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This podcast was written ages ago, during a time in which I felt really disenfranchised with ‘coaching’ online business. I let it sit. Let it simmer. And feel that now’s the time to publish it. It might seem a bit odd to have written an article about coaching, especially as I had just made the decision to wind down my own coaching work. (I’ve since changed my mind). Click here to read the full article.

Yes. I’m serious. Look, I want to be as successful as anybody else. One of the things that I’ve gleaned from my e-mentors like Casey Neistat and Bobby Hundreds is that you can’t focus on money. I know it’s maddening when people tell you to just ‘make great art’ and the money will come. Not everybody can be Andy Weir, writing blog posts for free and self-publishing a book on Amazon for $1 because they wouldn’t let him sell it for free. Click here to subscribe and leave a rating & review  

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Before we grab a cup of coffee with our guest today, I want to personally invite you to join The Breakfast Club, the official community of the Entrepreneurs and Coffee Podcast.  You can find it at brendanhufford.com/community.   It’s also the only place you can answer our question of the week. Again, that’s brendanhufford.com/community.  If you’re in itunes, you can just click the show art for this episode and the link will pop right up! I’m super freaking pumped to talk to an incredible guy today.     He’s exceptionally entrepreneurial but not in a way that you’d expect.  He’s started a massive recycling program, no, that’s not right, a recycling MOVEMENT in Detroit.  He’s a purveyor of street art and he literally checks all of the boxes for building a successful business but he’s chosen to focus on recycling.  Also known as Green Ghandi of Garbage.  Grab your cup of coffee and let’s sit down and talk trash with out guest today, Mr. Matt Naimi.

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Omar Zenhom My quest to bring you as many free resources as possible in addition to our coffee chats here on the podcast continues.  If you head over to brendanhufford.com/free you can grab a list of the 10 free tools that I used to start and grow my Brazilian Jiu Jitsu business, my podcast, and even the course that I have my first group of students going through right now.  Go to BrendanHufford.com/Free to grab those free resources.  There’s an outline of Emotional Stacking, as well as a really cool list of how you can have all the tools the big brands have, but for free.  You’ll be glad you checked it out.   So grab your cup of coffee. I have my stadium cup (yes, it’s really a stadium cup from a minor league baseball game full of coffee) and let’s chat with today’s guest, serial entrepreneur, podcaster, course wizard, and speaker Omar Zenhom.

My quest to bring you as many free resources as possible in addition to our coffee chats here on the podcast continues.  If you head over to brendanhufford.com/free you can grab a list of the 10 free tools that I used to start and grow my Brazilian Jiu Jitsu business.  Because, unlike most people talking about business online, I *actually* have a business outside of teaching business.  In fact, this podcast isn’t really a business because it doesn’t make any money. So I guess Ok! Kimonos, my jiu jitsu company, is really my only business.   Alright! Enough meandering.  Go to BrendanHufford.com/Free to grab those free resources.  There’s an outline of Emotional Stacking, as well as a really cool list of how you can have all the tools the big brands have, but for free.  You’ll be glad you checked it out.

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Today’s guest is Adam Clark of The Gently Mad and Irresistible Podcasting Here’s what’s hilarious.  For being the most self doubting person I know, Adam makes the most amazing things.  In fact, I think I’ll ask him how that’s possible. For instance, He made irrestible podcasting, an awesome podcast courseat irrestiblepodcasting.com and also a REALLY cool thing called the podcast bundle at podcastbundle.com The podcast bundle includes his course and a TON of other things. In fact, I bought the podcast bundle even though I’d already bought one of the products in it because it was such a great deal. What’s super cool is that it started selling for $1 and it goes up $1 every time somebody buys it. I think it was at $60 when I got it so go to podcastbundle.com to see where it’s at now.

Today’s another special day because you get to hear behind the scenes a bit again. In the next coffee chat, you’ll hear me talk a lot about self doubt and regret with an awesome freelancer and entrepreneur, Adam Clark of Irresistible Podcasting and The Gently Mad.   It got me thinking a lot about my own self-doubt and feelings of failure at times when my life is, truly, quite overwhelming.  I have 4 businesses if you include all of my web properties and the work to run and grow them, my career as an assistant principal, a group I help lead at my church, my extended family, my faith, Brazilian jiu jitsu, strength training, my wife and my son.  That’s a lot of different things pulling at my attention, requiring constant vigilance and progress.

