Entreprogrammers Podcast

We’re Live. John and Mani start the conversation reviewing a strategy that Jhon has been applying to Bulldog Mindset recently, the thing is, he’s looking for high-quality clients only which is a niche that can be tricky. He has been trying different things but they have not been working as expected.    Mani gives really specific advice on what to try. One of the most important things when looking for this kind of client is that the filter has to be bulletproof, he really doesn’t want a bunch of people that are just not going add anything to the membership area.   Basic idea is that he wants people to see the immense value that the group has.   Thought of the week   Mani - “Who cares if you lose a customer, that was never going to be a customer”

We’re Live. Chuck solve his issue with the email broadcast and has got his team ready for action. On the other hand, it appears than the outsourced way to get the leads works well, he’s currently finalizing details on it, and yes, business it’s on the top for chuck. Another week to the record!   The team is also ready to get as much leads as possible, it’s actually the way that it has been working in the passing weeks, the guys have a small concern about this and give some advice to Chuck, We’ll see how it goes.   Thought of the week   Mani - “ That’s they key, you are bound to ge bigger and it only works if you find the way”

  We’re Live. Another week in a row for Chuck with Sales through the roof! But not all is good news, he has an issue with the payments, but nonetheless sales don’t seem to want to end at least for the nearest feature.   Continuing on the Chuck Sales Fest, He’s reviewing some steps with John, One of them is getting the rate up every time a new partner comes in, John gives great advice on how to continue on this path. Also, Chuck explains a situation that is occurring with one of his partners that made one of the Podcast host to quit.   Thought of the week   Chuck - “We are not even talking about that, we are talking about software development. I’m not even pushing the message you don’t like”

We’re Live. Chuck is absolutely killing it with sales, he has made more sales in 3 weeks than the whole last year, Incredible moment for chuck and he just keeps on getting more.   He.s currently looking for ways to increase his leads, share some stuff with the guys and John like it so much that he’s probably going to do the same.   Mani shoots some important advice, the system that Chuck is using at the moment it’s working flawlessly, the best thing he could, is actually improving the system. Some people like to change it, and that’s the worst thing they could do.   Thought of the week   Mani - “The more you used this system, the more you sale these things”

We’re Live. Guys start the conversation with how they’re trying to get back on track with their exercise routine. Chuck is thinking of doing the Dopey challenge, John relives this as the hell that it was haha. John is actually training for a 100-mile run this year, which is a big step up and a difficult challenge definitely. In other topics, Chuck updates the guys on the new system he’s been implementing, It’s working extremely well. John and Mani advise on how to maintain this momentum. Thoughts of the week John - “ On one hand I’m like WTF… On the other hand, I’m like hey that's a great idea”

We’re Live. Chuck starts the conversation with Mani, talking about his whole process of sale through email marketing, numbers, conversion rates, etc. He’s doing good and does a great job at it, but it’s the more tiresome area of the business, really pursuing those sales. Chuck Makes it clear that he’s tired of it, Mani tells him that’s the way to get results, and it does work. Mani gives some advice, this is something that can be outsourced but it’s always better to take this for yourself, there’s complete control of the sales. It can be tiresome, yeah but the rewards are always big. Thought of the week Chuck - “I’m so tired of sales man!”

We’re Live. John starts the conversation about a person that has worked with him recently and marks a recurrent trend, they only go to John when they want to make money otherwise, he’s not on the radar. Most of the “Liberal” People have their ideals always in front until they start a business, once you got the need to start making money, all the political thinking and ideals just gets out of the picture, it doesn’t help at all and that’s the harsh truth. Thought of the week: Chuck - “Well, i hate you until i need you too so..”

We’re Live. Great Sales Plans to start 2020 for Chuck, has 3 major goals to reach. Not impossible ones, but difficult to achieve. Big numbers to reach and one of the things that Chuck is doing is documenting his whole process on Sales, There’s a possibility that in the future somebody else could take care of this area of the business. This will ease the transition process and save a lot of time. Putting on sales the Podcast is one of the plans, Mani gives great advice to Chuck on this. He needs to take up all the juice he can get from each of the podcasts. Lots to do for 2020, it’s just a matter of organizing and get everything done. Thoughts of the week Mani – “You need to squeeze every sale possible from each of the podcasts”

We’re live. Last Entreprogrammers of the year! It has definitely been a heck of a ride for all of the guys. The conversation starts about plans for 2020 and small closures needed to move on. Big Plans for Chuck. Mani and John Advise Chuck who has had massive growth and Improvement in 2019, secure guidance to enter the next level and dominate. Sponsorship management is one of the big things that Chuck talks about. In other topics, the guys discuss the problems that they don’t want to have next year, one of them is hiring the right person or even the proper training of the current employee, it has been a recurrent problem. Thoughts of the week Chuck – “Either you have a hiring problem or a training problem”

We’re Live. New Approach for Chuck has been working exceptionally well, lots of sponsors, people seem to be comfortable with how things are being handled at the moment and he’s been having lots of responses and great feedback on everything. Great Work Chuck! He just developed a perfect way to manage his team and make sure everybody is clear on what they need to do, no more lost emails or unnecessary text or whatnot. Direct and concise and gets the job done.   Happy Holidays Everyone!

