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On this episode of The Small Business Radio Show…
SEGMENT 1 with Clate Mask, starting at 0:00: How do you grow a business with inflation, supply chain problems, and scarcity of skilled people? CEO and co-founder of Keap, Clate Mask, is here to share his advice and lessons learned from growing his startup to $100+ million.
SEGMENT 2 with Weldon Long, starting at 34:45: One of the ways to be successful in small business is actually one of the biggest challenges for most small business owners, and that is consistency. Weldon Long is here to share his powerful method for being positive and consistent that helped him find success after cycling in and out of prison.
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More on each segment below.
Segment 1: Clate Mask is the CEO and co-founder of Keap, the all-in-one sales and marketing automation platform. His entrepreneurial spirit sparked early in his career while he was at About.com, fueling him to ultimately co-found Keap (formerly Infusionsoft). Since its founding, Clate has grown Keap from a struggling startup to an eight-time Inc. 500/5000 winner. He is a national speaker on entrepreneurship and small business success, and co-author of the New York Times bestseller Conquer the Chaos: How to Grow a Successful Small Business Without Going Crazy. Clate also writes regularly for media like Fast Company and Business Week. He has a BA in Economics from Arizona State University, as well as an MBA and a JD from Brigham Young University.
- Is this economic environment profoundly different from what we’ve seen before?
- Automation can still be personal – why you shouldn’t be afraid of automation and how to use automation to grow your business
- Keap’s success as a family business and raising capital
- $10MM, $50MM, and $100MM+ milestones and what goes along with it
- Why rebrand a 17-year-old company? What was the reaction?
- How do you conquer the chaos of growing a small business?
- Choosing a business coach who will help you succeed
- Trust is everything in business
- The evolution into the “expert economy”
Segment 2: Weldon Long is a successful entrepreneur, sales expert, and author of the NY Times Bestseller: The Power of Consistency – Prosperity Mindset Training for Sales and Business Professionals. In 2009, his business was selected by Inc Magazine as one of America’s fastest-growing privately held companies. Weldon is honored to have served some of America’s finest companies, including Comcast, Abbvie, The Home Depot, FedEx, Tom Hopkins International, Wells Fargo Bank, Owens Corning and Farmers Insurance.
- From desperation and poverty to a life of wealth and prosperity
- What stopped your cycle of committing crimes and going to jail?
- What is the first step that you took to turn your life around?
- Living out of your imagination
- Why is consistency so hard?
- Making decisions today that are consistent with what we want today
- Most influential professional mentors
