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The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan

323: How To Take A Profit-First Mindset During A Pandemic, According to Mike Michalowicz

The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan

Nathan Chan

Marketing, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Mike Michalowicz, Author & Co-Founder, Profit First Professionals Right now, every entrepreneur has the same question on their mind: how do I recover or maintain my company’s profit levels during Covid-19?   That’s why we were so eager to sit down with Mike Michalowicz, who is a serial entrepreneur, author, and creator of the Profit First system. Our own CEO and founder, Nathan, used Michalowicz’s teachings to completely change the way he manages Foundr’s finances. And now we want to bring you the same level of knowledge to help you through these challenging times.   In this conversation, Michalowicz shares his best recommendations on how to manage your cash flow, financial priorities, and more during a pandemic. If you have any questions on how to take a profit-first mindset right now, this episode is for you.    If there’s any other type of content you’d like to see that would be valuable to you during this time, please don’t hesitate to reach out at [email protected]. Key Takeaways What Michalowicz learned from building and selling his first two businesses How going into bankruptcy changed the way that Michalowicz views entrepreneurship Michalowicz’s path to becoming a small business author, and how running two of his own companies contributes to his books What’s happening during “The Great Big Shift” How to manage cash flow during the pandemic The difference between sales issues vs. profit issues Michalowicz’s tips to organize your financial priorities during Covid-19 Why Michalowicz recommends pulling off the bandaid instead of chipping away when it comes to tough decisions An overview of the Profit First methodology and framework Parkinson’s Law, and how it applies to toothpaste Why Michalowicz recommends trusting wallets over words Key Resources From Our Interview With Mike Michalowicz Visit Michalowicz’s website

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0:00.0

This is episode number 323 with Mike McCallowitz of the Founder Podcast.

0:07.3

What you need is thirst.

0:09.1

You need to be a thirsty human who is intent on learning.

0:13.2

It's a really fascinating exploration of human potential.

0:18.9

The Founder Podcast.

0:22.0

Even the greatest entrepreneurs had help.

0:24.9

If you want to learn from the most successful founders on the planet, you are in the right

0:29.4

place.

0:30.6

Branson, Mark Cuban, Tony Robbins, Tim Ferriss, Arianna Humphington, Steve Case, Gary V,

0:35.1

Sophia Amorosa, Barbara Corcoran, Damon John.

0:37.7

Learn from the greatest minds in business today with interviews hosted by Nathan Chan.

0:42.3

This is not your average entrepreneur podcast.

0:46.3

The Founder Podcast.

0:52.7

Hey guys.

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Thank you so much for tuning in.

0:56.3

Before we start today's episode, I just want to let you know that our goal at

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founder is to help entrepreneurs succeed however we can by giving away high quality content

1:06.1

in the form of interviews, blog posts, podcasts, YouTube videos, you name it. We put out so much content to help you.

1:13.9

And another interesting project that we're working on right now is partnering with world-class

1:18.8

founders like Damon John, Alexa von Tobel, Greta Van Riel, and so many more to teach crucial

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skills like negotiation, finance, e-commerce, and so much more.

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So if you'd like to get access to these free trainings with founders like this, which is 100%

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