In today’s episode, Jeff begins a series of shows exploring people who have created businesses based on their skills. In this show, Jeff interviews Donnie Boivin of Success Champion Network.

Donnie and Jeff discuss:

1. Served 4 years in the Marine Corp and 20 years straight in Commission Sales.
2. Became one of the top Sales Trainers in the country.
3. Learned about entrepreneurship at age 40; no one in his family had done it before.
4. One comment over dinner changed his life; (15) Days later he started his own company.
5. Started off as a success coach and faced losing it all after 6 months.
6. After talking to his wife he started a podcast that became very successful.
7. In April of 2020, COVID hit and put a stop to a conference he had worked very hard to plan.
8. After talking to his wife again, he decided to fix and teach what people hated about networking.
9. What's next: Business Summit in September 2022.
10. What's new: New book that addresses the hardships/dark side of building a business.

Fast Five Questions:

1. If you woke up and your business was gone, you have $500, a laptop, a place to live, and food, what would you do first? “Build a community; find a very specific topic he can get passionate about (mindset related) and launch a podcast to build a private community at an offsite site.”
2. What is the biggest mistake that you have made in business? “Thinking it was going to be easy but building a job instead of a company. The transition from employee to business owner requires you to grow your thinking so you think like a CEO.”
3. What is a book that you would recommend? “Had to stop reading, it impacts his business but an old school one by Jen Sincero “You're a badass at making money” and “Prison of your own” by Sean Michael Crane.”
4. What is a tool that you use everyday that you would recommend? “Ontraport and Circle.so”
5. What is the best way to contact you? “On LinkedIn  https://www.linkedin.com/in/donnieboivin/”

Jeff spent the early part of his career working for others. Jeff had started 5 businesses that failed before he had his first success. Since that time he has learned the principles of a successful business and has been able to build and grow multiple seven-figure businesses. Jeff lives in the Austin area and is actively working in his community and supporting the growth of small businesses. He is a board member of the Incubator.Edu program at Vista Ridge High School and is on the board of directors of the Leander Educational Excellence Foundation

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