Entrepreneur Mastermind Podcast
430 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsGet a fly-on-the-wall perspective from 4 developers turned entrepreneurs, as they struggle with the business and learn lessons the hard way. This is the weekly mastermind group of the entreprogrammers - a no holds barred, unedited look at what it really takes to be an entrepreneur.
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Episode 374 "Bottleneck in our business"
November 16, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 36 MBWe’re Live. Long time since the guys had a chat to talk about their business and one of the first topics that John brings to the table is the need to delegate certain tasks that are put simply, It takes too much time to do although is easy stuff but they are annoying in a matter of speaking. This type of task has to be delegated to focus on the most important part of your business. otherwise, the rate of growth will be extremely slow. Thought of the week Charles - “This de...
Episode 373 "Mixing The Prices"
October 12, 2021 19:25 - 54 minutes - 25.1 MBWe’re Live. In the business game, the price and value of things can change overnight, the guys are currently experimenting with different types of approaches to their products it doesn’t matter if the product is new or old. In fact, trying out old products from a different approach can always work again, it’s just a matter of finding the right angle for the audience. This is something that as entrepreneurs you have to be able to adapt every time. Thought of the week Mani - ...
Episode 372 "Pay to Play"
September 28, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 40.2 MBWe’re Live. Long time since 3 guys got together to talk about stuff, and the first thing that comes up is that John has been banned from Tiktok, and possibly shadow-banned on Youtube. Mani Gets into a great argument on how they have demonstrated that you can't put all your eggs in one social media basket, one day it could be gone and that’s that, you need to have back up. So based on this argument, pay to play is the best to proceed in these situations. Thought of the Week ...
Episode 371 "The Time Has Come"
August 31, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 33.8 MBWe’re Live. After a long time of coming back to a regular job, Chuck Finally is on the point that he can start making decisions to get back fully on his Entrepreneurship, income is covering everything but as always is not as easy as it sounds. Mani gives some advice on what the next steps should be in order to get everything set in stone and not turning back to the regular job, which is a complex process that Chuck has to go through so that he can quit his job safely. Thought of ...
Episode 370 "Irresistible Offer"
August 24, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 38.3 MBWe’re Live. The first topic of conversations goes to the importance of having a sales page, and that it has to be fast and efficient in order for it to work. But this develops a great idea that John has for Mani to get even better sales with the focus blocks. The key here is to get in touch with the right people, as a matter of fact, John has some contacts that can make a huge difference in sales regarding the focus blocks. During this episode, John explains that an irresistible offer ...
Episode 369 "Fix Your Funnels"
August 17, 2021 16:00 - 45 minutes - 21.3 MBWe’re Live. Chuck starts off by saying that he just came back from a nice camping trip where he had the chance to really have some quiet time with his thoughts a take a look at things from a different perspective, especially on the business side to come up with solutions or practices that have been made yet. Chuck has a big audience, but he’s not having the reach and come back as expected, he was trying to get new prospects thinking that could be the problem. Mani offered some ad...
Episode 368 "A LIttle Push"
August 10, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 34 MBWe’re Live. the guys talk about a situation that has always been such a struggle throughout any business or entrepreneurship that they have put in the effort in order for the customers to get the memberships. What happens when the customer pays for the membership and does not use it? The answer is simple, this is a lost customer. So, the question that the guys bring here is Why is this happening? The little things sometimes are the ones that make biggest difference, what’s that ...
Episode 367 "Getting Over Frustration"
July 20, 2021 16:00 - 58 minutes - 27 MBWe’re Live, Chuck is currently having some issues with his entrepreneurial process, he’s lacking motivation and actually is just doing the steps without the proper angle, so the outcome is not being the best. He has an interesting conversation with Mani about this issue and brings to the table that your process is not going to work only with a flawless strategy and a routine, there has to be a dedicated person over the whole thing in order to function properly. Thought of the wee...
Episode 366 "Ideal Customer"
July 13, 2021 16:00 - 54 minutes - 25.1 MBWe’re Live. One of the main concerns of any entrepreneurship is the niche. This is a decision that has to be made on day one before starting off, based on this the whole strategy will move accordingly. Word of advice, the specific the niche the better. Once this process is completed, then you got to start mapping out your ideal customer to actually capture those that belong to the niche that you’re working with, this can be tiresome as Chuck explains but it’s a basic move. Tho...
Episode 365 "Quick Results"
July 06, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 29.3 MBWe’re Live. It’s a fact that people when committing to a program or something, in particular, want quick results. In the area of Coaching, clients can go away if the results are not seen or the value of the program in a very short time, they tend to feel disappointed and just leave. This is a natural behavior, people have the need to grab on to something every step of the way/ Chuck is having this issue at the moment, and Mani gives great advice on how to solve this. Thought of t...
