In this 5-minute read:
- 7 business podcasts to help entrepreneurs make their mark
Are you starting a new business? Do you have all of the resources you need to get started? Do you feel like you’ve thought of everything?
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There’s a lot that goes into starting a new business. Fortunately, many before you have created thriving businesses and are willing to share their tips for success. So, take advantage of the wealth of knowledge that exists on the internet as you start your own businesses.
From free online platforms like blogs, podcasts, eBooks, and more, you can learn how to create a business plan, how to market your business, how to get new customers, what to do when you fail, how to finance your business, and much more.
We’ve taken the time to scour the internet for the best podcasts for entrepreneurs who are starting their own business to give you a good direction to get started.
Look through these podcasts to see if there are any that pique your interest and will benefit you on your journey towards owning a successful business.
The Foundation
The Foundation is an organization that offers a 90-day course to help entrepreneurs bootstrap their own businesses. Their philosophy is all about finding that first customer before really diving into starting the business and scaling up. They have had tons of success with this method and many business owners stand by this course and share testimonials of their experiences.
With The Foundation’s experience in helping entrepreneurs make their mark on the world, they have also started a podcast to share continued education for business owners (both those who have and haven’t taken their course).
Check out our top 3 podcasts from The Foundation:
- The Story Engine: Grow Your Business with Content Marketing
- Scaling from One Customer to $26k MRR in 6 Months
- Overcoming the Trials and Tribulations of Entrepreneurship (and Life)
EntreLeadership
EntreLeadership offers coaching programs to entrepreneurs. They host conferences, share resources through their website, and more. This organization bases its business principles on the foundation of Dave Ramsey’s book, EntreLeadership.
Often called the Ramsey Playbook, EntreLeadership shares everything you’d ever want to know about starting and growing your own business. With that in mind, they have put together a podcast to help share even more valuable insights for entrepreneurs on their journey of starting a business.
Check out these podcasts from EntreLeadership:
- Craig Groeschel—Investing Your Resources
- Jason Khalipa—Own a Business, Not a Hobby
- James Clear—Building Great Habits
Mixergy
Mixergy is all about connecting entrepreneurs with mentors through interviews and business courses. Founders of businesses tell their stories of failure and success to help new entrepreneurs learn more through their experiences.
Through Mixergy, you can listen to and read interviews and take business courses offered by business owners from a variety of industries and backgrounds.
The interviews are shared in a podcast format, and we’ve hand-selected a few that you should start with:
- How can you make your content come alive?
- How do you know an idea is worth pursuing?
- What should you know before buying or selling a software business?
EoFire
EoFire (Entrepreneurs on Fire) wants to get you fired up about entrepreneurship and help you find the drive to get started on your own success story. Founder John Lee Dumas has interviewed more than 2,000 entrepreneurs for this podcast in order to provide a wide range of success stories and experiences for you to learn from.
As Dumas dove into his own entrepreneurial journey, he started out by listening to podcasts. Through his research, he discovered that there weren’t any podcasts that interview entrepreneurs daily. So, an idea was born. He began to interview entrepreneurs 5 days a week and now has millions of listeners who are inspired by him.
Gain some inspiration of your own with these 3 podcasts from EoFire:
- How Systemization Can Save Your Business (and Life)
- Creative Ways to Sell Your Knowledge without Creating a Course
- How To Achieve Financial Freedom In 10 Years Or Less
Eventual Millionaire
Eventual Millionaire follows business owners who eventually became (you guessed it) millionaires. Each week, Jaime Masters interviews entrepreneurs who have become millionaires. She wants to share their stories to learn how these leaders found success.
Through her experience, Masters has become an “Eventual Millionaire” and wants to share her findings with others. She offers one-on-one coaching, her own book, a Millionaire Masters course, a hiring kit, a resourceful blog, and of course her amazing podcast.
Learn from the experiences of millionaires through listening to these podcasts:
- Becoming a “champion” goal achiever
- The Art of Communicating with Employees
- Making Millionaire Choices
The Introvert Entrepreneur
The Introvert Entrepreneur is a personal and professional development company that offers services to introverts and those who work with them. The idea is to help introverts thrive in an extrovert-leaning world and to help extroverts understand their introverted partners a little better.
This company wants to help people who lean a little more towards the introvert side own their personality and use it to their advantage. Not sure if you fit the bill? They even provide FAQs about introverts to help your determine your personality type.
Learn more about how to thrive as an introvert in an extroverted world with their podcasts. Here are a few that we recommend:
Leveling Up
Leveling Up (formerly called Growth Everywhere) is a weekly interview series where Eric Siu connects with leaders in marketing and entrepreneurship to help share actionable strategies and tactics with other entrepreneurs on all walks of their journey.
You can hear from best-selling authors, founders of billion-dollar companies, and more. With more than 300 episodes, you’ll have plenty of content to listen to as you are starting or trying to grow your own business.
Check out these 3 podcasts from Leveling Up:
- How To Double Your Sales With These Unconventional Tactics
- 7 Fresh SEO Hacks That You Need To Try
- How To Grow On LinkedIn The Right Way in 2020
Enhance your business with a better online reputation
As you start and grow your business, be prepared to have a plan in place to manage your online reputation. Everything from online reviews to how well your business shows up in specific search engines affects your digital reputation.
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