I’ve had about a thousand cups of coffee already today so I’m going to talk super-fast.  We’re going to dive into the question here in a moment but I want to answer your question next week!  Go to BrendanHufford.com/ask OR go to entrepreneursandcoffee.com/ask.  So either try to figure out how to spell my confusing name or the word entrepreneur.  It’s actually like a quest.  I feel like the bridge keeper from Monthy Python.  Brendan, for sure start making the links easier for people. Anyways, I really want to do more Q&A Friday episodes and I’d love to start doing them more than once a week.  If you don’t want to submit a voicemail on the site, just tweet me @brendanhufford on twitter. Today’s question comes from Nico who, like me, is a side hustling maniac who owns a cleaning service that has turned into much much more.

BOOM! Thank you for hanging out with me for a cup of coffee today. I am Brendan hufford and this is the entrepreneurs and coffee podcast. We’ll chat about our guest in a moment but first I wanted to say thank you. Thank you sincerely from the bottom of my heart for being a fan. Being a listener. I took 2 weeks off from the show to make my first course. To make something amazing to help people start their first business. And you’re still here.  You’re still listening. That means the absolute world to me.  We’ll talk more about the course in a future episode but in the meantime, join our community which fans have named ‘The Breakfast Club’ over at brendanhufford.com/community.  If you want to chat with myself and other entrepreneurs about questions and problems you’re having in your business, without all of the self promotion you see in other facebook groups, check out brendanhufford.com/community. So let’s talk super fast about our guest today, Jared Easely. He co-hosts the Starve the Doubts podcast with Kimanzi Constable who was on episode 17 of entrepreneurs and coffee. He also co-founded the awesome conference that I’ll be checking out this summer called Podcast Movement, along with my friends Pat Flynn from episode 35 and Omar Zenhom from the $100 MBA whose episode is going out later this month.  I can’t freaking wait for the event and if you’re a podcaster or thinking about starting one, there isn’t a better place to make friends than Podcast Movement. We’ll talk about Starve the Doubts, Podcast Movement, and if I know Jared as well as I think I do, we’re probably going to go off on a few random tangents about entrepreneurship as well.   So grab your cup of coffee and let’s sit down with our guest, Jared Easley.

So today’s episode is a bit of a bonus episode. I’ve been talking to you guys a lot lately in webinars and in email, twitter, and on Facebook.  Even in our facebook group that you can find over at brendanhufford.com/community

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If You have a full time job and want to start a side business If You’ve tried starting a side business and it didn’t work or isn’t making enough money If You started a side business but now your life is upside down   I want to share my next project with you and I want you to join me for my free workshop. Check out brendanhufford.com/work

I am so freaking psyched for today’s interview but before we get to that. Where the heck have I been? You didn’t have an episode all last week because I’ve been working on something big. Something really big. And that’s my first product to support you.  It’s the product that I wish I had when I started at a price that I could have actually afforded back then.  It’s a roadmap to start your side business and the only place you can learn more about it is through an awesome workshop I’m doing a few times in the next weeks called ‘The Art of the Start.’  You can regiaster for the free workshop at brendanhufford.com/work In that workshop, I’m going to give you 3 simple and effective tips that you can implement into your life today to set you up for massive success down the road. To check out the workshop, go to brendanhufford.com/work.

Workshop link: http://brendanhufford.com/work

If you want help with any of these things and you’re ready to conquer your fear and take action, but you aren’t sure of the steps to take, go to brendanhufford.com/community and join a group of entrepreneurs that will guide and support you along the way.  I love how the free group is shaping up and we have some amazing people in there, including me!  Again that’s brendanhufford.com/community.

If you’re scared of your goals right now, you’re on the right track.  And there’s a community of awesome entrepreneurs who want to support you, including me. Go to brendanhufford.com/community to join our free community of like-minded entrepreneurs.

It’s not every day that you get the chance to speak to one of your online mentors.  As a regular listener, you know I talk about Pat Flynn every few episodes. I want to connect more with you and there’s one awesome way we can do that.  I’ve set up a private facebook group just for listeners of this show.  Go to brendanhufford.com/community and join our Facebook group. It’s small right now, as I’m recording and that’s great. Your post in guaranteed not to be overlooked and get direct attention from everybody there. If you want a few free resources to help you out along your business path, just go to brendanhufford.com/free and grab those.  They’ll help you tremendously and I’m always adding more free resources in there for you to help you avoid some of the mistakes I made along the way.

