Entrepreneurship LessonsBy Cody Anderson

Who I interviewedShane Ball - Founder of Stay Wear

Jeff O’Bryant - Founder / CEO of Printing Jay LLC

Dave Peterson - Founder / CEO of UseMySongs.com

Jason Griggs - Founder / CEO of Linq Home

Eric Child - Founder / CEO of FiberFix

John Pope - Founder / CEO of Jive Communications

Jeremiah Jones - Serial Entrepreneur

Andrew Smith - Founder / CEO of Four Foods Group

Jeff OBryant

There’s no better time to start a business than now

Start something reasonable

If you’re wanting to start a product-based business:

Google searches don’t lead to sales

People buy things on Amazon, eBay, Etsy, etc.

Look into Amazon Order Fulfillment

Founder & CEOPrinting Jay LLC

Takeaways

Eric Child

Relationships are EVERYTHING!

Product Purchasers are the Gateway to big stores

Getting the second product into a store is much easier than the first

Engineer Your Products in China

China will develop for free if you’re going to bulk purchase

You most likely will not engineer a product to scale

Founder & CEOFiberFix

Takeaways

John Pop

Be Frugal!

How much do you need to live?

Spend the rest of your money on your business

Workers Only!

How hard of a worker are you?

Can you survive 12 hour days?

Is your goal to become a millionaire by working part time?

Go sell Doterra

Commit!

Live off of savings and work 10-12 hour days

Work part time and then spend 6-8 hours daily on your business

Founder & CEOJive Communications

Takeaways

Semester TakeawaysKeep Learning

Listen to podcasts, read books, take online classes, and work at places that improve your skills

Learn to code!

Lot’s of money and power in this

Get your idea to product very quickly

NetworkGo to conferences and become involved

CEOs aren’t untouchable

Just say your friends with John Bradshaw, unless you're talking to a Facebook employee

Just Do It!The successful people I interviewed have done what others talked about

Questions?