Using Credit Cards to Get an Edge for Your Business with Ken Jacobus
Entrepreneurs on Fire
John Lee Dumas
4.8 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Ken is the founder of Good Start Packaging, a supplier of compostable takeout containers for restaurants based in New Hampshire. You might recognize him from Capital One's latest ad campaign!
Top 3 Value Bombs:
1. The only way to change to the world is to change yourself. Work on yourself. Always be better.
2. Struggle is a good thing when it means overcoming your fears and your limiting beliefs.
3. The big, early win is sweet. But it's going to take a lot of rejections leading up to that - before you get that first big win that can start your momentum to building something very spec
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Boom! |
| 0:02.9 | Shake the room, Fire Nation! |
| 0:04.7 | JLD here and welcome to Entrepreneurs on Fire, brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast |
| 0:09.8 | Network with great shows like My First Million. |
| 0:12.6 | Today we're pulling a timeless EO Fire classic episode from the Archives and we'll be breaking |
| 0:17.6 | down how Ken Jacobus used his 2% cashback to offer health insurance to his employees. |
| 0:24.4 | Now Ken is the founder of Good Start Packaging, a supplier of Composable Take-A Containers |
| 0:29.1 | for Restaurants based in New Hampshire. |
| 0:31.2 | You might recognize him from Capital One's latest ad campaign. |
| 0:34.9 | In today's Fire Nation, we'll talk about changing the world. |
| 0:37.2 | You can only change the world when you change yourself. |
| 0:40.2 | We'll talk about why struggles a good thing when it means overcoming your fears, limiting |
| 0:43.6 | beliefs, and the big early win is sweet and how you can get that Fire Nation. |
| 0:48.8 | And so much more, when we get back from thinking our sponsors. |
| 0:53.3 | Vista Create is a graphic design platform where anyone can easily craft professional |
| 0:57.7 | and unique visual content for social media and digital marketing in minutes. |
| 1:02.6 | Visit vistacreate.com today to try it for free and see how easy it really is. |
| 1:08.8 | The remarkable People Podcast hosted by Guy Kawasaki and brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast |
| 1:12.8 | Network helps you better understand the changing world with interviews from thought leaders, |
| 1:16.3 | legends, and iconoclasts like Jen Lim, Happiness Evangelist, and author of Beyond Happiness. |
| 1:21.1 | Listen to the remarkable People Podcast wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:26.0 | So can say what's up to Fire Nation and share something interesting about yourself that |
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