First, I want to thank you. We have so many people submitted Q&A Friday questions that I’m coming to a point where I can start answering more than one question per episode, or do more than one episode per week, OR just make it it’s own show and that’s perfect for me because my goal as an entrepreneur is to place myself in the greatest possible place of service.  And you being brave enough to go to brendanhufford.com/podcast and ask your question means that I’m able to serve you. Second, I want to remind you, and you knew I’d do this because of the advice I gave Cris, go to brendanhufford.com/community and join our Facebook group. It’s small right now, as I’m recording and that’s great. Your post in guaranteed not to be overlooked and get direct attention from everybody there.   Thanks again so much for joining me for Q&A Friday.  I already can’t wait for next week’s question from Evan where he asks about something that’s super personal and important to me and I can’t freaking wait to answer his question.  Until then, grab a cup of coffee, work hard, be nice to people, and don’t get too lost trying to create something that matters.

Before we get started, if you haven’t already listened to episode 32 with Gary Vaynerchuk, go listen to it right now.  It was definitely the most *I’ve* ever been challenged while interviewing somebody and I’ve had a lot to think about since we did it. But for today, we did it! We’re finally here.  After 10 awesome weeks in this series, we’re finally on the 10th rule of building a brand based on bobby hundreds series over at thehundreds.com.   Rule 10 of Building a brand is “Have Fun.”

Before we get rolling into what I believe is going to be hone of the best coffee chats we’ve ever had here on Entrepreneurs and Coffee, the action show, I want to remind you that you have one more day to enter our Seth Godin book giveaway.  Seth’s latest book, Your Turn, is truly one of his best and you can get your copy at brendanhufford.com/seth. Again, that’s brendanhufford.com/seth. So what the hell do I even say to get today’s episode underway.  I feel like the intro for this episode is the 31 preceding episodes.  I talked about our guest today, Gary Vaynerchuk, in a few of my Q&A episodes and I mention him constantly.  If you aren’t familiar with Gary, he grew his wine business, Wine Library, from $3mil in revenue to over $60mil in the late 90s because he was one of the first people to go all-in with ecommerce.  Then, he saw the power of Twitter and YouTube and created Wine Library TV in 2006.  He’s an angel investor and author.  In fact, he wrote one of the most influential books of my entire life, Crush It, and the free content he’s put online, especially in the last year, has been monumental. In 2009, he co-founded Vaynermedia which has grown into a nationwide 400 person company that helped fortune 500 companies market online and use social channels the way they’re meant to be used. Gary is grabbing coffee with us today while on vacation so there might be some background noise and whatnot but I’m 5000% sure that our chat will be worth listening to. Today, I’ll be asking him about entrepreneurial DNA, creating a successful marriage as an entrepreneur, his new focus on his health and if you’re a regular listener, you know that I teased at launching a product a while back, and I haven’t mentioned it since.  I’ll be giving you more details about why I’ve kinda gone silent on it and I expect Gary will have some unique perspectives on it as well.   Go pour yourself a fresh cup of coffee and let’s sit down with our guest today on the Entrepreneurs and Coffee podcast, Gary Vaynerchuk.

If you’ve listened to the latest episodes, you know that I’m giving away Seth Godin’s latest book ‘What to do when it’s your turn.’  It’s an awesome book. It’s all of Seth’s knowledge and bold statements you might have seen before but in a magazine or coffee table style book.  I want to Instagram every single page. Literally. This thing is beautiful. So, I have a stack of copies here that I bought to give away to you.  I had a lot at first but I’ve already mailed a bunch out to friends. So how do you get one? You go to brendanhufford.com/seth and enter the giveaway.  It takes 30 seconds but what I love is that if you’re a hustler like me, you can kinda rig the giveaway in your favor.  I won’t give away how that’s done but all the details are there.  Again to win your copy of Seth Godin’s new book, go to brendanhufford.com/seth and register. Today’s question comes from Pedro de la Cruz about how to get more people to his art shows.  

I’ve recently fallen in love with Seth Godin’s new book ‘What to do when it’s your turn.’  I say it with the utmost sincerity that I haven’t been this fired up about a book since reading Crush It by Gary V a few years ago and I can also say that I wasn’t a true Seth Godin fan until I read this book.  I just didn’t appreciate what he had to say the way I do now.  This book is definitely a game changer for me. And I want it to be for you as well. I have a stack of copies here that I bought to give away to you.  Yes, I clearly meant it when I said that I’m passionate about this book. So how do you get one?   You go to brendanhufford.com/seth (spell it out) and enter the giveaway.  It takes 30 seconds but what I love is that if you’re a hustler like me, you can kinda rig the giveaway in your favor.  I won’t give away how that’s done but all the details are there.  Again to win your copy of Seth Godin’s new book, go to brendanhufford.com/seth and register.

