindicated what i have been doing regardless of what detractors have been saying. Thank you CEO Entrepreneur!
I’m grateful and thankful you took the time out to share this information. We’re rebranding after 14 years in business and this is going to help us tremendously! Thank you!
Good luck!
So many of the things you said apply to me and my business. Thanks for this great video!
Just started following you. Going to watch this tomorrow and just want to say great channel and appreciate your posts.
Glad to hear it!
Fantastic. Real value
Glad you enjoyed it
One the best vidreo on the scale of the business. I pray that your business excell ti the top. Thanks, Thanks, Thanks. God Bless you
Thank you for your kind words, I'm glad you enjoyed this video!
This is incredible! Especially the part about split testing, wow! Correct me if I'm wrong (?) but it's a bit like with say for example Facebook ads... you're testing, testing, testing... initially at a loss or breakeven, and then you find a few winning ads and scale them to huge numbers profitably, while still testing other things on the side to hopefully stack winners (in this video's case, killer systems and processes). All while managing cash flow so tests never drop you to $0 and you can't scale your winners anymore.
Exactly 🚀🔥
I'm so grateful for you and this channel thanks a lot
You are so welcome
Thank you for being one of the genuine ones. Your story hit me incredibly hard. Thank you once again and I look forward to all that you are doing!!
This person is gold , God bless you man , thank you
Wow, thank you!
Tammer, what a story but, glad you are okay now many blessings to you!!!!🙏
Thanks for the free value
Always a pleasure
thank you for being generous with your knowledge
I am blown away by the value you have on this channel. Amazing amazing content, thank you and well done
Wow, thank you!
Finally, a great value bringing video! All the other possibilities are just shit and hidden behind a sign up wall.
oo hoo can't wait for this!
See you there…. ! I’ll be in the live chat answering questions during the premiere 🚀 Tamer
Excellent content and walk-though! Thank you, Tamer!
You’re welcome Rashid!
Great information, and very inspiring. I like how you make it personable, and all the fun clips you add to the video. It keeps it entertaining, and also the interest level up so all us apprentices can really soak in what you are saying. Excellent material and I am exploring more.
Thanks, you are lifesaver and awesome Dr Tamer . Your videos are useful and amazing .👍
Thank you!
Thank you! This video is super valuable. And I appreciate you not putting this behind an email barrier. I watched and then went to your website and downloaded your slides and framework. Now back to watch a second time to take notes on the slides :)
You’re welcome! 🚀🔥
....Talk about getting burnt out and overwhelmed 😵💫...that's me....smh
Hey! Hey! Yes,I love your videos and I'm locked in🔥 thanks for sharing your experience on this platform. I am super inspired and motivated especially after hearing your story, I am at a phase in my business where I want to really scale my business (3yrs/service based) much faster than I've been doing before without getting burnt out and now trying to build a team to now delegate the daily tasks has been tough. I am determined to hit my new financial goals this year for next quarter. I am jumping over hurdles after hurdles and barely surviving in business but now I'm so ready to Grow and LIVE😎🙏🏽 Thank you! New subbie here
The CEO Blueprint is amazingly well thought out and really helpful! I am so glad that what you are talking about is really making sense to me and help me to pivot to the next lever. I have overcome my fear of delegating as a solopreneur and working on building a team. I know what our business goals are, and hope you will have more videos about how to craft a quality team at each level. I guess that’s the execution part. Thank you thank you!!👍❤️
You’re welcome! Glad it was valuable. What’s your business and what are you trying to achieve? And Yes, I’m planning to do some more videos on teams. What specifically would you like the video on teams / hiring to include and I’ll make sure to include it in that video 🚀
@@CEOEntrepreneur sorry to hijack this comment. I have the same question. We have a printing, signs, apparel and promotional products business. My in-laws grew it quite a bit without any kind of business plan or having any clue what their P&L was over time. My MIL passed away and my FIL wants to retire, leaving the business to us. We really know nothing about business so I am so grateful to have found your videos! These are the exact questions I have been asking but do not know how to execute. Our sales are anywhere from 25k-50k per month but we want to be consistent and GROW! Any advice?
@@CEOEntrepreneur Also, we currently have 2 full time employees and a part time employee. And I need to start getting paid but I'm worried our income isn't where it needs to be...I currently work as a nurse so we need to be solid in order to match my nursing income. Fortunately there is room for me to ease into it financially, but I really need to hit the ground running.
@@amberlindberg3435 apologies!!! I missed these comments hiding within the thread. I’m sorry to hear about your MIL… Taking over a business any business is a challenge even if you’re a pro at running businesses. To remain consistent, try to view the business as a collection of systems. Documenting those systems and getting the team to continuously optimise and repeat them will help maintain some higher levels of consistency. That also means optimising your lead generation systems etc. I have a new series on systems that may help (ua-cam.com/play/PLn39xAKhD8juWEQ7Yu7OXTKNb7i0Du_ic.html). But I will also be covering the main question in this thread on teams shortly so do stay tuned.
