The Growth Show with Matt Lenzie

David Owasi - Ace Your Business Academy

David is a marketing expert with a successful agency which has scaled significantly since COVID. He was born and grew up in Nigeria before moving to Canada.David established a painting and decorating business in Canada whilst he was at University, scaled this up to $1m of turnover.David now generates leads for clients at scale. He is currently considering how AI can be implemented into companies in a successful way.David uses software to create leverage in business, starting with LinkedIn's Sales Navigator, followed by Dux Soup or ULinc to connect with people, and then using GoHighLevel to move clients through the pipeline.David also talks about how AI can be used to create leverage, such as AI generated videos, and how it can be used to save time and create arbitrage.David uses email marketing, researching via Appollo.io, then uses sendpotion.com to send personalised messages to target clients.LinkedIn has recently introduced restrictions on the number of connections which you can make, so David then sends out requests to people to connect on LinkedIn by email.David's strategy for launching a business includes a 90-day sprint that includes:30 days of research: micro and macro research, Google Trends, competitor research, organic, SEO research etc. The micro sense of the research is going into the Reddit threads where talking are talking about the problem, then secures his first client for free or low cost.Second 30 days: implementation and identifying and creating demand: free training guide on how you can use this product or service. This then creates a relationship with people who are effectively admitting that they are struggling with the problem that the business solves, therefore you at that point have product market fit.Then implements the things which he has learned during the previous 60 days, and uses Facebook ads and TikTok’s ads to bring some scale into the business.David covers his views on how AI will impact the human race, and how he believes that it is important to learn how to instruct these AI tools.Recommended books:Almanack of Naval Ravikant48 Laws of Power - Robert Green - Law no 1, “Do not outshine the master!”The Four Hour Work Week - Tim Ferris - Work less and get more done.The Lean Startup - Eric RiceYou can find David at:instagram.com/davidowasilinkedin.com/davidowasiaceyourbusinessacademy.com

Donnie Bachan - Six Berries - 2022 Tech Round Up - What to look out for in 2023

Donnie is the founder of Six Berries and and he is a technology focussed founder, start-up advisor, NED and strategy consultant. Matt and Donnie have a weekly private mastermind, and we thought it would be fun to have a year end summary on the Growth Show.Topics:- Losers in 2022- Winners in 2022- Chat GPT - https://chat.openai.com/- AI- CryptoPlus much more!

Anthony Villis - Founder of Multi Award Winning First Wealth LLP - Wealth Management Unpacked.

 Anthony Villis is a serial entrepreneur and founder of the multi-award winning wealth management company First Wealth LLP, which recently won the coveted Chartered Financial Planning firm of the Year Award, 2021/2022 and has recently secured Certified B Corp Status.  Anthony has recently launched several new businesses the first being Open Advice (https://openadvice.co.uk/), which is a Fintech company which has built software which been designed to close the “advice gap” and enables financial services companies to onboard clients more easily.  Second Anthony and his team have launched Thrive Money (https://www.thrivemoneyhq.co.uk/), which in their words solves the following problem: “This lack of financial literacy can have a significant impact on individuals' confidence, autonomy and overall wellbeing. Robert Caplan, Director of First Wealth and his client created Thrive Money as a way to combat this issue, by breaking down barriers to accessible, practical and evidence based financial education.”  Anthony is a highly motivated business leader and his approach to his businesses is dynamic and exciting.  Key takeaways: The current financial situation we find ourselves in is the hangover from the financial crisisPost RDR the financial services sector the profession went from being too exam focused in Anthony’s opinion and now it has come back to a better balance of financial astuteness, but also engaging clients with additional services such as coaching and mentoring.Financial planners are turning clients away due to the costs associated with transactions, and are actively encouraging clients to go and invest with execution only platforms such as Hargreaves Lansdown which is probably not in their best interests in the longer term. Open Advice has been designed to provide a hybrid advice service which can enable clients to get the advice that they need to help them, through what they call “hybrid advice”.Find the limits - what are you capable of?Be clear about what you are trying to achieve and the reasons behind why you are trying to achieve this.Visit First Wealth for further details or visit Anthony's LinkedIn profile at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonyvillis-financialplanning/.