Episode 364 "Just Use It"
June 29, 2021 16:00 - 56 minutes - 25.9 MBWe’re Live. Selling Memberships is hard, there’s no doubt about it. According to Mani the secret here is to get the client to use your product, that’s it. Once they are there they are hooked up. And that’s the mission of entrepreneurship, you need to offer a product that keeps the client coming in, which obviously is not an easy task. This involves a lot of testing and the most difficult part is that, people are always changing, so basically this process never stops. Thought of t...
Episode 363 "Resources"
June 22, 2021 16:00 - 55 minutes - 25.6 MBWe’re Live. The guys start an interesting conversation based on where to apply their efforts with the number of resources that always keep flowing in, Chuck is currently having some issues because the business is not reflecting well on the revenue. Is not a problem of Traffic, all the effort must be mapping out to money in your pocket, the recommendation here is to use the resources exactly where the problem is and make sure is not wasted on something that will not solve the issue. Thoug...
Episode 362 " High-Quality Leisures"
June 15, 2021 16:00 - 56 minutes - 26.3 MBWe’re Live. Getting things is definitely the core factor when you’re an entrepreneur. The guys talk recently about focus blocks that have really helped improve this process, today brings up something extremely important. High-quality leisures are activities outside of work (no matter what they are) that bring some form of creativity or positive reinforcement. For example a hobby or working out. This is something that most of the people that start a business don’t bare in mind. Th...
Episode 361 "Focus Blocks"
June 08, 2021 16:00 - 56 minutes - 26.1 MBWe’re Live. Chuck starts off with some issues he’s got with getting people to actually convert to clients, emphasis on doing a headline that will capture the person without even seeing the complete landing page is the key here. Focus is the main issue here, the conversation segways to this topic which is mani current project and it’s working wonders with everybody including the guys. Chuck is using it also John and the levels of productivity are through the roof. Thought of the w...
Episode 360 "Recurring Payment"
May 25, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 39 MBWe’re Live. The guys start off smoothly to a subject that seemed not that important but in the end, it makes you feel safe as entrepreneurs and it is a recurring payment. Chuck talks about he usually takes sponsorships under contract for a number of episodes of the podcast,.then has to go through this process again to keep this ongoing client. This actually makes no sense, not for Chuck or the client. Mani offers some thought on how to change this, building up offers that will en...
Episode 359 "Intentions to Accountability"
May 18, 2021 16:00 - 58 minutes - 27.1 MBWe’re Live. Mani starts off by saying that he has launched a new business. It is definitely a different and exciting concept. As we know Mani likes to experiment with new things to get the best outcome possible. There’s a serious issue on possible clients that have not been taken care of is that intentions must constant in order to get accountability, commitment needs to be serious enough to carry through. Focus is the main key here, this new system will make you maintain focus f...
Episode 358 "Start Listening"
May 11, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 30.3 MBWe’re Live. First Off, there’s a nice retrospective about how long these guys have been doing Podcast shows, a long time indeed more than 10 years which is incredible taking into account how much the programming community has changed. In Other Topics, Chuck brings out that in sales call he realizes that he has to speak less, which is definitely Ironic. According to Mani, this makes total sense because you need to start listening carefully to what your possible client needs in order to Deli...
Episode 357 "Relationships"
April 27, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 34.9 MBWe’re Live. Chuck Starts by saying to the guys that during a business trip to Nashville, some things that happened there made him realize that his business’s focus has not been in the right place the whole time. His Business is based on Technology but it needs to be focused on relationships, that’s where everything happens not on the technical side of things, at the beginning of most entrepreneurship this would be a common ground but the only way to build up your business is founding t...
Episode 356 "Sequencing"
April 13, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 28.9 MBWe’re Live. Mani brings up a subject that is really interesting and very important if you are planning on becoming an entrepreneur. There are literally thousands of courses and coaches that will teach you how to get your business going and hundreds of things that you have to do at the same time in order for it to work. Yes, this has to be done, but the most important thing in this whole process is actually doing the right thing at a specific time, the only way to do this is sequencing....
Episode 355 "Life or Death"
April 06, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 29.4 MBWe’re Live. Chuck starts off with something that has been in his mind for the last couple of weeks, he feels that from a certain point of view he has not fought for something with everything he’s got because all of his life that need was never there. It’s not that he’s been doing things wrong, it’s the feeling that there is more to it if Chuck actually puts up to it. This is Basically John Cup of tea, and the recommendation was simple. John treats everything he does like life ...
