The Boss Club Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Boss Club helps students ages 7-18 start, run, and grow their first profitable business. Through years of teaching business and running their own companies, hosts Charlie Gasmire and David Grubbs share their top lessons learned to help you grow your business faster, more profitably, and with fewer mistakes. Learn more about our entrepreneurship courses at BossClub.com!
This is part 4 (of 4) in our series on how to make a successful YouTube channel. In this episode, Charlie talks about this reality of being a creator on YouTube. There are pros and cons, both of which you share be aware of if you decide to create a YouTube channel.
Episode 21 - Part 1: Content
Episode 22 - Part 2: Traffic
Episode 23 - Part 3: Monetization
Episode 24 - Part 4: The Reality of Being a "YouTuber"
We hope this helps you in your entrepreneurial journey! As always, if you have questions or success stories from your own business, feel free to email us at podcast@bossclub.com and we might feature you on an upcoming episode.
If you're interested in starting your own business as a young person, check out our courses at BossClub.com.
This is part 3 (of 4) in our series on how to make a successful YouTube channel. In this episode, Charlie talks about channels make money. Some monetization methods are much more effective than others, and this episode covers the basics of what you can do to monetize your YouTube channel.
Episode 21 - Part 1: Content
Episode 22 - Part 2: Traffic
Episode 23 - Part 3: Monetization
Episode 24 - Part 4: The Reality of Being a "YouTuber"
We hope this helps you in your entrepreneurial journey! As always, if you have questions or success stories from your own business, feel free to email us at podcast@bossclub.com and we might feature you on an upcoming episode.
If you're interested in starting your own business as a young person, check out our courses at BossClub.com.
This is part 2 (of 4) in our series on how to make a successful YouTube channel. In this episode, Charlie talks about how his channel has gotten traffic at Airplane Academy (5 million views as of this episode's recording date) and the strategies that he uses. It's impossible to cover EVERYTHING in 24 minutes, but this is a good primer on how to generate a binge-worthy channel that the algorithm can promote.
Episode 21 - Part 1: Content
Episode 22 - Part 2: Traffic
Episode 23 - Part 3: Monetization
Episode 24 - Part 4: The Reality of Being a "YouTuber"
We hope this helps you in your entrepreneurial journey! As always, if you have questions or success stories from your own business, feel free to email us at podcast@bossclub.com and we might feature you on an upcoming episode.
If you're interested in starting your own business as a young person, check out our courses at BossClub.com.
This is part 1 (of 4) of how to build a successful YouTube channel. Building a YouTube channel could be a GREAT way to build your business (and the channel can even become a business in itself). Charlie's YouTube channel Airplane Academy has gotten 70,000 subscribers and millions of views in its first few years, and this 4-part series will chronicle the strategies that made it work and the hard lessons learned along the way.
Episode 21 - Part 1: Content
Episode 22 - Part 2: Traffic
Episode 23 - Part 3: Monetization
Episode 24 - Part 4: The Reality of Being a "YouTuber"
We hope this helps you in your entrepreneurial journey! As always, if you have questions or success stories from your own business, feel free to email us at podcast@bossclub.com and we might feature you on an upcoming episode.
If you're interested in starting your own business as a young person, check out our courses at BossClub.com.
David once grew a business to tens of millions of dollars in profitable revenue, and he did it one sale at a time through online ads and affiliate marketing. In this episode he tells the origin story, how it unfolded, and what he learned. Not that many people have personal experience accomplishing this, so this episode is definitely one not to miss!
As always, feel free to send in your questions to podcast@bossclub.com to possibly be featured on the show.
Want to launch and grow your first business? See our available courses and training materials at www.bossclub.com
A lot of entrepreneurs just think about selling their business once it reaches a certain revenue or profitability threshold. While that's important, there is oftentimes an even bigger requirement standing in the way of their ability to sell the company, and this episode we explain what that is and what to do about it!
As always, feel free to send in your questions to podcast@bossclub.com to possibly be featured on the show.
Want to launch and grow your first business? See our available courses and training materials at www.bossclub.com
In this episode the guys look back on the businesses that were self-funded versus fundraised. There are real pros and cons to both scenarios, but before you compare your bootstrapped startup to the other startups that tout their press releases showing the money they've raised, it's worth understanding that raising money isn't always what it's cracked up to be. In this humorous but honest episode, Charlie and David explain why.
As always, feel free to send in your questions to podcast@bossclub.com to possibly be featured on the show.
Want to launch and grow your first business? See our available courses and training materials at www.bossclub.com
Hiring your first contractors or employees might not be as far away as you think in the early days of the business. In this episode the guys share some tips on what kinds of tasks are a good fit to consider outsourcing on a part-time or project basis either in-person or on sites like UpWork.com. They also share their personal experience narrowing down the high quality and efficient individuals to work on your projects.
Sites mentioned in the show:
- Wonolo.com
- Fiverr.com
- UpWork.com
- Indeed.com
- ZipRecruiter.com
As always, feel free to send in your questions to podcast@bossclub.com to possibly be featured on the show.
