Biggest Mistakes of Our $200M Business

In this episode Brandon and Kaelin talk about the biggest mistakes they made on their path to $200 Million in revenue. Oh yes, its a juicyyyyy one.

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I Can't Believe They Said That:

“Yes, like the business blew up, but there's also things that blew up inside of the business along the way. The things that people never talk about and never share.” -KP

“The goal here is to help people build that moat around their castle to protect your business from these types of mistakes, so you don't have to lose the time, money, and energy.” -KP

“I got more motivated away from the pain of of not reaching my potential or not seeing what I'm made of than I was the pain of going back to living a lifestyle I could not afford.” -BP

Key Moments:

Starting bottom of the barrel. (6:56)

Living the laptop lifestyle out in Puerto Rico. (13:23)

Moving Back to the states to see what we’re made of. (16:17)

The growth timeline of going from $200,000 the first year to selling the Ladyboss brand to Russel Brunson (18:27)

Launching our next season of business after selling the Ladyboss brand (The Enterprise CEO) (22:49)

Learn the difference between Brandon and Kaelin’s role in their business. (26:22) Bringing in someone on the team who has experienced similar things as you. (34:22)

Getting familiar with when people reach their performance ceiling. (38:49) When investing in people’s groups, consider this one thing. (1:04:04)

The Mistakes:

Mistake 1: Brandon being cheap in the wrong places. (29:21)

Mistake 2: Don’t launch something at 7:00 am. (10:38)

Mistake 3: Not turning on a camera or a microphone when in the trenches of the growth. (19:66)

Mistake 4: Kaelin’s big mistake of saying yes to everything and knowing its too much to handle. (45:02)

Mistake 5: Stagnancy in growth because of being closed off to new ideas. (1:00:55)