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How to Fuel YOUR Adventure with Fred Schonenberg

November 12, 2016

Fred Schonenberg is the founder of VentureFuel, which helps emerging media and new ad tech companies partner with Fortune 500 advertisers. Over the past 12 months his company has generated $10 million dollars in ad revenue for these early stage companies via over 50 deals with companies from Netflix, to Microsoft, to Chevy to Anheuser Busch. He has 15+ years of high growth media sales experience.

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Resources Mentioned:

  • Your Big Idea: Successful Entrepreneurs have One Big Idea. Follow JLD’s FREE training & you’ll discover Your Big Idea in less than an hour!
  • Audible – Get a FREE Audiobook & 30 day trial if you’re not currently a member!
  • Pipedrive – Fred’s small business resource
  • Crossing the Chasm – Fred’s top business book
  • Venture Fuel – Fred’s website
  • Follow Venture Fuel on Twitter
  • Skills on Fire – Get quick and powerful tutorials on Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook Live!
  • The Mastery Journal – Master productivity, discipline and focus in 100 days!

3 Key Points:

  1. FOCUS – Follow One Course Until Success
  2. It’s important to build a team.
  3. Don’t grow faster than your revenue allows.

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Time Stamped Show Notes

(click the time stamp to jump directly to that point in the episode.)

  • [01:01] – We’re out there to find what the next big thing is
  • [02:43] – Value Bomb Drop: Find your client’s pain, find your special sauce, and get focused
  • [06:00] – FOCUS – Follow One Course Until Success
  • [06:28] – What is something you’ve changed your mind about in the last 6 months? I tried hard to grow this company super quickly. We tried to be everything for everyone instead of focusing. Less is actually more
  • [08:58] – Worst Entrepreneurial Moment: We were in the consumer electronic bowl and I landed late and my hotel room was gone. I was told there was no money on the credit card, I called the bank and learned we were overdrawn by $20K
  • [11:00] – You have to set up your team
  • [11:29] – JLD shares the book, Profit First
  • [11:55] – Entrepreneurial AH-HA Moment: I was in my old company and I had a series of meetings. In every single meeting, somebody asked, what’s next?
  • [14:46] – Everyone’s obsessed with going public but the truth is, it’s the way they lose it
  • [16:18] – Keep money close
  • [16:35] – What is the one thing you are most FIRED up about today? That advertisers are now embracing change
  • [18:25] – The Lightning Round
    • What was holding you back from becoming an entrepreneur? – Knowing I could self-finance the inevitable ups and downs
    • What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received? – Don’t grow faster than your revenue allows
    • What’s a personal habit that contributes to your success? – Caring for people
    • Share an internet resource, like Evernote, with Fire Nation – Pipedrive
    • If you could recommend one book to our listeners, what would it be and why? – Crossing the Chasm
  • [20:17] – Focus on what you’re great at
  • [21:00] – Follow us on Twitter
  • [21:06] – Email Fred a note of what you do and get a FREE assessment

Killer Resources!

1) The Common Path to Uncommon Success: JLD’s 1st traditionally published book! Over 3000 interviews with the world’s most successful Entrepreneurs compiled into a 17-step roadmap to financial freedom and fulfillment!

2) Free Podcast Course: Learn from JLD how to create and launch your podcast!

3) Podcasters’ Paradise: The #1 podcasting community in the world!

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