(Recorded pre-pandemic) I’m thrilled to bring you another one of my favorite friendtors, Mike Michaelowicz. He’s the author of several books that have dramatically improved my business: Profit First, Clockwork, and now this week we’re talking about his latest upcoming release, Fix This Next: Make the Vital Change that Will Level Up Your Business.
Mike was last on the show in episode 37, Surge: How to Spot and Ride Trend Waves.
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More About Mike Michalowicz
By his 35th birthday Mike Michalowicz (pronounced mi-‘kal-o-wits) had founded and sold two multi-million dollar companies. Confident that he had the formula to success, he became a small business angel investor… and proceeded to lose his entire fortune. Then he started all over again, driven to find better ways to grow healthy, strong companies. Mike has devoted his life to the research and delivery of innovative, impactful entrepreneurial strategies to you.
Mike is the creator of Profit First, which is used by hundreds of thousands of companies across the globe to drive profit. He is the creator of Clockwork, a powerful method to make any business run on automatic. And his latest, arguably most impactful discovery, is Fix This Next: Make the Vital Change That Will Level Up Your Business.
Topics We Cover
The impact that Mike Michalowicz’s books (and podcast) has made on Jenny’s business
How Jenny and Mike met during a Dorie Clark dinner, and what unfolded from there
Mike’s perspective on The Queen Bee Role and how to identify it
Pulling back from spending too much time watching what others are doing - so you can move forward and run with your own plans
Profit First mentality - keep this in mind when you hear someone share their top line revenue
The power of business habits - why we can’t keep jumping in solo to save the business every time
The 1% factor - why all businesses are basically the same
Keeping Up With The Entrepre-Jones
The Business Hierarchy of Needs
The OMEN Method
Dealing with financial trauma, finding purpose in it, and moving your business forward
Resources Mentioned
Mike on the web: Mike Michalowicz
Twitter: @MikeMichalowicz
Instagram: @mikemichalowicz
Books:
E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber
Built to Sell by John Warrillow
Measure What Matters by John Doerr
Company of One by Paul Jarvis
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