Want to launch and grow your first business? See our available courses and training materials at www.bossclub.com
There are tons of pros and cons of being an entrepreneur vs. being an employee, and everyone is going to have their own preferences in that debate. But once Charlie realized two things about corporate America, it convinced him to take the plunge into entrepreneurship full-time and he's never looked back.
As always, feel free to send in your questions to podcast@bossclub.com to possibly be featured on the show.
Want to launch and grow your first business? See our available courses and training materials at www.bossclub.com
Charlie and David look back on all of the different businesses they've started and discuss the four different businesses they would choose to start if they were in middle or high school today. They picked these because they fit the criteria described in Episode 4, as well as the fact that they could make high-margin profit relatively quickly. Feel free to put these ideas into action if you'd like!
As always, feel free to send in your questions to podcast@bossclub.com to possibly be featured on the show.
Want to launch and grow your first business? See our available courses and training materials at www.bossclub.com
Tired of going to the post office to ship your products every time you get an online order? Eventually you might grow to the size where you can actually have another company store your inventory and fulfill (i.e. ship) your orders FOR YOU! David actually used to own his own shipping and fulfillment warehouse, so he's the perfect one to talk through the ins and outs of having someone store and ship your products.
As always, feel free to send in your questions to podcast@bossclub.com to possibly be featured on the show.
Want to launch and grow your first business? See our available courses and training materials at www.bossclub.com
You can find someone to produce just about ANYTHING for you. If you are looking to find a manufacturer for your product, this episode will give you some great guidelines on how to do that and what that might entail. One of the biggest lessons here is that since you can build anything, you need to spend the majority of your time spent on figuring out how to sell the product or service. Too many entrepreneurs fail because they only focused on their product and not the entire business.
The content in this episode was a HUGE lightbulb moment for Charlie earlier in his entrepreneurial journey. From this episode you can learn it much earlier than he did!
As always, feel free to send in your questions to podcast@bossclub.com to possibly be featured on the show.
Want to launch and grow your first business? See our available courses and training materials at www.bossclub.com
How do the best chefs in town make a restaurant and it usually fails? Why can doctors start their own practice or medical device company and it fail? In today's episode, Charlie and David will teach you how to "think like an architect" when it comes to your business. As entrepreneurs we can be so product-focused and forget that all areas of our business have to cohesively come together. It's not just about creating a product that can sell, it's about making a company that can thrive, and those are two very different things. This is a critical mindset shift that you need to make if you want your business to be successful. We hope this discussion helps you in your entrepreneurial journey!
As always, feel free to send in your questions to podcast@bossclub.com to possibly be featured on the show.
Want to launch and grow your first business? See our available courses and training materials at www.bossclub.com
This is a HUGELY important mindset to build as an entrepreneur. Building your business is like building a 10,000 square foot house completely by yourself. It is going to take time and will be the collection of many mini-projects that ultimately come together as a finished house. It's so important to get comfortable with working hard while being patient, and in this episode we discuss what that's like.
This episode is a highly valuable use of 10 minutes in your entrepreneurial journey!
As always, feel free to send in your questions to podcast@bossclub.com to possibly be featured on the show.
Want to launch and grow your first business? See our available courses and training materials at www.bossclub.com
In today's episode we want to share a mental exercise we do on a regular basis that revolves around figuring out how to grow your business by 10x. Sometimes we think about how to just grow incrementally, but to really grow by leaps and bounds we might have to get uncomfortable a bit and push our assumptions in terms of how we can grow by an order of magnitude.
Point 1: The 10x Challenge
Point 2: Top-down vs. bottom-up approach
Point 3: What to do next
As always, feel free to send in your questions to podcast@bossclub.com to possibly be featured on the show.
Want to launch and grow your first business? See our available courses and training materials at www.bossclub.com
Once you are able to find your first customers (around 10 or so), there are several things you can do in your business that won't take long but they can have a HUGE impact on your business. In this episode, the guys talk about several things they would do in their sales/marketing, operations, and finances of the business to leverage their first 10 customers and accelerate the growth of the business.
Even if you haven't made 10 sales yet, or have already made 100, these tips are super applicable to your business at any time and can make a big impact. We hope it serves you in your entrepreneurial journey!
As always, feel free to send in your questions to podcast@bossclub.com to possibly be featured on the show.
Want to launch and grow your first business? See our available courses and training materials at www.bossclub.com
We love talking about business ideas and think it is a healthy exercise to evaluate whether or not it's a good business idea, and then role play to build out a mini launch and marketing plan for how you would go about growing the business.
In this episode, Charlie and David break down how they'd launch and grow a reusable gift back company. They nearly talked themselves into launching one after the excitement they experienced recording this episode!
If you haven't already listened to it, Episode 4 is a great primer for this series as the guys discuss their 6-question checklist for evaluating whether or not a business idea is a winner. You'll hear references to that episode so we encourage you to go listen to the whole thing!
As always, feel free to send in your questions to podcast@bossclub.com to possibly be featured on the show.