We’re live, after all the blurriness that the guys have passed recently, they have continued their life and their work like nothing happened. Chuck has come back to using the Pomodoro technique to pick up productivity and it’s been going well, in fact, Chuck has gained a lot of new audiences and people that want to work with him. There’s no such thing as bad publicity right? Apparently not. Some people say that Chuck's reputation and business have gone down, there’s nothing farther from the truth. John recommends him to keep on going and even at a higher pace. Thoughts of the week John – “You just need to build your system to gather the sponsors and practically make a manual with it”

We´re live. Chuck had great success with his Book Launch, Currently a best seller in Amazon, Kudos! But not everything was peachy for this book. It was a really long and tiresome process to finally get the product ready, this includes cover, digital files, audible version, etc. Chuck Tells his story about the whole Journey The most ironic thing is that John offered Chuck to publish the book, he really regrets he didn't take that chance and save himself a lot of hassle Thoughts of the week John - “I Offered you to publish the book” Chuck - “ I KNOW!”

We’re live. And the Witchhunt Continues! Believe it or not ladies and gentlemen, they are still pursuing Chuck and John to take them down from the internet (LOL). This is practically impossible for 2 main reasons, John is practically showing his middle finger to their faces and he’s just going to keep at it, that’s just how John is, and in a Witchhunt that just doesn’t work. On the other hand, Chuck Does not even care, it’s just not that important for him and this type of behavior also freaks out the mob. But they are still coming for them, Chuck is receiving much more attacks because they still think they can take him down. It’s just not going to happen, deal with it people. Thought of the week John – “In order to have a Witchhunt, there needs to be fear and it´s not happening”

We´re Live. The guys start the conversation with a situation that concerns Chuck, regarding the Linux Foundation. Chuck is thinking about this because he doesn’t want any trouble. John Clearly says he has a case here, Chuck was publicly defamed. The situation has blown out of proportion for a lot of time, the guys just want to finish it and continue working. The conversation turns into the storytelling of different disputes that the guys had. The Internet is an abstract place with people that just attack, it's just not worth the time. John says that this has been growing over the years and probably get worse. Thoughts of the week Chuck - “I don’t want to do this out of anger, I want to do it because it benefits me”

We´re Live. Chuck and John Tell us a funny anecdote of how hatred took over a twitter post from Chuck, John probably did not respond the most civil way haha. People ended up calling any type of names the guys, but that´s how it is in the social storm right? Never on an argument, always in the mood for a battle. This move on to a nice conversation with the guys focused on how any system does not welcome newcomers unless you´re strictly thinking the same way as they are. They always talk about tolerance, which is practically none existent. Satya gives a great anecdote on how at some point he had to change his accent just to be accepted. Thoughts of the week Satya - “There´s no real advantage or privilege”

We´re Live. Satya explains to Chuck the process of how he manages his whole business, which is divided into 3 parts. Gives great explanation and Chuck is something completely different from how things are managed in life. Lots of learning here. Satya is a Family man but has accomplished dividing family and business in a great manner, has time for everything, in fact by next year half of his business will not need his attention. Chuck and Satya share their experience, they are basically in the same spot but have different perspectives. Thoughts of the week Satya - “When running a business is always a good idea to have cash cushion”

We´re Live. John is crunching some numbers for Bulldog Mindset, and it's looking really good. Low Expenses and big Revenue, the next step now is to increment the expenses to get even bigger revenue. This became the main topic of conversation, When is the best time to hire? Expenses will always need to grow in order for the business to evolve, this includes more employees. As an Entrepreneur this needs to be done at the exact moment, it could get problematic and even not finding the right person to hire. Nevertheless, it's a risk that needs to be taken. Thoughts of the week: Mani - “ In order to get big you need to expend a lot”

We´re Live. Guys start the conversation sharing a few laughs about an accident that Chuck had and has a nice scar in the head to prove it hehe (Harry potter Reference comes in). Chuck´s First Marathon is coming in, he feels ready. John Gives him some advice but overall it's looking good for chuck. John Gives a summary of what he is currently doing with Simple Programmer and the plans that he has for the future of SP. As far as everything goes this is a business that´s self-sustainable wich is good. Mani asks him, what would John do differently if SP started from cero. The First thing John says is taking off his face from the branding. When a business is based on yourself it makes it so difficult to transition. The great conversation starts here on how to start a business and how to make it work. Thoughts of the week John – “Competition has become so hard on youtube, back in the days you needed content, now you need to have a good looking ass”

We´re Live. Mani is running different ways to do sales at this point. Just to make it more fun or interesting. This set up quite a nice topic on discounts. This is a double-sided blade, yes, you will sell, but there´s going to be a point that you are only going to sale when there´s a discount, there are many ways to work this to your advantage. Take Udemy for example, they only sell with discounts, and it works. GTM comes to conversation, any tracking method in that case. Mani wants this set up and the best advice that Satya gives him, yeah this task can be outsourced but he needs to make sure what he wants to track. There´s actually a lot of pages and stuff that can be tracked, if the path is not laid down correctly It can get really confusing and just track the wrong thing. Thoughts of the week Satya – “Make sure you know what you want to track on your sales”

We´re Live. Ladies and Gentleman, We Have new blood on Entreprogrammers. Welcome To Satya Mallick! Satya is an entrepreneur and gives us a brief review of his work, a small presentation of self if you will. Been on various business and had some success. Satya starts an interesting conversation about skills that an engineer needed 5 or 10 a years ago, but he´s looking into the future now. Guys totally agree on this, AI is everywhere today from self-driven cars to computers that make their own decisions. John Talks a little about the transition of Simple Programmer, Everything is going good for both of them (John and Josh). Really positive movement for Josh, Gets good payment for 30 months and gets to work on his own thing. So, Much success to Josh on his endeavors Thoughts of the week Satya – “An Engineer without programming skills 5 years ago was useless… In 5 years without AI skills it will be useless too”