Jonathan Becker - The 2 Sides of Entrepreneurship

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Connor Beaton

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4.8 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2016

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Jonathan Becker founded Thrive Digital, a company dedicated in user acquisition, lead generation, and more. Jonathan is a serial entrepreneur and has a lot of advice to share for others who are looking to break out and thrive on their own. One piece of advice Jonathan gives to other aspiring entrepreneurs is to quit while you're ahead and use your newly learned skills to build something even better. Key Takeaways: [2:50] What was Jonathan's defining moment? [4:45] What does Jonathan currently do? [6:45] Jonathan offers his best online marketing tip for someone who is trying to break into the marketing industry. [11:30] SEO is much more difficult today than it was a couple of years ago. [12:25] Don't invest massive amounts of money on an unproven idea just yet. [12:45] Good businesses are doing something exceptional. [13:45] Jonathan talks about the online porker company he tried to start. [16:25] Jonathan couldn't tell his parents about what he was doing. [19:10] Don't be afraid to quit while you're ahead. [22:50] Jonathan has always wanted to be in business. [23:40] Thrive Digital is the fourth/fifth company Jonathan has started. [27:15] What's the dark side of entrepreneurship? [30:00] Jonathan loves Uber because they're disrupting the industry. [34:25] How can you add value to your team and employees? [38:40] What does success look like on both an entrepreneurial and personal standpoint? [40:45] What legacy does Jonathan want to leave? [41:25] What's Jonathan most excited about? Mentioned in This Episode: www.vancitybuzz.com/ www.mantalks.com/ www.thrivedigital.co/ www.twitter.com/jzbecker www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanzbecker Music Credit: Parlange & Latenite Automatic (www.jesusparlange.com – www.lateniteautomatic.com) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	doing something very differently than everybody else in our sector and we thought we were better at it than everyone.
0:07.5	And so that's not coming from a place of cockiness.
0:10.9	You've got some living yet to do.
0:14.8	I won't give up on you.
0:20.0	Hey guys.
0:24.1	Welcome back to another episode of the Man Talks podcast. My name is Roger and Aaron.
0:29.3	And I'm Connor Beaton. Today we've got a great guest. His name is Jonathan Becker. Jonathan is,
0:34.9	can we call him a serial entrepreneur? Sure. He's had multiple entrepreneurial opportunities.
0:39.4	And currently is the managing director and owner of Thrive Digital.
0:40.4	Thrive Digital is a great digital agency in Vancouver that focuses on SEO, SEM, everything
0:47.7	analytics based, has some amazing clients like Uber and SluLen, All sorts of cool stuff. So we really dig deep into
0:56.4	entrepreneurship, the pros and cons and troubles and successes of it. But really, really, really
1:03.7	good chat. Yeah, I think one of the biggest takeaways from this also is for people that are
1:08.0	out there that maybe have a personal brand or they have a business
1:11.1	and they're looking at, you know, the age old puzzling question of how do I get my website seen?
1:17.7	How do I get traffic to my website? John actually touches on that a little bit and share some
1:23.1	insights on, you know, what are one or two simple things that you can do and focus in on.
1:45.3	So you'll definitely want to stick around for that. But before we do that, we wanted to thank our sponsor, Van City Buzz. Do you love Vancouver? Stay connected to your city with the latest in news, events, sports, music, and more with VanCity Buzz. Check out VanCityBuzz.com or search VanCityBuzz on social media. So we asked Jonathan what his favorite little insider thing is to do in and around Vancouver. And his answer was, okay, so I'm very
1:51.2	proud about the fact that I've been swimming a lot more lately. And I think one of the most
1:56.2	underappreciated venues in the city is the Vancouver Aquatic Center. There's actually quite a bit that you can do there in
2:03.3	terms of community programming and stuff, but I go there just to swim most Mondays, I think, late at night.
2:09.7	That facility, I actually have no sense of what the city's plan for it is. I hear that they're
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