Dr Steve Day - Systems and Outsourcing - Doctor, Property Investor and Entrepreneur

Dr Steve Day is a former GP who built a property investment portfolio and then decided to explore how he could extrapolate himself from the business and built a series of systems and processes whilst working from Sweden where he now lives. Steve bought his first investment property when he was in his early 20’s, and made some “bad” business decisions but managed to keep hold of his property portfolio and then decided to retrain as a doctor in his late 20’s, with 7 years training required to achieve this goal.  Steve ended up creating a series of sideline businesses whilst he was a GP, but realised that he felt “restricted” working as a GP, and so then decided to return to the business world full time where he continued to build his property portfolio and then ultimately then built his current business Systems and Outsourcing.  Steve is extremely passionate about optimising processes both for his own and other people’s businesses and has create a business around this which in his words: “We help micro-business owners and entrepreneurs free their time using systems and outsourcing. We will show you how to hire, train, manage and grow a reliable, dedicated team of remote workers. We will provide you with step by step guidance on systemising your business processes and creating your operations manual to remove yourself entirely from the day-to-day operations of your business, enabling you to focus on what's most important to you in life.”  Key Takeaways: The only way that businesses scale and don’t fail is by implementing systems and processes Steve has a logical approach to business and enjoys dissecting themWhat am I doing right now that I shouldn’t actually be doing?Record me doing that process, then get someone else to do it, explaining how you do the task as you are doing itCapture the “how” of that taskThen a virtual assistant turns that task into a recorded process which is documentedEvery 10 minute task that you do daily, is costing you a week per yearIf you have a system for offloading your work, then you can start thinking about how to make improvements on the day-to-day activities that you work onIf you can remove yourself from your “admin” tasks, then your earning capacity immediately increases.If you can pay someone less than doing your low value work then you can increase your high value workIf you want to have more freedom in your life, you have to figure out how to free up some time from your businessLearning to “trust the system” versus “trusting the person” is a key step in the evolution of making sure that your systems are working effectivelyBusiness gets harder as the business gets biggerThe only way that a business can scale and not fail is by implementing robust systems and processesSteve is extremely structured with his time and has freed up both a Monday and a Friday which means that he can go and do the things which he wants to. Recommended books:The E-Myth by Michael Gerber - https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/michael-e-gerber/e-myth/9780887304729?msclkid=d27ff1b162251c15539892e6f645dc94Traction by Gino Wickman - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Traction-Get-Grip-Your-Business/dp/1936661837Clockwork by Michael Michalowicz - https://clockworkbymikemichalowicz.com/Content Machine by Dan Morris - https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/dan-norris/content-machine/9780995404427?msclkid=f6d99b7da4551af467fbf82a3aa39f80Work The System - Sam CarpenterLife Leverage by Rob Moore - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Life-Leverage-Outsource-Everything-Lifestyle/dp/190984666XThe 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris - https://fourhourworkweek.com/ Steve’s website is https://systemsandoutsourcing.com/ and he is available via LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-steve-day/ and 

Andi Cooke - from £0 to £30m property portfolio - Whitebox Property Solutions - Property Development Entrepreneur

Andi Cooke co-founder of Whitebox Property Solutions joins Matt Lenzie for the latest episode of the Growth Show.By way of background Andi is a former tradesman, who built his own house, which gave him a taste of the potential of property development, he subsequently team up with Lloyd Girardi, and I think its probably fair to say that neither of them have subsequently looked back, with a portfolio gross development value of £30m.Andi has always been a grafter, and he built his own businesses from the ground up. Andi provides a huge amount of value during the podcast and shares some of the things which have help him achieve his goals.Matt and Andi discuss a wide range of different topics including Andi's journey, how he motivates himself, how he has overcome some of the challenges he has faced and much more. Some takeaways:Activity creates opportunityConsistency is keyAttempting to remove the peaks and the troughsHow to create a compelling proposition to motivate yourselfRead or listen to David Goggins - Can’t Hurt Me - If this doesn’t motivate you then you potentially don’t have emotions! ;-)How Andi’s why has evolvedChallenging yourself frequently is important both from a business and a personal perspectiveTo achieve the extraordinary you have to do extraordinary thingsAndi is on instagramWhitebox's website is: https://www.whiteboxps.com/