Before we dive into the second to last rule of building a brand, I want to give you something amazing… I’ve recently fallen in love with Seth Godin’s new book ‘What to do when it’s your turn.’  I say it with the utmost sincerity that I haven’t been this fired up about a book since reading Crush It by Gary V a few years ago and I can also say that I wasn’t a true Seth Godin fan until I read this book.  I just didn’t appreciate what he had to say the way I do now.  This book is definitely a game changer for me. And I want it to be for you as well. I have a stack of copies here that I bought to give away to you.  Yes, I clearly meant it when I said that I’m passionate about this book. So how do you get one? You go to brendanhufford.com/seth and enter the giveaway.  It takes 30 seconds but what I love is that if you’re a hustler like me, you can kinda rig the giveaway in your favor.  I won’t give away how that’s done but all the details are there.  Again to win your copy of Seth Godin’s new book, go to brendanhufford.com/seth and register

Link: brendanhufford.com/launch SO FINALLY We’re here. Let’s do this. On Monday’s episode of next week, we have an amazing guest, but we’re not going to get to meet him until Tuesday, because Monday’s episode is going to be a layout and explanation of my very first product. Now, full transparency, this might fail.  And I’m totally okay with that.  I can’t think of an amazing company in the world that di So maybe I should’ve kept that to myself a bit, but screw it. This is how we learn right?  So here’s what I want you to do. If you want a sneak peek of it, go to brendanhufford.com/launch (spell it out) A few things to note: First, that page is live. You can actually sign up right there if you’re feeling it. The details of the product are on that page and I’m not going to spoil them now, but I know what a MASSIVE freaking deal it is. Second, I’m offering a discounted price AND opening ONLY 10 spots in our Beta program to help refine it for our big release in April.  The spots are limited and might fill up quickly so if you want to be a part of it, it might be worth it to sign up now.  If you have any questions, as always just shoot me an email: brendanhufford@gmail.com and I’ll get back to you right away.   So again, if you want a sneak peek before I talk about it on Monday, go to brendanhufford.com/launch  

Start looking at this episode and the 7 preceding it as what should guide your next move.  And as always, if you have a question about it, go to Entrepreneursandcoffee.com/ask and I'll answer it right here on the show.    Go grab another cup of coffee and I’ll see you in the next episode of the entrepreneurs and coffee podcast.

I’m really excited to start chatting with our guest for coffee today, but before I do, I wanted to share something awesome with you. I just put together two ebooks that I’m pretty freaking pumped about.  The first is the 10 free resources that I used to bootstrap my business.  A lot of times when you start a business, especially when you have a family like I do, you don’t have extra money to buy all of the cool tools you see online.  You know you need a mailing list, and a way to get opt-ins and all of that, but that costs money, right? Wrong.  Then the problem becomes that if you google ‘free podcast tools’ or ‘free blogging tools’ you’re going to get a bajillion links to total freaking garbage. So I wanted to put together something for you to save you some time.  You can grab that at brendanhufford.com/free The second ebook is a really cool technique that I learned from Jairek Robbins, who is the son of Tony Robbins, called Emotional Stacking. I’m know for taking massive action in my business and this show is even called ‘the action show’ but even I have problems doing the difficult tasks and when I run into those types of roadblocks, this is what I use to get out of them and it works EVERY time.   I’ll go into all the details in a future episode of how it works, but it’s there for you for free also at brendanhufford.com/free.

First, I want to thank everybody who has sent in a question so far.  But I don’t just want to answer their questions. I want to answer YOUR questions.  To ask YOUR question, just go to EntrepreneursAndCoffee.com/ask. Super simple. Just go to entrepreneursandcoffee.com/ask and leave me a quick message. In today's episode, we'll be chatting over coffee with a VERY special guest, who asks about negotiation in business, relationships, and as a philosophy.

