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Resource4 Steps to Building a High-Performance Team
Dan argues that not training your people is why your business is stuck, citing Zig Ziglar's line that you build the people and the …
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ResourceHow to Build the Ultimate Affiliate Program
Martell lays out four strategies for a powerful SaaS affiliate program, claiming he learned them generating tens of millions of …
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ResourceWhat I Learned in Rehab...
Dan Martell argues entrepreneurship is the ultimate personal development program, rooted in his own story: at 17 he ended up in …
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ResourceWhat Is Churn? (How to Fix It)
Martell says churn was killing his company Flowtown: with 10,000 customers churning 12% a month, the company would lose 100% of its …
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Resource5 Time-Wasting Habits That Are Holding You Back
Dan Martell argues that even entrepreneurs who understand his buy-back-your-time principle sabotage themselves with five 'time …
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ResourceHow to Hire the Right Employees
(Summarized from the German caption track.) Dan Martell presents his 'Next Hire Focuser' framework from his book 'Buy Back Your …
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ResourceHow to Overcome Setbacks Like an Athlete
Martell recounts a season of physical setbacks while training for a full Ironman after moving across Canada to British Columbia. …
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ResourceHow To Grow Your Business Without Money
Dan Martell explains how to grow without burning out using the 'replacement ladder' from his book Buy Back Your Time, prompted by …
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ResourceThe Most Important Trait In Successful People
Martell argues the world rewards courageous decisions, using his own 2012 decision after selling Flowtown. While on an earnout — he …
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ResourceHow to Deploy Time in Your Business
Martell introduces the DRIP Matrix from his book 'Buy Back Your Time' as a way to deploy time and avoid the pain line, where more …
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ResourceThe Real Reason I Quit Drinking
Dan Martell, serial entrepreneur and creator of SaaS Academy, explains why he quit drinking almost a decade ago, saying next May …
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ResourceHow Selling My Business Almost K*lled Me
Martell describes how selling his first company, after four years of what he calls 100-hour weeks where the business was his entire …
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Resource4 Steps to Build Brand in Your Business
Dan Martell explains how to build brand authority to attract perfect-fit customers, framed as four steps. He opens with his own fear …
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ResourceOvercome Your Fear of Failure
Martell reframes the topic from fear of failure to fear of success: succeeding can feel threatening because it sets a new public …
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ResourceMoving to a New City (How to Succeed)
Martell argues for making the bold move to a new city, drawing on three moves of his own: at 21 he drove out west on a four-day road …
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ResourceI Wrote a Best-Selling Book While Buying Back my Time
Dan Martell deconstructs how he applied his Buy Back Your Time principles to writing Buy Back Your Time itself. The idea grew from a …
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ResourceHow To Find Growth Minded Friends
Dan Martell shares how he built a peer community after moving to Kelowna, BC, hosting SaaS boardroom clients he describes as doing …
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ResourceHow To Think Like A Wealthy Person
Dan Martell teaches that wealth is a ratio, not an income figure: his father's line was 'it's not what you make, it's what you …
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ResourceBecome the "Ironman" of Business
Dan Martell recounts how he reluctantly got into triathlon after years of only running and being unable to swim or road bike. A …
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ResourceRaise Capital for Your SaaS
This coaching call is with Michael of Pre-Approve Me, a mortgage-software business serving mortgage companies. Michael says the …
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ResourceThe Only Marketing Strategy You'll Ever Need
Dan Martell argues most founders hire marketers without a playbook, measurement, or strategy, leaving the business dependent on …
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ResourceScale Your SaaS Company Beyond 10k MRR
Dan Martell coaches Robert Ducharme, CEO of routezilla.com, which he says helps home service providers never lose a lead because of …
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ResourceEmail Marketing Strategies For B2B SaaS Companies
Dan Martell argues most B2B SaaS email marketing is unstructured blasting, and sets out four campaigns to audit and rate yourself …
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ResourceHow to Build a Sales Team
This is a coaching conversation with Johnny Clark, CEO of Locate a Locum, who describes his company as a SaaS-enabled marketplace …
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