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From immigrant to $50 million a year Entrepreneur with Martin Martinez

A few years after arriving in Australia with less than $3,000, Martin Martinez completed High School before pursuing a career in corporate Australia. After quickly realising that working for someone else wasn't right for him, he left his job to help his parents manage a dwindling French Patisserie which he helped turn around within a few months.

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Martin’s next challenge was to find the capital to start his own business. Returning to the corporate world at Star City Casino where Martin rapidly moved up the ladder. Within a couple of years he was asked to play a key role in the installation of poker on the casino floor. This experience gave Martin the impetus to launch the Australian Poker League in 2005 which became the world’s largest poker franchise with over 120 territories in two countries, generating over $50 million a year in revenue!

In this interview, Martin shares with you not just his story of success, but also his few years following the sale of his multi million dollar company where he suffered losses and struggled to make his businesses fly.

In this episode of Business Brain Food you will learn:

** Why you should trust your gut

** How being honest with yourself will make you money

** How luck can often be a factor of success

** How to manage creditors if you have cash flow issues

** Why tenacity is vital for you as an entrepreneur

Resources mentioned in this episode:

** www.entrepreneurcard.com.au

** http://au.linkedin.com/in/martinmatinezau

** martin@entrepreneurcard.com.au - mention the BBF Podcast for a special membership rate.

** Bottlerocket Combo (Rob Turner and Ian Dittman). If you want to buy their CD you can email Rob Turner robturner@ozemail.com.au

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Direct download: BBF008_Martin_Martinez_shares_his_Story.mp3
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Mastering Linkedin with Alex Pirouz

In this episode of Business Brain Food we talk to Alex Pirouz from Linkfluencer on how to master Linkedin. With so many different social media channels looking to steal your time, Alex will show you why LinkedIn makes good marketing sense and how you can use LinkedIn to gain more customers.

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As founder of Linkfluencer Alex now spends majority of his time focusing on the strategic direction and growth of the business to change the way entrepreneurs and business owners market their business through the effective use of LinkedIn as a marketing tool.

PLUS! I have my very first recorded listener question.

In this episode of Business Brain Food you will learn:

** 3 Reasons you should be using LinkedIn

** Alex Pirouz’s 3 step process for getting a result

** How to make sure your LinkedIn Profile is Compelling

** What to put in your heading and summary to attract the right connections

Resources mentioned in this episode:

** www.linkfluencer.com/linkedinmastery

** www.linkedin.com Eat That Frog - Brian Tracy

** Getting Things Done - David Allen

** 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen R Covey

** www.wunderlist.com

** Evernote

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Direct download: BBF007_Mastering_Linkedin_Alex_Pirouz.mp3
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The Sky is Not the Limit with Matt Hall

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With lessons learnt and tales told from a life in aviation that includes going to combat, evading missiles over Iraq, life in the Red Bull Air Race and countless near death experiences, Matt Hall will take you on a journey that is inspirational, motivational and educational, Matt shares his thoughts about risk management, preparing to succeed and teamwork and how he has applied this to several of his own businesses.

In this episode of Business Brain Food you will learn:

** Why it is important to diversify where your income comes from.

** A simple tool to remind you of ‘why’ you set off on your journey in the first place.

** The importance of having a great team and keeping your mid focused on the job at hand.

** Why you shouldn't try to erase your failures, but rather embrace them and make sure you don’t fall into the same trap again.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

** www.matthallracing.com

** www.wunderlist.com

** The Sky is Not the Limit - Matt Hall with David Lyall

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Direct download: BBF006_Chasing_your_Dreams_Matt_Hall.mp3
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Billionaire in Training and the Mindset of an Entrepreneur with Brad Sugars

Subscribe on iTunes Widely recognized as the world's top Business Coach, Brad Sugars has personally coached thousands of companies and their owners to greater success and leveraged his proven system to grow ActionCOACH into an award winning franchise organization. ActionCOACH has been awarded the #1 Business Coaching Franchise in the World every year since 2004 (Entrepreneur Magazine), and is currently ranked the #76 Franchise in the World (Entrepreneur Magazine). The company was also named Best Overall Company in North America (Stevie Awards) and has received dozens of other awards.

While Brad no longer provides one-on-one Business Coaching services himself, his ActionCOACH franchise organization of over 1,000 Business Coaches in 53 countries provides weekly coaching to over 15,000 companies and is the most recognized name and the leading Business Coaching Company in the world. In this interview Brad shares his thoughts on his Entrepreneurial Ladder and the mind shift required to start, build and run your own successful company. In this episode of Business Brain Food you will learn:

** Contrary to common belief… Why Entrepreneurs aren't risk takers

** What steps you need to take to have a business that works without you (and how long it should realistically take)

** That there isn't just one thing that will make you a successful business owner

** The different thinking between ‘Self Employed’ and ‘Entrepreneur’

** PLUS you will hear from Shane Conlon, a long term client of ActionCOACH. He shares his business growth journey from a Tradie on the tools to becoming the leader of a team of 18 employees.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

** www.bradsugars.com

** www.ntsaustralia.com.au

** Billionaire in Training - Bradley J Sugars

** brainfood@actioncoachanz.com

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Direct download: BBF_005_Brad_Sugars.mp3
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