Episode 354 "Patience is Key"
March 30, 2021 16:00 - 54 minutes - 25.2 MBWe’re Live..Mani starts off sharing with the guys an anecdote of a technique he learned to actually lose the minimum amount of money during the test phase when segmenting an audience. The usual steps were testing to a broad audience, get the data, and then narrow the audience to get the proper response, this technique does work but it has some failure points which including losing money and even losing the whole focus. Being patient is key here, the idea is to start really na...
Episode 353 "Attentive Marketer"
March 23, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 37.5 MBWe’re Live. This week Mani explains to the guys the whole process that he has been working on for the last couple of weeks, and it has been quite a journey. He has been going through a transformation on how he’s doing things, some of the stuff is experimental but most of it has been improved versions of old techniques for placing Ads. Basically what Mani explains is that he’s now in charge of so many details during the process that it can be overwhelming at first, but once you get the ...
Episode 352 "Converter Sales Page"
March 16, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 37.8 MBWe’re Live. John starts off the conversation with a boom, he’s looking to Sale Simple Programmer. No surprise it is actually something that was predicted because he’s entirely focused on other stuff at the moment. In Other Topics, Mani’s experiment with ads was a complete success, numbers are coming in and as he says it is organic and stable which is the kind of business he always runs, tells the difference between having explosive success and the need for security in other for it ...
Episode 351 "Tasks Take Time"
March 02, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBWe’re Live. Starts off with some good news from his Masterclass, better numbers than expected, he;s at a point that he can raise the price on the masterclass which is great. Only to find that sweet spot where people keep coming in and keeping the audience that really wants to stay and take advantage of the content. In other topics, the guys have a nice conversation about stuff that really needs time to do and how is always beneficial to hire someone specifically for that job. For Exa...
Episode 350 "Branding"
February 23, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 39.4 MBWe’re live. John and Mani have a nice talk about branding which Mani is thinking of do major changes to his. New Logo, Color s chem, the whole nine yards. This a crucial step in the wholesale scenario. It basically means you are professional and doing business, that’s what the branding is going to represent, otherwise, it doesn’t matter how good the copy is or your content. This is how people see you. Thought of the week John - “I really like it when colors pop and ...
Episode 349 "Approaching a sales conversation"
February 16, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 34 MBWe’re Live. Chuck and Mani start off the conversation by talking about their workspace and how important it is to separate work from home, it may sound simple but it makes such a big difference in the productivity levels that is just amazing. It’s the difference between normal work and amazing work. Coming back to the Mastermind project that Chuck is going at the moment, there’s an interesting back and forth with Mani on how to approach the sales conversation that will definitely captu...
Episode 348 "Language for Sales"
February 09, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 34.6 MBWe’re Live. Chuck and /mani start off checking up their sales pages approach, both basically have the same program which is a Mastermind program, a high ticket product that requires specific language or approach if you will, to capture that specific client. This has to be evolving every time, for example, Mani on his program had a Sales page with a copy that was focused on warm people, now he’s looking to change this for cold people. What the guys are trying to say is that there ...
Episode 347 "GameStop"
February 02, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBWe´re Live. Chuck and John start off with the most recent events on the stock market, which was something that nobody expected it was even possible, but they did it. This is what a revolution is, this represents the great deal of control that people can have only if they organized on go against the system. The storming of the capitol was nothing next to this. This is something is going to the history books for sure. Thought of the Week John - “This is going to cha...
Episode 346 "Sense of Value"
January 26, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 36.1 MBWe´re Live. Chuck is currently doing a second take on his product getting the new emails the 2nd go, it definitely showed improvement but there´s still room for improvement. One of the main reasons the emails are not fully working is because they are not creating a sense of value. This is crucial in order to work, people need to have clear in their minds that there is a massive value that is worth way more than what they are spending. This is marketing at its core and something t...
Episode 345 "Minor Setback"
January 19, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 33.7 MBWe’re Live. Chuck starts off the conversation with that one of his projects did not hit any sales. This was surprising because he said that everything was done as planned, prediction numbers were good, it was supposed to work. Mani proposes to analyze the whole situation, after a delicate and special search they found what the issues were, and during the search, they even found loopholes or setbacks that could turn down the sale. So, as they say, “The Devil is the details” what y...