I just want to remind you that you can go to brendanhufford.com/free and grab the 10 free tools that I used to grow my business when I didn’t have any type of budget. When I was bootstrapping it and trying to make my first dollar. I warned you in Rule 6 that this episode isn’t going to be pretty.  We’ll be going dark in this episode. And I think that’s a fair warning because We’ve been having a lot of fun together. I’ll be honest. At least this is a lot of fun for me. And this, building a brand, building a business. It’s fun. But now it’s grown up time.   It’s time to grow up.

I just want to remind you that you can go to brendanhufford.com/free and grab the 10 free tools that I used to grow my business when I didn’t have any type of budget. When I was bootstrapping it and trying to make my first dollar.  Here’s the deal. Some podcasts bring on anybody.  They want to bring on some of the “gurus” and whatever.  And when we start talking about the topic of branding, man, it seems like everybody is an expert. Everybody buy’s Marie Forleo’s B-School and then just regurgitates that info and wants you to think they’re a branding expert.  Oh really? You’re a branding expert? What’s your training? What brand have you built other than the one where you’re trying to trick me into thinking you’re a branding expert?  No thanks. But here’s the thing, I only care about content and action.  If my guest can help you get past the noise online and get past all of the fake advice and fake gurus out there. Then I’ve done my job. Because I’m not always the expert and I’m sure you’ll hear me say that today.  I know a TON based on my experience building a brand from scratch to a significant level while still working full time.  BUT, there are people out there who  know more than me.  And it’s my job to get them to you. My guest today is going to knock your socks off. Re Perez is the founder of the agency Branding For the People.  I met him out in San Diego at a really cool event which I’m sure we’ll talk about.  I was, like I said, SICK and TIRED of all the posturing of fake experts and when he got on stage and answered a few questions, I thought, oh wow. This guy really knows his stuff. This guy has chops. Branding For the People literally means explaining branding in a way you and I can understand it.  He doesn’t use fancy words.  His agency’s mission is to bring branding to the people. To us.   He gives the BEST actionable advice on branding I’ve ever and you’ve probably heard me mention him a few times in the 10 rules of brand building series that I’ve been doing.  

As a very special THANK YOU to everybody who has subscribed and is a true fan of the show. I'm taking the first 10 people who sign up at brendanhufford.com/call (click there!) to do a call with me where you can ask me all of your business questions.  LITERALLY any questions you have, I'll answer. But only for the first 10 people!  So use that link above because I know these will fill up set fast!

First, I want to thank everybody who has sent in a question so far.  But I don’t just want to answer their questions. I want to answer YOUR questions.  To ask YOUR question, just go to EntrepreneursAndCoffee.com/ask. Super simple. Just go to entrepreneursandcoffee.com/ask and leave me a quick message. In today's episode, we'll be chatting over coffee with Mellisa (again!), who asks about starting her blog and getting traffic via guest blogging on other sites.

Last week we talked about Rule #5: Be the Best at Being You.  That’s when you’re making your product and using your voice and somewhere along the way you lose your path.  You forget who you were when you started and you’ve just become somebody who tries to be like everybody else.  Niche down and stay there.  Have something to say.  Nobody is better at being you than YOU. Today we’re going to tackle Rule number 6 of building a brand: Have Heart. Having heart requires passion.   And as I told you at the end of the last lesson in branding, today you’ll learn how to get rich off your passion. Interested in going from wantrepreneur to entrepreneur without quitting your job?  Let's chat! If you loved joining me for a cup of coffee as much as I did, please subscribe on iTunes and leave us a rating and review!

Chris Brogan is the world’s leading authority on owning the game you most want to win. He is CEO of Owner Media Group, a sought after public speaker, and the New York Times bestselling author of eight books and counting. In summary: When Chris speaks, I listen. And today we had the chance to chat over coffee.  We chat about: Seeing potential to reach a new level in lifting, business and life How a change in atmosphere makes all the difference Lessons in ego Examples of pushing yourself out of your comfort zone How he might have insulted one of the most famous authors of all time The big mistake people who read a lot of books are making Interested in starting your own business on the side?  Let's chat! If you loved joining me and Kimanzi for a cup of coffee as much as I did, please subscribe on iTunes and leave us a rating and review!

First, I want to thank everybody who has sent in a question so far.  But I don’t just want to answer their questions. I want to answer YOUR questions.  To ask YOUR question, just go to EntrepreneursAndCoffee.com/ask. Super simple. Just go to entrepreneursandcoffee.com/ask and leave me a quick message. In today's episode, we'll be chatting over coffee with Trevor, who asks about how long his autoresponder should be and how to turn it up a notch.