@@CEOEntrepreneur thank you!
This is really great
Thank you 🙏
¡Gracias!
Thank you!
I love the channel and am so happy that I found it. Great info. One suggestion "Don't run out of cash' is not a strategy. Saying that is like telling someone that does not know how to fly 'don't crash the plane'. If you look at your case of having one large customer and them pulling the rug, that is a great place to start with a specific strategy.
#1 is do not let any one customer control your cash flow so that if they leave it will put you out of business. #2 Be sure to get sufficient capital up front. I don't take on any projects without a deposit of at least 50% up front. having that would have prevented them from pulling the rug to soon and would have given you ample runway to at least meet payroll obligations.
That is the only critique that I have with everything of yours that I watched so far. If you don't learn from that mistake its more likely to happen again.
Thanks for your valuable comment! I agree with you completely.... The incident was many years ago and whilst what you're saying is relevant, it was far more complex than relying on just one customer and getting paid in part upfront. We had many customers as well as investment money coming in. It was a much larger project (8 figures) and the client's was so large and well known that anyone who dealt with them had to follow their terms. And they did not pull out. They just didn't pay at the end. A similar example would be like working with a government body and they only pay in arrears and after many days - you either accept it or don't. Anyway it's a long story and it's also a long time ago! If you watch my videos on this channel on this story in more detail (ua-cam.com/play/PLn39xAKhD8ju0LCvDzcUiM8xzjCg5VNUi.html), part 2 outlines learning lessons from this and one of them was that we also grew too fast and didn't have the right infrastructure to manage risk.
As for 'don't run out of cash'. Yes this is definitely NOT a strategy. This is a high level thing that you as the owner of the business are accountable for. Part of your job description. The strategy is indeed a lot more involved and outside the scope of this video. At the end of the masterclass, you'll see a blueprint that outlines where strategy fits into the bigger picture. We spend the first 4 months of our 12 month Firestarter Programme working on strategy, so yes, 'don't run out of cash' would not cut it as a strategy.
What's your business and where are you in your business journey?
Thank you for offering this powerful resource for serious business owners! 🚀
Dr Tamer you are an Amazing Coach. I love your delivery
Thanks so much for the knowledge shared.
Beyond this I hope you can guide me to help businesses around me succeed.
We have a high business failure rate in my country and all these issues clearly plays a role in their failures.
Would love your mentorship.
Cheers.
Thank you Adu for your kind words. My advice is to keep watching the videos on this channel, ask questions in the comments and share the videos with other businesses that you feel need help. You can also go to our website (ceoentrepreneur.com/Firestarter) and see if the Firestarter programme is suitable for you. If not … stay tuned as we’re planning an earlier stage programme
Great valuable information about how to build your business in this crazy world
Thank you! I'm glad you found this masterclass helpful!
wondefull, georgios
Thanks for watching!
Hi i have learnt a few things as a business owner, i am currently in huge debts and working to trun it around.
Thank you for this free information
It’s not easy. But for what it’s worth, there is light at the end of the tunnel. I’ve been where you are and it’s not fun. Key here is speaking to the right people that have experience, know-how and have you’re best interests at heart. Best of luck! 💜
You provide great value through this platform, thank you.
You’re welcome and thank you as well. If you would like me to cover any other business topics or have a question, let me know!
I have to say that I have so much anxiety about running out of money. Everytime you say "don't run out of money" I get heart palpitations. I borrowed money from a patient in Jan 2020 to purchase a company I grew and managed for over 2 years. 3 months into me owning the company, I was mandated by the governor to close my business due to covid. My business was closed for 3 months. I had to get emergency SBA funding and the PPP loan to re open. I rely on insurance income which often creates a huge cash flow issue when they "have glitches" and just refuse to pay. I often have these issues that cause me so much stress. I am in the process of offsetting those cash flow issues but it takes time. I am hoping to learn about how I can further mitigate these issues quickly.
Yes running out of cash does cause us business owners a lot of anxiety especially in the early days of a business and also during the pandemic. There are strategies you can implement to try to smoothen cash fluctuations out a bit and manage what’s coming in and equally importantly what’s going out and when (negotiate with people you have to pay). Keep going… you’re doing the right things by asking the right questions. Let me know if you have a specific finance related (or other business) question and I’ll see if I can do a video on it and mention you. You’ve got this.. 🔥🚀
WOW! This definitely is food for thought. I wish i knew you back in 2007. Thanks a bunch for your content
You’re welcome!! I wish I knew the now me back in 2007 too 😅🙈
my god.... this really is my true talent... everything you mentioned in this video ive been doing right. i just got my full team and we are going to get started june 1st. i am very excited to see us all grow in this long journey together as a team. such a great video, this made me even more passionate about this.
Thank you, loving this so far!
Great to have you here!
