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Eric Jorgenson
#039 Track Zach Marshall #3: 10x-ing your company in 4 Months
1 hour 39 minutes Posted May 31, 2022 at 8:30 am.
(2:29) - How clear is the picture of how far you’ve come in the past 4 months?
- Recapping Track Zach #2
- What are customers buying now and how have the service offerings changed?
- Do you know the bootstrapping process of these other industry marketplace products?
- How did you arrive at home security audit and family protection as the right first products to offer?
- What’s your ultimate revenue goal as it pertains to fundraising?
- What do your internal operations look like?
- Zach’s experience in Launch New York
- Spending too much time on “shiny object” opportunities
- Traction and the fundraising process
- Entrepreneurship is really hard
- Is there anything you’ve changed your mind on in the past quarter?
- Are there other mental models from your time as a SEAL that you apply in business?
- Feeling high leverage work shift over time
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(2:29) - How clear is the picture of how far you’ve come in the past 4 months?(3:27) - Recapping Track Zach #2(10:36) - What are customers buying now and how have the service offerings changed?(20:06) - Do you know the bootstrapping process of these other industry marketplace products?(21:49) - How did you arrive at home security audit and family protection as the right first products to offer?(29:20) - What’s your ultimate revenue goal as it pertains to fundraising?(38:35) - What do your internal operations look like?(41:06) - Zach’s experience in Launch New York(43:32) - Spending too much time on “shiny object” opportunities(48:55) - Traction and the fundraising process(57:01) - Entrepreneurship is really hard(1:06:01) - Is there anything you’ve changed your mind on in the past quarter?(1:17:06) - Are there other mental models from your time as a SEAL that you apply in business?(1:20:44) - Feeling high leverage work shift over time(1:26:22) - How can people listening help Conterra?Links: ConterraSecurity.comLaunchNY.orgThe Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben HorowitzThe Cold Start Problem by Andrew ChenNfX MarketplacesOther Episode You’ll Like:Kevin Espiritu: Bootstrapping Epic Gardening to 8 Figgures by mixing Media + D2C Biz Models. Oh and Poker, Pink Pineapples, and Male Models. To support this costs of producing this podcast: >> Buy a copy of the Navalmanak: www.navalmanack.com/ >> Sign up for my online course and community about building your Personal Leverage: https://www.ejorgenson.com/leverage >> Invest in early-stage companies alongside Eric and his partners at Rolling Fun: https://angel.co/v/back/rolling-fun>> Join the free weekly email list at ejorgenson.com/newsletter>> Text the podcast to a friend>> Give the podcast a positive review to help us reach new listeners >> Name-your-price subscription monthly, annual, or one-time: https://app.omella.com/o/9Bufa >> Follow me on Twitter: @ericjorgenson>> Get in touch about sponsoring this podcast by replying to an email or DMing me on Twitter.