Interested in going from wantrepreneur to entrepreneur without quitting your job?  Let's chat! We talked about this in the very first episode of the 10 rules of brand building, episode 7 of then Entrepreneurs and Coffee podcast and all of the rules of brand building can be found in Bobby Kim’s article over at TheHundreds.com. So rule number five of branding, of brand building, is to Be the best at being you. Be the best at being you. If you’re listening to this, there’s probably a 50/50 chance you’re missing this.   So let’s break it down and then, as always, I’m going to explain how you screw this up, and then how you rock this. If you loved joining me for a cup of coffee as much as I did, please subscribe on iTunes and leave us a rating and review!

Kimanzi Constable knows exactly what it’s like to have the cards stacked against him.  At 17, he left his parents and spent 6 months living on the street.  He got a job delivering bread at midnight which turned from a job he loved to a job he disliked, to a job he hated.  He found himself 170lbs. overweight, $180,000 in debt, and in a marriage that was in trouble.   I tell you that all of that because I know on at least one point you’re saying, man I know exactly how that feels.  But what if I told you that he’s conquered all of that.  All of the doubt, debt, the dead end job, and the dying marriage.  And if you’re experiencing one of those, or all of them, so can you.  Today, we’ll talk about how. Interested in starting your own business on the side?  Let's chat! If you loved joining me and Kimanzi for a cup of coffee as much as I did, please subscribe on iTunes and leave us a rating and review!

First, I want to thank everybody who has sent in a question so far.  But I don’t just want to answer their questions. I want to answer YOUR questions.  I think after today’s episode, you’ll see that things don’t always have to be super serious on the Entrepreneurs and Coffee Friday Q&A.  To ask YOUR question, just go to EntrepreneursAndCoffee.com/ask. Super simple. Just go to entrepreneursandcoffee.com/ask and leave me a quick message. In today's episode, we'll be chatting about who inspires me (other than Pat Flynn; thanks for the call-out, Melissa!).

Interested in going from wantrepreneur to entrepreneur without quitting your job?  Let's chat! I’m so freaking excited for our 4th installment of the 10 rules of brand building. First I want to remind you to go to entrepreneursandcoffee.com/ask and ask me a question for Free Q&A Friday tomorrow.  We have a few ready to roll out but I can’t wait to hear YOUR question to go to entrepreneursandcoffee.com/ask and leave me a question. It takes 30 seconds and I can’t wait to feature you on the show! Here’s the lowdown.    You want to stay hungry. Not thirsty. Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. Let that sink in a bit.   Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. If you loved joining me for a cup of coffee as much as I did, please subscribe on iTunes and leave us a rating and review!

Interested in starting your own business on the side?  Let's chat! Willie Jackson is an amazing human being.  I’m not going to sugar coat it. The first time I heard Willie Jackson speak, I was blown away.  I was watching the film, I’m Fine Thanks and heard his story.  I started following him and the things he’s gone on to write and say are incredible.  He understands business and doing work that matters in a way that I think is truly incredible. I could spend 20 minutes writing and barely come up with things he says on the fly.  I expect this to be one of the most quotable chats we’ve ever had on the Entrepreneurs and Coffee podcast. I can say with full honesty and transparency that I feel that Willie Jackson has done and will continue to do amazing work in our lifetime and the insights you’ll get today, as well as on his blog, will be some of the best advice you’ll ever get on your path as an entrepreneur.   So before I run out of superlatives to describe him, let’s chat with our guest today, Willie Jackson. If you loved joining me and Joel for a cup of coffee as much as I did, please subscribe on iTunes and leave us a rating and review!

Today, we chat with John, a college senior, about going into corporate America and how he can make the kind of life he wants for himself. We chat about: Why being an entrepreneur isn't for everybody The 5 questions that will start you on your past to your dream job Passion and Patience and much more! Want your question answered on the next episode?  Just go to entrepreneursandcoffee.com/ask and leave me a message :)

