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This is an analytical approach to identifying and exploring new business opportunities. This is designed around service-based businesses but the concepts can be applied to any business. In order to compete you need to have a competitive advantage in one of three areas: speed, price or quality. The goal here is to[...]

Nick discusses raising good kids and how hard it can be when striving to earn generational wealth, how to protect the downside in real estate, and how to think about advice you get through the lens of the person giving you the advice   Follow my...

The Sweaty Startup is celebrating its 200th episode, and we want to celebrate that with YOU! Enter our giveaway for a chance to win a free 1 hour consulting call with Nick. Visit to enter!

Before we jump in: Ranking your business at the top of Google can be all the difference between the phone ringing with new customers and struggling to grow. My team at Bold SEO has cracked the code for local service businesses. If you run a local company, let me know by replying to this email and I can make an[...]

Ben calls in to discuss his current situation and how he should approach entrepreneurship.

We all know that feeling of failure. That feeling of inadequacy. The feeling of rejection. The feeling of embarrassment. The anxiety that comes along with entrepreneurship and generally anything that is worth doing in life. Mine was a basketball game in southern Indiana. Basketball is intense in southern indiana.[...]

Change spells opportunity.

In today’s episode of the Sweaty Startup, Nick talks about innovative and creative entrepreneurship. Those words get thrown around so much these days, but Nick talks about how those types of entrepreneurs aren’t the ones getting paid.

In today’s episode, Nick talks about three sales strategies that most people don’t talk about. These are strategies that can really make your company stand out from others as desirable, credible, and sustainable.   1. Use old school sales and...

We talk about the tools that you can utilize that are either free or cheap as you begin to offer your service and hit the market. From Websites to Google's Suite of free business products we discuss everything you need.

If you are the owner of a company or the manager of a division, this episode is for you. As a guy who has hired over 500 people and fired probably seven people. I'm going to tell you something that's very important and you need to hear it. I'm talking...

Show notes from Episode #175 of the . People frequently reach out asking about businesses with low capital investment and low skill requirements, and Nick’s recent home improvement project spotlighted a perfect opportunity for that. Since buying their house in Athens, Georgia in 2018, Nick’s deck has always been[...]

The on demand economy is taking over. Customers want service now. Not next week. Not tomorrow. Now. You have to find a way to avoid competing on price and racing to the bottom. There will always be somebody who is willing to do what you do cheaper....