S2E5: No one tells you how to feel when you sell a business
So much of selling a small business boils down to, “Well, you look like you have money.” Here’s what I learned.
Why you don’t have the stomach to be number one
Most every client and organization I can think of won’t do this, though, because it’s dishonest and manipulative. For all the talk of the state of our media, I’ll know journalism is truly dead when small lot car salesman or people with literally zero name recognition figure this out and make it work for them.
Dave Ramsey and Entrepreneurship Porn
Ever hear that Dave Ramsey guy? He’s brilliant. And no, you don’t get to be like him.
What happens if I buy an email list? Can MailChimp or Constant Contact tell?
People are tired of these tactics. They don’t care about you, because they have laundry and kids with homework and dinner to prepare and a book they want to read and work to do.
Rethink your giveaway ideas, and stop buying squishy things
One woman literally just walked around a series of tables around and around and at one point asked, “Have I been here yet?”