Episode 344 "Time and Effort"
January 12, 2021 17:00 - 55 minutes - 25.6 MBWe´re Live. Chuck and John with the controversial topic of the week, (we all know what happened) but they are here to talk about how to make money as Mani appointed. Lots of Stuff on Chuck Plate right now, Mani advises him that timing is crucial here and that the effort must be focused on the most secure path, he makes it clear that is not about work work work, it{s about being efficient and stable. Thought of the week Mani -” Man these decisions will take you time and effo...
Episode 343 "Enterprise Value"
January 05, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 35.8 MBWe´re Live. Chuck starts off by saying that heñs passing through Covid right now, and apparently John has it too. So, Quick recovery for these guys. In Other Topics, Chuck explains that current plans are going well but is something that is solely base on sponsorship, Mani advises him that he needs to build for himself an enterprise that is self-sustainable, this is basically the only way that he{s not going to be in any danger financially speaking, the secret is building Enterprise Va...
Episode 342 "Upcoming Plans"
December 29, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 40.4 MBWe’re Live. John and Mani are discussing future plans for 2021, this involves experimenting in areas that not been tested before, John Despises Tiktok but he’s conscious that this the biggest rapid growth media at the moment, so investments have been done. Mani on the other hand is going full-on with the Ad strategy which has proven to work every time, just tweaking some stuff a little to test out that everything will work out in the end. Thought of the week Mani - “There’s...
Episode 341 "Focus & New Ideas"
December 22, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 31 MBWe´re Live. Right now Chuck is moving his Weels towards his entrepreneurship, and things are looking good. There’s a ton of stuff that’s coming his way and the main thing that he needs to do now is focused on the correct choices. Lots of new ideas were discussed with the guys in order for Chuck to make the money in a passive way and his business self sustained, frankly a great close up for 2020 on the right path. Thought of the week Mani - “All you need to do is get that 5 ...
Episode 340 "Keep an eye for details"
December 15, 2020 17:00 - 57 minutes - 26.5 MBWe’re Live. Chuck is really starting to get his business moving with all that’s going with the full work and whatnot, business never seems to stop just slowed the pace. The decision-making process is extremely important in this whole endeavor, although money is thriving, Mani advises him to always te keep an eye on stuff that can really make you lose money which at first seems like nothing, it could create a lot of damage. Thought of the week Mani - “That seems scary to me...
Episode 339 "Spoils go to the victor"
December 08, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 36.5 MBWe’re Live. After a Very strange Black Friday the guys came Through way better than expected. Now is time to analyze the whole process to make sure that this can be applied to any upcoming situations, the guys tell it as it is, they were nervous and pretty sure that the strategies were not going to work. As always, a great experience and hard work pay off, now to enjoy the spoils. Thought of the day Mani - “You always have to make sure the business strategy or plan is...
Episode 338 "Black Friday?"
December 01, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 52.6 MBWe’re Live. John and Mani, have a weird figuring out what is going with Black Friday? John has a theory on it, there’s not much hype this year there’s no actual rush to go and take the sales. There are different variations to this, sales and good deals are still going on, but there’s a big difference in numbers compared to the past years. Could This be a trend? Thought of the week Mani - “Was I shopping all night for nothing? I’m sure these were definitely good deals”...
Episode 337 "Time to Decide"
November 24, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 50.3 MBWe’re Live. The guys start the conversation talking about the difference manufacturers on tech right and who’s really got their game on, there’s definitely a lot to choose from especially next year which there’s going to be a lot of new stuff coming. John has taken the decision to quit running, which surprises the guys but overall he has a valid reason, he has definitely come a long way in the running world taking in account that John weighs more than 200 pounds. Chuck has decide...
Episode 336 " The Tech Community"
November 17, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 31.6 MBWe’re live. John received an interesting tweet that could have created a whole new internet drama. It turns out his old publisher was trying to get a book with the same name as John’s Soft Skills Book… the shame. Nevertheless, things were cleared out and they decided to change the name of the book, which is ironic because John was the one that got the term popularized on the Tech Community. As Chuck says, with all the canceled culture and everything the old Tech Community needs t...
Episode 335 "Obstacles in the Way"
November 10, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 39.9 MBWe´re live. Chuck is on the verge of taking an important decision regarding his full-time job, and the entrepreneurship that he wants to keep on doing. But there´s definitely a ton of stuff that comes in the way to do this, it has been a crossroad for Chuck, he has said it out loud. Nevertheless, Bills need to be paid. The advice is clear from the guys, try not to delay more the whole process, this can make chuck lose the momentum and just stay in the full-time job for an even l...
