Archive for August, 2012
Dane Maxwell Interview – Epic Call On Entrepreneurship, Recurring Revenue, Life Purpose, and More
A few months back I watched a Mixergy episode where this guy named Dane Maxwell (smart dude for sure) talked about how he’s started a few small software companies that have pumped predictability into his life as an entrepreneur.
No matter what business you’re in…
- Author
- Expert
- Coach
- Local service business
- Hard products seller
- Software
- Online publishing
- A big ass bank or something…
… predictability (as far as revenue goes) is a good thing.
But, most businesses have everything but predictability. I’d suggest you check out the Mixergyinterview this week.
But before you head over there…
Listen In As I Interview Dane Maxwell (and how it relates to your business in a BIG WAY)
Recently (just before my wife and I had our little baby boy Colton) I got on the phone with Dane on his birthday… and picked his brain on everything from…
- His story and how he started his most successful software app (brings in about $40k/mo w/ little of his effort not)without coming up with the idea himself, without knowing how to code, nothing.
- The 3 specific questions to ask in any market BEFORE you sell anything that basically assures people will buy
- His “airport and beer” story that helped him realize his lifes purpose (this wasn’t something we planned on talking about, it just came up as we were talking)
- Exactly how to bring recurring revenue and income predictability to any business (even non software businesses… including a pizza parlor that he talks about as an example)
- … and his new project called theFoundation that is his new passion (check out that link for sure, great lesson in marketing and transparency).
Check out the mp3 interview below. Enjoy 
(click the player below or download the mp3 to start)
Amazing Eulogy From Son To Father – Are You Leaving Your Luke Skywalker Inside Of You?
If you’re a student of sales and marketing… the name Chet Holmes is a name you’ve for sure heard of. He’s one of the thought leaders and great men in the industry.
Chet passed away this month from a year and a half long battle with cancer (way too early in life).
When I watched this eulogy his son gave at the memorial service… it made me choke up and think of two powerful things that immediately made me re-center myself on my purpose and passions:
- Don’t forget the simple things in life and raising my kids. You never know when that “light sabre” battle in your living room will make a huge impact on your kids.
- Life is finite and nothing is guaranteed. Don’t let your best and passions stay bottled up inside of you waiting for the “right time”. Today is the right time to live your true life.