66: Leveraging COVID and Other Timely Trends to Build Wealth With John Berlingieri

07/28/20 • 76 min

Are you looking for some motivation on how to make money during this pandemic?

If so, this episode is for you!

John Berlingieri -- serial entrepreneur and creator of The Sanitizing Station -- tells us about how he was able to go from idea to getting sales in two months on a $20,000 product aimed at helping to protect people from Covid infection. And how he was able to overcome all the complexities of doing so during the pandemic, while supply chains were shut down and in-person workers were scarce.

In this episode, John provides tons of great tips on everything from naming your business and products to getting publicity for your business to “faking it until you make it” when working on BIG ideas. John also discusses how to design, prototype and build FAST when getting to market quickly is the one of the most important aspects of success.

Make sure you listen for John’s amazing tip on what you should be reading to find lucrative business ideas, to keep up on business trends and to ensure that you beat your competition to market.

Check him out, and subscribe to the BiggerPockets Business Podcast so you won’t miss our next show!

In This Episode We Cover:

How John started a manufacturing company at age 21
Adapting and finding opportunities right away
How he works with local companies and gives discounts to get sales
How he hires multiple virtual assistants for fast deployment
Why he reads lots of news
How he markets his products
From idea to a working product in less than two months
How they got their first customer
Cost for manufacturing machines
How they crafted the name of the company
How he pivoted and made quick decisions
How he obtained publicity
And SO much more!

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Are you looking for some motivation on how to make money during this pandemic?

If so, this episode is for you!

Make sure you listen for John’s amazing tip on what you should be reading to find lucrative business ideas, to keep up on business trends and to ensure that you beat your competition to market.

Check him out, and subscribe to the BiggerPockets Business Podcast so you won’t miss our next show!

In This Episode We Cover:

How John started a manufacturing company at age 21
Adapting and finding opportunities right away
How he works with local companies and gives discounts to get sales
How he hires multiple virtual assistants for fast deployment
Why he reads lots of news
How he markets his products
From idea to a working product in less than two months
How they got their first customer
Cost for manufacturing machines
How they crafted the name of the company
How he pivoted and made quick decisions
How he obtained publicity
And SO much more!

Links from the Show

Check the full show notes here: http://biggerpockets.com/bizshow66

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65: From 14-Year-Old Entrepreneur to National Brand With Sean Pour

Do you think you’re too inexperienced to start a business? Do you think you don’t have the required education to be an entrepreneur? Do you think you don’t have the marketing chops to create a successful venture? Do you think you don’t have enough money to launch a million-dollar idea?

If so, this is the episode for you...

Sean Pour—founder of SellMax.com, a national used-car buying service—tells us about how he started his business at 14 years old, in attempt to help his parents keep their business afloat. What started out as an effort to help his family has, over the past 10 years, turned into a big business. Sean buys and sells thousands of cars per month all across the United States.

In this episode, Sean talks about getting started even before he had a high school education, how he taught himself the coding and marketing skills necessary to get the business off the ground, and how he was able to bootstrap the company without any capital. He also discusses how to build your network and find a great mentor without spending any money... and even potentially MAKING money in the process!

Listen for Sean’s amazing explanation about why too much education can actually hamper your likelihood for massive success and why those without a formal education often achieve much more.

Check him out, and subscribe to the BiggerPockets Business Podcast so you won’t miss our next show!

In This Episode We Cover:

How Sean started a business in uncertain times
How he learned a lot more from running a business than from school
Sean's focus on affordability and starting on a budget
How he started this business at 14 years old
His #1 pieces of advice for those starting a business at a young age
How their business model achieves a 10-20% profit margin
Why he thinks marketing is the most important thing to a business
And SO much more!

Links from the Show

Link to the full show notes here: http://biggerpockets.com/bizshow65

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67: Thinking BIG and Raising $70 Million with Jay Reno

Have you ever thought about starting a BIG business? Ever wondered what the first steps were to raising tens of millions of dollars? Do you unintentionally impose limitations on what you think you can accomplish? Have you ever thought, “If I just had more money, I could take my idea to the next level!”?

If so, this episode is for you!

Jay Reno, founder of Feather, has thought BIG from the start. His entrepreneurial journey began with an idea a bit ahead of its time. When that venture didn’t work out so well, he took the lessons he learned to bootstrap a whole new concept.

Living in New York City and identifying with the trend of a new generation of people defining success through life experiences rather than being tied down to meaningless material possessions, Jay recognized an opportunity to put his degree in Climate & Environmental Sciences to work. With just a few thousand dollars and a ton of hard work and diligence, Jay quickly achieved proof of concept for Feather, a furniture rental company providing a flexible and sustainable alternative to ownership.

In this episode, Jay tells us about his amazing experience at Y Combinator, an incubator program where other leading companies like DoorDash, AirBNB, and Dropbox also got their start. He offers insight on the pros and cons of raising money vs. bootstrapping your way to success. (Yes, there actually IS heartache involved, even when investors have pumped 70 MILLION DOLLARS into your company.) And he provides awesome examples of taking risks, making bets, and positioning yourself to be lucky when the time is right.

Make sure you pay attention to Jay’s reminders about the common excuses potential entrepreneurs make that hold them back, to make sure you overcome and avoid standing in your own way of greatness.

Check him out, and subscribe to the BiggerPockets Business Podcast so you won’t miss our next show!

Links from the Show:

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