Episode 334 “The Level of Dedication”
November 03, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 38 MBWe’re Live. Chuck is currently training for a marathon and he’s looking forward to an Iron Man. This Triathlon is not a walk in the park, it is compared to a full 50-mile run which is really difficult to do and requires a lot of training. The guys have a conversation on this topic, on how this runs and marathons, the whole purpose of it is to demonstrate to yourself that you are disciplined enough to do it. It is not about winning or even doing the run itself, it’s about the training a...
Episode 333 "Grass is Greener"
October 27, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 28.5 MBWe’re Live. John is currently trying to catch on to some stuff that he needs to do while Chuck is already based on his new full-time job, which he’s not quite happy about it. Not that there’s anything wrong with the job itself, but is just not what he wants to do. Although time has been quite difficult for Chuck during this process, he has not stopped doing his own thing things have been going well on that side of the business. Something is clear here, Chuck considers his fulltime-jo...
Episode 332 "Building Ads"
October 20, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 35.4 MBWe’re live. John is currently working on some ads that are much longer than ads usually are and it’s struggling to get the right topics and building the whole structure around it. Mani is actually a lot of help on this due to his background and pitches some great ideas in order to build this ad, which is more than 9 mins. In Other Topics, John has a hilarious comment about using masks outside, a not so pleasant encounter while he was doing his run. Thought of the week ...
Episode 331 " The Name of the Game"
October 13, 2020 16:00 - 52 minutes - 24.3 MBWe’re Live. John Was recently in a conference where he had to some talking and the topic was a bit controversial, it was basically a “Mans man” conference but he had the approach of feminism. Many women were there just to get the perception that will lead them out of the toxic ways of false feminism, for John it was like talking to the enemy and give advice. He had to play an important part in the game where he has to help both sides in the conflict, the best thing about this is that i...
Episode 330 "Getting Back On Track"
September 29, 2020 16:00 - 58 minutes - 27 MBWe’re live. John Definitely had a hard time during the whole process for the 100 mile race, the whole thing got canceled, he got injured, and he’s signing up for another 100 mile race in texas… I know it’s difficult to believe but is John we are talking about, the situation is a bit different and it probably won’t be canceled. Already started training on a 10 week prior to the race. Other topics, Chuck is looking to do 1 on 1 Coach to complement his main job income. Guys give him...
Episode 329 "Getting a job you don’t want"
September 15, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 32.9 MBWe’re live. Chuck is finally starting on his new job and currently struggling with the time schedule that he’s into, coming back to this has been a nightmare for him. Getting everything together and trying to run his podcast business has been the major concern for the time being. He’s clearly not happy about this, his coworkers actually think the opposite, receiving congratulations for a job that you don’t really want puts you in an awkward situation The main Advice from the guys...
Episode 328 "High Stress Levels"
August 25, 2020 16:00 - 53 minutes - 24.8 MBWe’re Live. John is currently on his training for the 100-mile marathon, actually on site. There’s actually rumors of a possible cancellation of the whole event due to the pandemic. Bulldog Mindset has got a good Growth recently on the membership side of things, numbers are rising organically at a good pace, small changes on the sales page, and really good content have been working to get a nice flow of prospects. Chuck on the other is on the process of transition to the full-tim...
Episode 327 "Unexpected News"
August 18, 2020 16:00 - 54 minutes - 25 MBWe’re Live. John is planning on taking a trip to finish off his training for the 100-mile marathon that he’s planning to do. A Whole month just to get your body adapted to the high altitude that he’s going to be facing on this marathon. On Other Topics, Chuck landed a great sponsorship from a big-name company, but being honest he wasn’t expecting that. The main recommendation from the guys to Chuck, it’s to be smart with this. There are certain decisions that Chuck cannot be made...
Episode 326 "Full-time Job"
August 11, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 29 MBWe’re Live. New strategies are arising regarding Affiliate Marketing. Chuck is testing out some new stuff on Podcast episodes, also John Is trying a new approach too. It seems to me that there’s no end to the possibilities of this type of marketing. Although, the guys agreed there’s one best way to do it. In Other Topics, Chuck is still working things out to ake his Podcast Network self sustainable, lots of ups and downs, new people are coming in. At Some Point, it is self-sustainable,...
Episode 325 "Tough Decisions"
August 04, 2020 16:00 - 54 minutes - 24.9 MBWe’re Live. John had some bad time during training recently. He’s training for a 100-mile run and one of the phases of the training was doing a really complicated Hike., Let’s just say he had a bad time on it, almost broke both of his ankles and ran out of water. In Other Topics, Chuck is in a difficult spot on a current negotiation has to make tough decisions in order to move forward. Some Stuff that he has been doing for the last 9 months has not worked properly and actually is affec...