Insane Growth With Mitchell Harper

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Claire Lew is the founder of KnowYourTeam, software that helps managers become better leaders. She's also an expert on leadership and how to motivate employees to do their best work.Jonathan sat down with Clare to discuss what it really takes to become an exceptional leader as a first-time founder, as well as how employees really like to be led and managed.This is the sixth interview in our new "Keys To Scale" series, where we talk to successful founders and entrepreneurs about what it really took to scale their businesses.

Shane Barker is a digital marketing legend, who has been in the game for the last 25 years. He's worked with businesses of all sizes and countless celebrities and influencers to help them scale their marketing efforts.Jonathan sat down with Shane to discuss all things digital marketing, including lessons learned from over two decades of marketing, how to decide which marketing trends to pursue and a lot more.This is the fifth interview in our new "Keys To Scale" series, where we talk to successful founders and entrepreneurs about what it really took to scale their businesses.

Phin Barnes is a managing partner at First Round Capital, where he invests in game-changing startups including Uber, Blue Apron, Birchbox and others.Jonathan sat down with Phin to discuss all things startup and growth related, including what makes a great founder/CEO, how he decides on which companies to invest in and a lot more.This is the fourth interview in our new "Keys To Scale" series, where we talk to successful founders and entrepreneurs about what it really took to scale their businesses.

There's one main reason businesses get stuck at less than $1,000,000 per year in sales. When you fix this, everything else takes care of itself. Your business starts growing again. You work less. Your productive output goes up massively. You have more fun.

Alex Zaccaria is the CEO of Linktree, which is a free tool for optimising your Instagram traffic, whether you’re a blogger, an artist or run a content platform.The company was started from Melbourne in 2016 and now has millions of users, 96% of which are outside of Australia.Jonathan sat down with Alex to discuss how he started the business, his biggest challenges scaling, how he leveraged organic growth to get millions of users (before they spent a cent on marketing) and a whole lot more.This is the third interview in our new "Keys To Scale" series, where we talk to successful founders and entrepreneurs about what it really took to scale their businesses.

Abigail Forsyth is the co-founder and managing director of KeepCup, a reusable coffee cup business that started and her husband started in Melbourne back in 2007.Twelve years later, KeepCup has sold more than 10,000,000 units in over 65 countries around the world.Jonathan went to Keep Cup's offices in Melbourne to sit down with Abigail and hear the story of now only how she's scaled the business, but also how it got started.This is the second interview in our new "Keys To Scale" series, where we talk to successful founders and entrepreneurs about what it really took to scale their businesses.

Adam Lever is the co-founder and CEO of The Doers Way, where he works with Grace (his wife) to teach female entrepreneurs what it takes to start their own coaching businesses.Just 5 years after pivoting away from running their digital agency, Adam and Grace have built an 8-figure revenue business.In this episode of the podcast, JC interviews Adam about his journey. Adam discusses starting with an agency, testing ideas for a new business model, dealing with set backs and building the resources around him to scale The Doers Way to more than $1,000,000 per month in sales with a relatively small team of 35 people.

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If you run an agency, coaching, consulting or professional services business and want to grow it to $1,000,000 in yearly revenue, then this episode is for you -- Mitch breaks down the maths and the strategy required to get there.Want to work with Mitch personally to implement an automated lead acquisition system into your business? If so, you can learn more about our upcoming launch of Runway at https://www.insanegrowth.com/runway/

There are two ways you can grow your business. The first way focuses on the "how". The second way focuses on the "who".If you want to 10x your business, you first need to 10x your thinking. That's what Mitch will teach you how to do on this week's episode of the Insane Growth show, by changing the language patterns you use when it comes to solving problems.To learn more about Peak (the Insane Growth mastermind) and see if you qualify, visit https://www.insanegrowth.com/peak/

What you spend to acquire a lead doesn't matter on its own. You need to workout one important ratio that tells you the health of not just your marketing but also the financial health of your business.In this episode Mitch will share that ratio with you. You'll also learn why a $2 CPL isn't necessarily better than a $20 CPL or even a $2,000 CPL.To learn more about Peak and see if you qualify, please go to https://www.insanegrowth.com/peak/

Mitch has had 3 businesses fail over the last 20 years. In this episode, he'll share with you the main reason they failed.If your business isn't growing as quickly as you'd like or you're thinking about shutting it down, then this episode is a must-listen.Watch Mitch's new 7-part video series "Scaling Strategies" for free at https://www.insanegrowth.com/class

The "grow at all costs" mantra can hurt more than help you. In fact, there are times when slower growth makes more sense than having an all-out focus on rapid growth.In this episode of the Insane Growth podcast Mitch will talk you through when it makes sense to focus on growth and when it makes sense to slow down before you speed up.If you'd like to learn more about Peak and see if you qualify for membership, just go to https://www.insanegrowth.com/peak/

This audio was taken from Mitch's keynote presentation at our recent Peak mastermind workshop. We run both live events in Sydney and also a virtual membership for founders who aren't based in Sydney.If you'd like to learn more about Peak and see if you qualify for membership, just go to https://www.insanegrowth.com/peak/

All else being equal, the longer you can self-fund your business, the more it will be worth to both you and to future investors.On this week's episode Mitch is joined by David Kenney, co-founder of Peak (the Insane Growth mastermind) and together they will share practical strategies you can use to generate the cash required to fund operations in your business for at least the first few years.♛ INSANE GROWTH MASTERMIND ♛Do you feel stuck in your business? Do you feel lonely? Wish you could spend time with people who were more like you?If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then you might be a good fit for Peak, the Insane Growth mastermind .Led personally by Mitch and Dave, you'll learn what it really takes to grow your business to 7 figures.You'll learn from successful entrepreneurs who are LITERALLY impossible to reach outside of the Insane Growth mastermind group.Delivered through a mix of in-person events, dinners and online workshops, you'll learn what it takes to crank up your sales and marketi