Mentor Musings: Recent Episodes
JC Garrett, Brett Trainor, and Dennis Kreger
What's your guiding voice for building your startup?
Into every generation, a podcast is born. One of them is this one: Mentor Musings is two startup mentors that recap tropes and insights from their week, helping guide dozens of different founders build their ventures.
On this show, each week is a new season, and each season is an opportunity to see what happens when a little mentorship and coaching collide with determined entrepreneurs.
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In this episode of Mentor Musings, JC & Brett share their strategies for startups within the B2B and B2C industries.
In part two of our three-part series, mentors JC and Brett talk about the go-to-market strategies that they suggest to new founders with their startups and businesses.
When is the best or worst time to start a business? What questions do you need to ask yourself before you begin your startup? Do you have a lot of ideas for ventures? If you do, listen in on this episode of Mentor Musings as mentors JC and Brett talk about when the best time and worst time to start a business.
This is an essential question you must have an answer for at each stage of your startup. Once answered, it will help you create a strong foundation that is essential for growth. Mentors JC Garrett (CEO of Farshore Partners & DashFire), and Brett Trainor (CEO & Founder of iQuipt) highlight this question in this week's episode of Mentor Musings!
There is a lot of debate about whether success is a matter of luck or hard work. While there’s no definite answer, it may be that both are needed to get ahead in life. However, many people believe that a combination of talent, timing, and tenacity can help you achieve success. For example, if you have the right amount of each of these three things you may have the opportunity to work with someone who has all three and can become successful quickly due to your combined efforts. Dennis and Brett tackle this topic and stay for the end to hear mentor JC give his reaction.
The hardest part of a startup is the feedback loop. For every yes, there will be at least one no. Receiving feedback from investors can be discouraging when it's not what you expected, but it is important to keep an open mind. Feedback from investors can be invaluable for helping you shape your idea, refine your pitch, and learn more about the market. With this in mind, here are some things to keep in mind before receiving feedback from an investor. Listen in on Mentors JC and Brett muse on how to receive and utilize the feedback that investors give to startup and business founders.
If you’re like many startup founders, you might not have thought about this question. There are a lot of other things to think about in a startup: hiring the right people, company culture, developing a product, and the list goes on and on. But your employees are your business, and they are the key to success. So what do you need to do to retain them? In this Mentor Musings episode, mentors JC and Brett tackle this question in this week's Mentor Answers.
Comparing your business or startup to others is tricky. While it may seem like a good idea to see what your competitors are doing and learn from them, it's hard to say whether or not it's worth it. Check out the episode to hear the Mentors answer this question.
Core values are important for businesses and startups because they define the company and what it stands for. It's important to remember that people will always choose a product based on its values. JC and Brett speak on the importance of strong core values for any business or startup.
Entrepreneurship is not an easy path. Sometimes you may feel like you're the only one who can take on these challenges and that no one understands your pain. But look around, there are people who support your journey and want to help. Mentors JC and Brett are here for you and give their insights on the valuable lessons that they learned with their entrepreneurial journies.
In this segment of Mentor Musings, producer Dennis asks the mentors what they learned this week. As an entrepreneur and founder of a business or startup, you have to constantly keep learning, including our founders. Every moment and interaction that the mentors have with their mentees is a learning moment for them. We here at Mentor Musings believe in the power of knowledge and learning about something new about our business or even ourselves as often as possible.
Everyone who has started a business or ran a startup has asked themselves this very question, "Why should I become an entrepreneur?" If you're frustrated at work and find yourself never happy with what you're doing, then becoming an entrepreneur might be the answer. Listen in on mentor's JC and Brett's take on this loaded question.
Everyone who has started a business or ran a startup understands that the road can be a long and difficult one. When your body and mind are no longer functioning at their best, it’s often too difficult to see the finish line. Luckily, there are ways to help with this. Physical and mental wellness is of the utmost importance for anyone who is starting or running a business.
When you think of challenges & objections, they might not be the first thing that comes to mind. However, they are one of the essential components of starting a business. JC Garrett and Brett Trainor explain why embracing challenges & objections are so crucial to success in this episode of Mentor Musings. Mentors JC Garrett and Brett Trainor muse about why it's so important for business owners and startup founders to embrace the objections and challenges of starting a company or business.
In this episode, mentors JC and Brett muse about why it's essential for business and startup founders to continue to develop their leadership skills.
In this episode, mentors JC and Brett muse about why it's essential for business and startup founders to continue personal development.
In this episode, mentors JC and Brett muse about an essential element that is needed for your business and startup and why you should prioritize it.
Are you setting goals and milestones for your startup? Join mentors JC Garrett and Brett Trainor as they break down the importance of setting goals and checking in on your milestones as your business and startup grow.
In this episode, JC and Brett talk about what it takes to start a business, how old is the average startup and business founder, and Pitchbook's quarterly Venture Monitor. All that and more in this episode of Mentor Musings.
In this episode, Mentors Brett Trainor and JC Garrett talk about the power of linking their personal brand and the brand of their venture.
In this episode, mentors JC and Brett dispel common myths like TAM being confused with target market, scaling up over exiting, and much more all in this episode.
As a founder of a new business or startup, it's critical to seek product & service feedback. Learn how to ask those scary questions and understand the value that those scary answers are going to give back to your company.
Are you the bottleneck in your business? Mentor JC Garrett and Brett Trainor talk about the challenges, barriers, and bottlenecks that a startup founder will go through.
In this Episode of Mentor Musings, Mentors JC Garrett and Brett Trainor muse about what you should ask when you're seeking out an investor, advisor, or mentor for your business or startup.
Are you thinking of taking on a cofounder for your business or startup? Who do you want to bring on to help start your company? Mentors JC Garrett and Brett Trainor go over the essential factors that are needed in bringing on a cofounder. Are you the hacker, the hustler, or the hipster/drawer/artist? Do you have the essential skills to start your business? Do you need to find and bring on someone that has the skills you don't have? All of that will be covered and more in this episode of Mentor Musings.
Mentors JC Garrett and Brett Trainor talk about sales, branding, marketing, and the value of being efficient as a founder for a startup by avoiding the pitfalls of new businesses and companies. Understand the value of No and knowing what you need and don't need to do for your budding business.
Does your business have competition, are you competing with others, or are you competing with yourself? Join mentors JC and Brett as they talk about competition within the startup world and how it affects business.
Mentors JC Garrett and Brett Trainor give their take on startup funding and the importance of being self-funded.
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Welcome everyone to Mentor Musings. A YouTube entrepreneur podcast that focuses on leadership development for startup and business founders. Every week there's a new episode where mentors JC Garrett and Brett Trainor talk about questions startup and business founders' have, common pitfalls to new businesses, what you should do in certain scenarios, and much more.
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/JC_Garrett
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jcglg20/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcgarrett/
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bretttrainor/
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https://www.iQuipt.com