Want to launch and grow your first business? See our available courses and training materials at www.bossclub.com
Finding affiliates to promote your products and services is one of the best and quickest ways to grow your business. It's like having a massive sales force that is on a commission-only basis, meaning you only pay them when they generate sales. In this episode David and Charlie discuss different types of affiliate programs you can run with your store, how to set one up, and how to recruit affiliates. Over time, this can be one of the biggest money-makers for your business. It's worth taking the time to explore it in this episode!
As always, feel free to send in your questions to podcast@bossclub.com to possibly be featured on the show.
Want to launch and grow your first business? See our available courses and training materials at www.bossclub.com
We wanted to briefly describe our favorite books here that have been a game-changer in our business and personal lives. If you're looking for some 2022 good reads, look no further than this list!
Charlie's Favorite Books:
- "Work Energy" by Jim Harmer
- "The Lean Startup" by Eric Ries
- "Building a Story Brand" by Donald Miller
- "The Wright Brothers" by David McCullough
David's Favorite Books:
- "Influence" by Robert Cialdini
- "Team of Rivals" by Doris Kearns Goodwin
- "Endurance" by Alfred Lansing
- "Plutarch's Lives" by Plutarch
As always, feel free to send in your questions to podcast@bossclub.com to possibly be featured on the show.
Want to launch and grow your first business? See our available courses and training materials at www.bossclub.com
We're launching a new series that will show up frequently in the podcast: "How We'd Do It." We love talking about business ideas and think it is a healthy exercise to evaluate whether or not it's a good business idea, and then role play to build out a mini launch and marketing plan for how you would go about growing the business.
In this episode, Charlie and David break down how they'd launch and grow an RV/camper cleaning business to be a lucrative recurring income source.
If you haven't already listened to it, Episode 4 is a great primer for this series as the guys discuss their 6-question checklist for evaluating whether or not a business idea is a winner. You'll hear references to that episode so we encourage you to go listen to the whole thing!
As always, feel free to send in your questions to podcast@bossclub.com to possibly be featured on the show.
Want to launch and grow your first business? See our available courses and training materials at www.bossclub.com
Is my business idea a good one? This six-point checklist will help you reveal the answer. As an entrepreneur you will have TONS of "good ideas" and your challenge will be narrowing them down and focusing on the winning ideas you can pursue for long lengths of time. But certain businesses are far more likely to succeed than others, and this checklist will help you identify the good ones.
You'll learn:
- Why the GOAL for the business defines each decision you make
- How margins can determine the rate at which your business grows
- An easy test that tells you how complicated it will be to make money
- Why competition might be the most encouraging sign of a good business idea
- Why you should think ahead about the time and money involved in scaling your business (and what can happen if you don't)
As always, feel free to send in your questions to podcast@bossclub.com to possibly be featured on the show.
Want to launch and grow your first business? See our available courses and training materials at www.bossclub.com
This is one of the MOST common questions we get... how long should I stick with my business before quitting or moving onto something else?
It's a great question and one that requires some discussion because the answer will be slightly different for everyone. In this episode, David and Charlie talk about reasons they would stick with or stop a business, and give examples from their previous businesses and rationale for sticking with it or shutting it down.
You'll learn:
- How the GOAL of your business will drive every decision you make.
- How money isn't the only deciding factor in keeping a business running.
- Does your business have the impact you want in order to justify sticking through the hard days?
- What lifestyle do you want your business to create, and is that worth holding out for?
- How to challenge your assumptions and find more ways to grow the business.
All of this and more in Episode 3 of the Boss Club Podcast!
Want to be featured on the podcast? Send us your entrepreneurial questions, challenges, or success stories to podcast@bossclub.com and you might make it on the show.
Learn more about our entrepreneurship courses at bossclub.com
Succumbing to "built it and they will come" mentality is poisonous for your business (Charlie learned that the hard way and will share how and why!), but it is such a common trap for entrepreneurs. In this episode, David and Charlie talk about extremely practical ways to get out of this mentality and instead build a selling mentality that can help your startup grow from day one. You'll learn:
- How to not be so product-focused that you forget to prioritize sales
- How to prioritize your to-do list that puts sales first
- Why the way marketing is taught in college is wrong
- Why your existing customer base is the most valuable thing you own (and how to leverage it)
- How your existing customer base can be your best sales person
- How the MVP approach can save your business
Charlie even says "if there is one episode I wish I could go back and show my younger self, it's this one right here." We hope it helps you grow your business!
As always, reach out at podcast@bossclub.com with your questions or success stories to be featured on the podcast.
Learn more about our entrepreneurship courses at www.bossclub.com.
Running a business is very much like a game of survival, and most entrepreneurs lose that match. In the first episode of the Boss Club Podcast, Charlie and David discuss what we can learn from the world's leading survival experts and how we can apply those same strategies to our business. With these strategies you can not only survive, but thrive as a new company. You won't want to miss this first episode!
Here are the high-level topics we cover in more detail with many examples throughout:
- Survival Tactic #1: Following the Momentum
- Survival Tactic #2: Not Saying Yes to Everything
- Survival Tactic #3: Prioritization
- Survival Tactic #4: Taking Calculated Steps
Have a question you want to see addressed on the podcast? Email us at podcast@bossclub.com either with your text question or an audio file of your question and we might feature you!