[Podcast] Four Ways to Generate Income Using ESBI with Gerry Frank [RR 587]

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Gerry Frank has over 30 years of experience as an independent shop owner. And he, along with his wife Laura, have a current location in the Cleveland market, where their business continues to thrive regardless of the economic environment. Gerry was featured in a Ratchet & Wrench article, where he, along with his business partner, laid out how they grew an abandoned shop in one of the poorest city's in the nation from Zero to a Million dollars in sales in just 12 short months. Gerry is also a principal owner in Repair Shop Coach and is dedicated to helping shop owners achieve their dreams. Look for Gerry’s other episodes HERE.

Key Talking Points:

• Entrepreneurship is a journey
• 4 stages business go through- quadrantE- employee
• S- self employed
• B- business owner
• I- investor 
• Employee- “technician phase”Start off working for someone
• Income is capped
• Self employed- lack of control Do you own the business or does the business own you? 
• Doing it all in business
• Strategy is to have more customers, do more work but it leaves you more buried
• Business owner- lead people and develop systems and processesBuilding efficient machine whether you are there are not 
• When you are a leader, you are a trainer 
• Taking the time to really think 
• Delegating and inspect what you expect
• Investor- putting your money into something that consistently produces a return

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