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Dan Faggella Parlayed His Pay Day To Pave The Way
Wes Schaeffer
June 19, 2017
It takes intelligence to leverage artificial intelligence
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Sales Tips you’ll learn in The Sales Podcast…
Ran his first company for 4+ years to get it to $2.5 million
He was in a niche of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Sold his martial arts gym when he was 25
He was selling DVDs and digital products online but it was a niche market
He was stuck at $45k/mo
Expanded into self-defense and broader audiences
He wanted to sell this to fund a bigger venture
Took 6 months to test the market and determine how to expand
He’s a smaller guy with a lot of videos beating larger opponents in competition so people liked his stuff
Moved into blades, home alarm systems, etc. so he had to find Marine Corps snipers, executive body guards, police officers, etc. so he created a network of experts he could pay to create content
The ins and outs of actually cashing out your business
Why you need to de-personalize your business if you want to sell it at top dollar
Hand off what you do in bites to your key staff
Remove yourself from the turning of the knobs
He’s now able to start strategically but it’s still a lot of work
AI can really help larger businesses with high transaction volume now…but that’ll change soon
How to approach AI for your business now
Links Mentioned In The Sales Podcast
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