Mike Michalowicz is the entrepreneur behind 3 multimillion dollar companies and is the author of 4 business essential books – Surge, Profit First, The Pumpkin Plan and what BusinessWeek deemed an entrepreneur’s cult classic, The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur.
Mike is formerly a small business columnist for The Wall Street Journal and business makeover specialist on MSNBC.
Episode Summary: Profit First Your Pumpkin Plan with Mike Michalowicz
Today Mike spends most of his time traveling the world as entrepreneurial advocate – speaking to groups like us. He is globally recognized as the guy who “challenges out dated business beliefs” and teaches us what to do about it.
4 Ideas from Profit First
- Parkinson’s law
- Perfectionism
- Debt
- Being the best.
4 pullouts from The Pumpkin Plan
- Be extreme
- Be in the game
- Ask better questions
- Scale your business
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Learning From Leaders:
Current Book: The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt
Best Movie Ever: Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Leadership Superpower: Cheerleader
Motivational Mantra: Be yourself, everyone else is taken
Leadership Trait to Pass to Next Generation: Passion
Best Book Ever: The Goal. Runner up: Think And Grow Rich: The Secret To Wealth by Napoleon Hill
Additional Items Mentioned
Mike’s website (or www.mikemotorbike.com)
Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine by Mike Michalowicz
The Pumpkin Plan: A Simple Strategy to Grow a Remarkable Business in Any Field by Mike Michalowicz
Surge: Time the Marketplace, Ride the Wave of Consumer Demand, and Become Your Industry’s Big Kahuna by Mike Michalowicz
The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur: The tell-it-like-it-is guide to cleaning up in business, even if you are at the end of your roll by Mike Michalowicz