I can’t thank you enough sir 🙏🏾❤️✨ You just taught me what I needed
Happy to help :)
I can't thank you enough. Will definitely join your fire-starter in time to come. Already sent to my circles your video link. Much love from Sydney, Australia.
BRILLIANT!!!!!! Puts so MANY things in perspective! Thank You!
You’re more than welcome! Btw I got notifications that you had another comment on here relating to testing but can’t see it… was this deleted or has UA-cam lost it somewhere? No issues if you changed it but I just want to make sure I respond to all your comments but for some reason only this comment is showing up from you for this video.
@@CEOEntrepreneur Love the content. One of the interesting things in this post is the use of 'split tests'. This may be due to most of your businesses being 'tech oriented' (Im in service industry). Can you unpack more of what this means and how to apply it in starting and growing a business?
Sure. Here’s one I prepared earlier 😉 ua-cam.com/video/OKwu_mTaS_s/v-deo.html
am welcome to ceo
Good to have you here :)
Thanks for everything you do Tamer, this is priceless
Count down!
Thank you for sharing all your knowledge!!
My pleasure!
Thank you very much dear,this is what we needed 🙏well done
This is really Awesome & Valuable content for me. Thank you so much.
You are most welcome
You had me at coffee!
Thank you for watching! Coffee lovers unite!
THANK YOUUUUUUUU
Fantastic program. Many thanks
You’re welcome!
Wooah! Can't wait 😍
Thank you!
Very well done!
Thank you very much!
I'm still watching the video but I just wanted to day thank you for sharing the knowledge 🙏
You’re welcome! Hope you found it valuable 🚀
A ton of giving ... some one took Alex harmonies class
I haven’t but I’m sure there will be overlap with a lot of successful business owners … with actual business experience ;)
Great information
This is very valuable for me and my business.
Thank you! I am glad you're finding it valuable. Welcome to the channel. Feel free to suggest in the comments any topics you'd like me to do a video on or if you have a specific business question
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Thank you so much for sharing your story, it really helps to hear how things can go, so lets try to prevent it. I had to subscribe this is way to valuable. I am committed to getting this right my second time around.
You’re welcome! You can do this! Failure is an essential step in learning… (I learn that the hard way 😅). If we don’t fail, then we’re not growing. What’s your new business about and what are you trying to achieve?
@@CEOEntrepreneur I can definitely relate. My first business failed due to lack of knowledge and also because I had no processes or systems in place. So when I did hire it was a complete bomb because I failed to put those in place prior. I have learned from my mistakes and I am so glad I found your channel. I am starting a cosmetic business again. May I ask, would I map out my processes in a project manager or jus a regular google doc? I want it to be easy to follow for my future hires. I am so glad I found your page, got my notifications turned on 🤗
It really doesn’t matter where you document your processes, as long as they’re easy to use / understand, consistent, and people know where to find them. A bit meta but… I always do an SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) for documenting SOPs very early on so that your process of making processes is the same throughout. It also helps later on as your employees start documenting their own processes when they optimise and find better ways of doing things. I’m planning to make a video about this soon so stay tuned 😉 … and best of luck!
We loved this masterclass really fabulous
Thank you! Hope it was valuable for you 🚀
That's fabulous Tamer, Do you know that your name is so Egyptian 😊
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This is a brilliant series. Thanks:)
You’re welcome! Your comments make a lot of difference so thank you for those too!
Great. Very educational
Glad you liked it! What were the key takeways for you?
Amazoning, the information is so helpful
Glad it was helpful!
if i could subscribe 300000 times trust me i would, and this is the only channel where i've said this
🙌 Thank you for the support!
Thank you.🙏 Just thank you!♥️
Great video!
Thanks so much!
You’re welcome!
You are Just Amazing Man !!
Thank you! Hope it was valuable for you and your business. Speaking of which… what’s your business and where are you on your journey?
Really good video! Made a ton of notes, the video is really thought through! Love it!
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Half way through this video and is so informative. Bravo and thank you for posting 📫 great content
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Please create a playlist where you are building systems with us
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We can’t wait🤔
See you there!
I am sharing video within my circle.. Thanks for sharing your views and experience. Your content is awesome.
Thank you! I am glad you're finding it valuable and sharing it within your circle is awesome! The channel seems to be growing today more than usual and it's because people like you are doing things like this and showing UA-cam that the content is worth spreading :). Feel free to ask any business related questions here in the comments or to request certain topics you'd like to see covered in future videos!
Sure... In fact, I was surprised with number of views vs content quality. Your content resonate with my recent learning. It didn't receive as much attention as it should have received in past only. But no worries. Your content is worth watching. Love from India.
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Amol S Pawar
😊 thanks
I'm interested to find out a bit more about cashflow and the buffer. What's the ideal point at which you should start to become a bit more adventurous?
I'll make a video on cashflow and what a healthy buffer looks like! Stay tuned