Tough Decisions for Entrepreneurs

In this episode, Dan Handford talks with Christian Zeron, the Founder of Theo & Harris, a company that sells a collection of amazing vintage watches, about facing tough decisions. Desperate to find a business partner who could bring on capital and some necessary skills at the beginning stages of his company, Christian went through some disastrous explorations. Over the years, he’s learned to be more comfortable owning the decisions and owning the good moments and bad moments, even more so being more connected to the people that he works with. Sharing some tough decisions he’s had to do as an entrepreneur, Christian also reveals some effective strategies he uses to face tough business decisions.

Standing out and being different are keys to excelling in a competitive marketplace. Tech startup expert Manuj Aggarwal shares his entrepreneurial journey and how unforeseen circumstances led him to starting an eCommerce business. Manuj talks about how he was able to jump from one business to another by simply building his own brand, audience, style, and aesthetics. He talks about the tough decisions he had to face and what guided him to making better ones as an entrepreneur and teacher.

Regrets suck but we all have to experience it if we want to learn tough lessons in life. Edna Keep has had her fair share of regrets such as letting go of good deals that could have sold way higher than expected. Narrating her journey from multifamily apartment buildings to venturing out into the Airbnb space, she shares her thoughts on coaching and mentoring and how it has been helping her through the years. With the lessons she learned, she shares how taking risks and following the inner knowing when investing in small-town properties can lead to greater results. In this episode, discover Edna’s strategies to facing tough decisions and why she’s doing business more in Canada rather than the US.

Dan interviews Rick Smith, Founder and CEO of Axon and author of “The End of Killing” a book with his manifesto of how he is going to make the bullet obsolete. Dive in as they talk about how making shortcuts to make money almost made him shut his business down, and how being customer centric and customer driven turned out to be the best strategy implemented to expanded his base and make it more diversified.

Dan interviews Chris Sparks, Founder of The Forcing function. Join in as they talk about how he got caught not knowing what to do after online poker was officially shut down, and three years later getting all his money back in one big sum, and after no more poker, how he confronted the idea of not knowing what he really wanted to do, and ended up doing business with payment for his services in advance.

Dan interviews Dan Meadors, a co-founder of The Wholesale Formula. Dive in as they talk about how working with a distributor with whom they didn’t have a great relationship cost them 10 thousand dollars, all the money they had, and how hiring a boy who was making more money than him and his partner were, turned out to be an equal partner.

Dan interviews Ivan Barratt, founder and owner of Barrett Asset Management. Tune in as they talk about how taking on an operating partner that was not the leader he said he was to be, made him put a system in process when hiring somebody new, and led him into a new partnership with the actual COO and president of his company who has shown a keen understanding of what it takes to mind about every detail and has helped the business grow.

Dan interviews Joe Trodden, a coach, mindset expert and founder of Mindset Experts. Joe shares his journey from an IT background making tons of projects, to having his own mindset business. Tune in as they talk about charities not being viable from a business perspective, his late decision of not running his passion led business as a non profit, stepping out of his job to start his own business and the actions he took to mitigate that risky decision.

Dan interviews and welcomes back Chris Prefontaine. Chris is a real investor, coach and founder of Smart Real Estate Coach. Dive in as they talk about how going to an unorganized meeting has made him put a Big 3 process in place which has opened the communication totally as a team and as a family team, and the tough decision of firing a bookkeeper that could not follow their business growth gave him a chance to hire a successful team to replace her.

Dan interviews Nathan Seaward, a coach and mentor. Nathan shares his journey from working as a pilot and flying big planes all around the world, to having his own coaching business. Tune in as they talk about the time he hired a social media management company he spent too much money on, did not work out and encouraged him to understand all aspects of his business to be able to delegate, and how connecting with his truth helped him leave his flying career, to start his own business.