curiousGrowth - Making Small Business Grow

Hi Everyone,Sorry I've been a bit quiet on the podcast front over the last little while, end of financial year was massive - not to mention the plans for the year ahead. This one is actually me being interviewed for another podcast, how cool is that!!Check it out and let me know what you think.

Master Adam Meyers, founder and chief instructor at Story Martial Arts talking through his journey to being a business owner.

Jimmy HalleyGold NuggetsBefore taking the leap full-time, make sure the new thing you’re going to will sustain you. If you need to, keep another source of income but something that will allow you to focus your energy out of hours on your new business.- Level 1 - Learn the Skill- Level 2 - Acquire Clients- Level 3 - Bring new staff onto the team- Level 4 - Managing the teams- Level 5 - CEO, less hand-to-hand combat and more strategicHave to avoid overwhelm is to make sure you have a clarity and prioritisation. Learn how to prioritise what needs to be versus what you can schedule later.Look at your list, write it all down - so it’s not in your head. Create timelines, get organised so you can just do one thing at a time.Make things good enough to execute, so you can go and get feedback. Don’t wait for perfect.Remember that not everyone has it all figured out, no one is perfect. MINIMUM VIABLE PRODUCTYou can momentum through movement, motivation will come from action. Keep focusing on your goals, and ask yourself what are you doing today to get there.First you need to outsource the “hands” of the business, get staff to do the service side, then the admin and bookkeeping sides of the business - you’ll need to relinquish control over parts of the business BUT give them a framework. High people who are more passionate about the role you want them to do than you.Look into the cost benefit of you doing the role versus and employee.And don’t forget to work to live, not live to work.What sets Jimmy apart from his competition is he has lived and breathed what his customers do. To reach Jimmy visit www.iwantgymleads.com - but you need to be a Gym.@thejimmyhalley 

In this episode I start with an interview with Paul Veldman, Founder and Owner at Kando Martial Arts.We talk about how he went full-time from his side-hustle, the transition to running the club full-time and a little about how it all played out.Check out the end of the podcast for a recap of the key-takeaways from the interview.Until next time, stay curious people!Tom

Why curiousGrowth, let's get started and - yes of course - see how bad my first podcast recording really was.