Interested in going from wantrepreneur to entrepreneur without quitting your job?  Let's chat! Who messes up the first sentence? This guy. I really hope you enjoyed the last episode in this series where I shared Rule number two of Bobby Hundreds’ 10 Rules of Brand Building. As before, you can find the full article at thehundreds.com. Today, we’re gonna rap about Rule Number 3, but first I want to remind you to go toentrepreneursandcoffee.com/ask and ask me a question for Free Q&A Friday tomorrow.  We have a few ready to roll out but I can’t wait to hear YOUR question to go to entrepreneursandcoffee.com/ask and leave me a question. It takes 30 seconds and I can’t wait to feature you on the show! I love the book Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell.  I had the fortune of reading it for the first time on vacation with my wife and my parents.  I do most of my thinking and planning by getting away from my normal location and routine and this was no different.  You see, in Outliers, Gladwell says you can achieve mastery in about 10,000 hours of effort.  I slightly disagree, I think that you don’t need the full 10k.  You can be dangerous with around 80% master, enough to do some serious damage, in far less time. But 10 thousand hours?  That’s some serious consistency.  That’s Bill Gates breaking into computer labs and skipping classes to learn programming not once or twice, but every day for YEARS.   You don’t get consistency like that by working 15 different jobs in 10 years or getting a new hobby every January.  You buckle down and do one thing for a decade.  If people don’t say you’re obsessed or think you’re crazy about whatever you’re into, you’re not deep enough yet.   If you loved joining me for a cup of coffee as much as I did, please subscribe on iTunes and leave us a rating and review!

Interested in starting your own business on the side?  Let's chat! In our coffee chat today, Joel and I will talk about: How he almost died as a kid How education can hold you back as an entrepreneur How to build a legacy Actionable tips for beginning entrepeneurs If you loved joining me and Joel for a cup of coffee as much as I did, please subscribe on iTunes and leave us a rating and review!

Heyo! Brendan Hufford back here again with a nice, hot, comically large cup of coffe joining you today on the Entrepreneurs and Coffee podcast. And I have to make a confession Today is not really an episode, but more of an ask. And that ask is just for you to check out entrepreneursandcoffee.com/ask. Today is the first ever Entrepreneurs and Coffee Q&A Friday where I’ll be answering *YOUR* questions on business, branding, marketing, coffee, and anything else I can help with. These episodes are going to be super freaking fun, but only if you (and I) don’t act the fool.   Well, I’ll probably still act the fool. It’s all the coffee. I can’t help it. Sound good? Rad. So here’s the best way to get on the show: Please keep your question under one minute in length. If you have a website and URL, you’re allowed to share it only once during the recording. For example: “Hi, my name is Phil Phillipson. I have a blog called Phil’s Brews at WatchPhilBrew.com. My question is…” Spammy, hateful, or if I just can’t understand the words that are comin out of your mouth, Please do not go out for happy hour on Friday and then decide to submit a question.   Actually please do. It won’t get on the show, but I’ll probably really enjoy listening to it. So again, go to entrepreneursandcoffee.com/ask and Oh, and a special note, only the first 20 or so messages will be saved, so if you want to get your question answered on the show, now is the time to ask.   I can’t wait to answer your question next Friday on the Entrepreneurs and Coffee Podcast.

Interested in going from wantrepreneur to entrepreneur without quitting your job?  Let's chat! Where da coffee at, son? I really hope you enjoyed the last episode in this series where I shared Rule number one of Bobby Hundreds’ 10 Rules of Brand Building. As before, you can find the full article at thehundreds.com. Today, we’re gonna rap about Rule Number 2, but first I want to remind you to go to entrepreneursandcoffee.com/ask and ask me a question for Free Q&A Friday tomorrow.  We have a few ready to roll out but I can’t wait to hear YOUR question to go to entrepreneursandcoffee.com/ask and leave me a question. It takes 30 seconds and I can’t wait to feature you on the show!   We’re going to talk about how to do it well, and how to totally screw it up.  I’ll also give you a case study of how a company worth $1.65 billion is totally messing it up as well.  So it’s not just us little guys that can forget this one. If you loved joining me for a cup of coffee as much as I did, please subscribe on iTunes and leave us a rating and review!

Interested in starting your own business on the side?  Let's chat! In our coffee chat today, Shane, Jocelyn and I will talk about: The 11cent pay day that got them started Getting your spouse on board with entrepreneurial ventures Being bold and bringing your spouse on board with your business Overcoming fear that nobody will buy your products and services The first date (This is awesome!) And SPECIFIC actions a brand new entrepreneur and veteran entrepreneur can take to get to the next level If you loved joining me and David for a cup of coffee as much as I did, please subscribe on iTunes and leave us a rating and review!

