Nine-Five Podcast

#0066 Most of us aren't going to be able to simply leave behind our 9-5 jobs and dive right into our own businesses - sorry, but it's just not that realistic.
For many of us, building a business is something we'll need to be doing on the side of our day job / 9-5.
Andres Moran, is today's guest and he's here to share his stories and experience of building MULTIPLE business all while working his 9-5 job.
This can be tricky waters to navigate so that is why Andres is here to help give you the best chance of building your business while NOT sacrificing your personal and professional lives in the process.

Top 3 Key Takeaways:

1. Can you realistically balance your 9-5 while building your business
2. How to build your business while still respecting your current employer
3. Why you should be thinking about your businesses "Exit Strategy" from the beginning

To get the links and resources discussed in this episode, head over to the Episode 66 Show Notes.

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#0065 What does it take to start and run your own SaaS (Software as as Service) business?
How do you build an audience?
How do you know your software is one that your audience will want?
The last thing you want to do is pump a ton of time and effort into something your ideal client doesn't want.
Today, we are chatting with Jeroen Corthout, Co-Founder of SalesFlare, about how they managed to plan, build, launch, and grow their own CRM software.
Throughout the episode, Jeroen shares some of the mistakes they made early on (so you can avoid them yourself), and talks with us about how to effectively and efficiently build our own SaaS company from scratch.

Top 3 Key Takeaways:

1. What is means to build a minimum viable product and what that looks like in the SaaS world
2. Better understanding of how to get your first feedback and possibly first customers for your SaaS business
3. How to expand your network and potential customers beyond your immediate circle

To get the links and resources discussed in this episode, head over to the Episode 65 Show Notes.

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#0043 When is the last time you faced a failure in your personal or business life?
Sometimes those failures are tough to bounce back from.
Today's guest, Megan Colleen Johnson, is here to share her story of failure and triumph over those failures.
With a strong entrepreneurial spirit at a young age, Megan started her first business at age 15. Throughout her journey she has encountered a lot of failure, but it never stopped her from pushing forward and overcoming that failure.
Now, Megan helps others with the struggles she's worked through as a certified life coach.
Listen now to hear how Megan was able to overcome failure and how you can bounce back from your next failure stronger than before.
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#0041 Sometimes success happens by accident (sort of).

Travis Brown, creator of PodDecks is today's guest, and he's here to talk about how he went from a course idea to a product-based business that now makes him 6-figures.

Something Travis was offering the students of his course as a freebie ended up becoming a successful 6-figure business by itself.

In there interview we talk about how he came to realize that PodDecks had massive potential and why you need to just start creating NOW in order to recognize bigger and better opportunities for your business and brand.

To see what PodDecks is all about or find any of the links discussed in this episode, head over to the Episode 41 Show Notes page on my website.

#0040 What would you do if your significant other broke up with you on a sticky note?

Not many people would think "Start a business" but that is exactly what Rachel Khona did.

Rachel has written for many large outlets such as The Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, The New York Times, and Playboy.

After her boyfriend broke up with her on a sticky note, she decided to create her own stationary and ecommerce business, Crimson and Clover Studio.

Since starting her company, Crimson and Clover Studio has been featured in Buzzfeed, The Huffington Post, and Cosmo.

In the interview, we talk about her story and how she has been able to start and grow Crimson and Clover Studio.

Make sure you visit the Episode 40 Show Notes for all the links discussed in this episode.