Justin Roff-Marsh is the author of THE MACHINE: A Radical Approach to the Design of the Sales Function. He’s also the founder of Ballistix: a consultancy that builds sales functions for organizations in North America, Australia and the United Kingdom.

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• Google Sheets – Justin’s small business resource
• The Goal – Justin’s top business book
• Sales Process Engineering – Justin’s website
• The Machine – Justin’s book

3 Key Points

1. Take a gamble on the idea you’re passionate about
2. Don’t try to pioneer too many things at once: manage the risks you’re taking
3. Know when to give up and stop digging. Some dips are permanent.

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 Time Stamped Show Notes

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• [01:54] – Justin is a keen tennis player and health junkie
• [03:48] – Justin generates revenue via a monthly subscription
• [04:00] – Monthly fee for an ‘all you can eat’ subscription is $8,400
• [04:57] – “By aggregating needs, we can deliver service at accessible prices”
• [06:06] – Worst Entrepreneurial Moment: Putting the business into receivership and having to rebuild from scratch
• [07:38] – “We ended up having to bet everything on the consulting model”
• [08:26] – “We turned on a dime and were able to re-hire our entire creative team”
• [09:50] – The best way to let people go? “Honesty”
• [11:00] – Letting someone go can free them up to a job that’s perfect for them
• [12:00] – “We should have been quicker to gamble on the business that we were passionate about”
• [12:50] – Entrepreneurial AH-HA Moment: Realizing that consulting could be packaged like a SaaS product
• [14:27] – There’s a dilemma: Wanting to persist with an idea, versus learning to quit
• [15:27] – Don’t try to pioneer too many things at once
• [17:00] – Biggest weakness?– “I get bored with business as usual”
• [17:45] – Biggest strength?– “Figuring things out”
• [18:57] – What has Jon most fired up today? “Moving sales inside… we’re changing the way people think about sales”
• [22:20] – The Lightning Round
  • What was holding you back from becoming an entrepreneur? – “Not much”
  • What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received? – “Get the hell out of the office”
  • What’s a personal habit that contributes to your success? – “I read a lot – and I don’t read business books”
  • Share an internet resource, like Evernote, with Fire Nation – Google Sheets
  • If you could recommend one book to our listeners, what would it be and why? – The Goal
• [25:38] – Connect with Justin on his website
• [26:16] – Parting piece of guidance: “Don’t measure everything. Just pick the two most important things you need to know.”

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