295: Topic | Entrepreneurship with Brendan Kane, Jill Stanton, and Bedros Keuilian

Overview

Brendan Kane author of One Million Followers, Jill Stanton from Screw the Nine to Five, and Bedros Keuilian founder of Fit Body Bootcamp and author of Man Up talk to your host Travis Chappell about the entrepreneurial journey. Learn how your environment can affect your success, how to spot a fake online entrepreneur, and how your response to failure can determine your resiliency.

Episode Highlights:

  • Brendan Kane
    • Brendan had the entrepreneurial spirit from an early age.
    • He learned about business by starting his own internet companies.
    • You can be born with an entrepreneurial spirit, but your environment can be a big contributor as well.
    • A key aspect of being an entrepreneur is whether you are okay with failure.
  • Jill Stanton
    • Jill is teaching people to get started in entrepreneurship.
    • How to make a smooth transition from your job to your business.
    • You have to watch out for fake online entrepreneurs.
  • Bedros Keuilian
    • You need humor, resourcefulness, and resiliency.
    • Bedros’ family helped form his attitude and kept him positive.
    • How Bedros used “the immigrant edge” to be more resilient.

The Random Round:

  • What profession other than your own do you think it would be fun to attempt?
    • Professor
  • If you could sit on a park bench with anyone past or present and talk with them for an hour, who would it be and why?
    • Sidarthur, Jesus, or any of the prophets
  • How do you like to consume content?
    • Books
    • Audio
  • Jon’s favorite audiobooks:
    • Think and Grow Rich
  • Jon’s morning routine:
    • Get up and wash face
    • Make some coffee
    • Meditation time
    • Reading and content curation
    • Help kids with breakfast and get them out the door
    • Quality time with wife
    • Head to work
  • What is your go-to pump up song?
    • Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes by Paul Simon
  • What is something you’re not very good at?
    • Artistic endeavors – writing, English, art
  • What is one place online where we can find Jon the most?
    • Instagram @JonFerrara

3 Key Points:

  1. Figure out what your passion is, build your plan to achieve it, and make steps toward it every day.
  2. Enter into every relationship with the intent to serve and grow them.
  3. The best thing you could do in any relationship is to listen.

Tweetable Quotes:

  • “The best way to learn about business is by starting your own.” -Brendan
  • “The best thing you can ask someone you’re thinking of hiring is ‘what results have you gotten.’” -Jill
  • “When the economy crashed, that’s when I created Fit Body Bootcamp.” -Bedros

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