Interested in going from wantrepreneur to entrepreneur without quitting your job?  Let's chat! Today it’s just you and me grabbing coffee together. Since it’s only the first time we've grabbed coffee together here, just you and I, I want to share with you some stuff that I’m almost sure you've never heard of AND something that’ll make a radical difference for you in your life and business. And I want to give you examples from my business. You know, what it *actually* looks like. And I want to give credit where credit’s due. I am MASSIVELY inspired byBobby Kim of The Hundreds. You’ll hear me reference him again and again in our chats together and it’s because I consider him to be a mentor of sorts. We’ve met once, briefly, but he’s put out a ton of information for young entrepreneurs and what I’ll be sharing comes from his article at thehundreds.com called ‘The 10 Rules of Brand-Building.’ As a teacher, I know if I give a student too much, they won’t retain anything, and the same goes for my friends, like you. So we’re just going to hit these 10 branding rules one at a time. If you loved joining me for a cup of coffee as much as I did, please subscribe on iTunes and leave us a rating and review!

Interested in starting your own business on the side?  Let's chat! Our guest for coffee today, David Ralph, chats with you and I about: Joining up the dots in our own lives The ‘This is going to be an awesome story’ mindset during challenge How I might be taken to Death Row by Starbucks Breaking your routine to change your life David shatter’s my definition of what is “crazy” and what is “possible” How many sales you *actually* have to make to make a living online Shattering my limiting beliefs How not listening to anybody’s advice can be the best thing for you “I’ve never opened up a famous biography and it’s just a blank book that says ‘This was easy!’” - David If you loved joining me and David for a cup of coffee as much as I did, please subscribe on iTunes and leave us a rating and review!

Interested in starting your own business on the side?  Let's chat! This one's just you and me!  I think you'll find out you and I have a lot more in common than either of us would like to admit. The last part of our chat today is something I'm pretty pumped about so make sure to listen all the way through! If you loved joining me for a cup of coffee as much as I did, please subscribe on iTunes and leave us a rating and review!

Interested in starting your own business on the side?  Let's chat! Our guest for coffee today, Kary Oberbrunner, chats with you and I about: How our jobs are killing us Spending time in prison Servant leadership Fixing public schools Being an entrepreneur with kids Your first steps as an entrepreneur (this is HUGE) If you loved joining me and Kary for a cup of coffee as much as I did, please subscribe on iTunes and leave us a rating and review!

Interested in starting your own business on the side?  Let's chat! Our guest for coffee today, Mike Michalowicz, chats with you and I about: Why we should pay ourselves FIRST in our business Being co-criers Breaking out of a vicious cycle that kills 99% of entrepreneurs and their businesses How I've been hiding my laziness with hard work (it'll make sense, I promise) His favorite superpower How to take intentional ACTION is our business if we're just getting started, and also if we've been on the path for a while If you loved joining me and Mike for a cup of coffee as much as I did, please subscribe on iTunes and leave us a rating and review!

Check this out as you sit down for coffee with me and Michael Hyatt Man!  I can’t believe we’re already on episode number 2!  I so incredibly pumped to sit down for coffee today with our guest.  Not that I need the coffee, though. I’ve been up since 2am and I’ve already had an entire pot of coffee so I’m all set.  This is going to be an incredible chat that’s going to help me *and* you take it to a new level in 2015.  And don’t worry about taking notes during our conversation today.  I have all of the notes for you at eandcoffee.com.  Also, I have a really cool surprise in store for you and our guest that I can’t wait to share, so please, grab your coffee and let’s chat with our guest today, Michael Hyatt. I'd absolutely love to connect with you.  Send a quick email over to brendanhufford@gmail.com and I'll get back to you right away.

Interested in starting your own business on the side?  Let's chat! Okay, so there's a reason I wanted Hal Elrod to be my first episode. In this episode, Hal and I grab a cup of Bulletproof coffee and chat about: Dying!?! (But seriously, he did die) A GEM of advice about sales that literally changed my thoughts on work Coming back from depression (including something he hasn't talked about publicly before) The Miracle Morning (more on that below) The funniest "Random Question" answer I've ever had and, as always, two huge pieces of actionable advice for entrepreneurs starting out, and entrepreneurs who've been in the game for a bit. If you loved joining me and Hal for a cup of coffee as much as I did, please subscribe on iTunes and leave us a rating and review! Super Rad Stuff Hal and I mentioned in this episode: The Miracle Morning The Five Minute Journal

I'm so excited this is finally here.  I'm grateful you've decided to check out the Entrepreneurs and Coffee podcast.