Valuetainment Podcast

If you went out there and read every single business book in the world including every biography about every billionaire, there are eight skills you won't learn from reading books. So let's get right into the eight skills that you won't learn from reading books, and then what you can do to acquire those skills.

There are a lot of smart people that come up to me and say, "Pat, this business thing is a piece of cake. I'm an executive, and I have a degree from XYZ. I'm thinking about being a business owner, and it's going to be so easy for me." They go in extremely arrogant and cocky. Then then boom, they fail, and then they wonder why. So in the video I get into 12 reasons why smart people fail in business.

Episode 49: How To Build Your Business Remotely by Patrick Bet-David

If you want to win at the game of entrepreneurship, you have to know these 20 rules of money. Here's how to play to win the money game.

Do you know how many times I hear a message like, "Pat! I've got a billion dollar idea! We're going to be the next billion dollar company!" In this episode I get into why your great idea sucks, and why you should stop focusing on great ideas.

They say one little leak can sink a massive ship. And if you're an entrepreneur, if you don't find leaks in your business, and plug them, you can absolutely sink your ship. Today I talk about how to find the leaks in three different types of businesses and how to plug them. Then at the end, I give you feedback on what you need to do with your business.

Imagine that you're an animal that lives in the jungle. If you were naïve about how all the other animals in the jungle are wired, how long do you think you'd survive? One day? Six or 12 hours? How long? Not a long time, right? All it takes is one evening before you're someone's prey and you're dead. That's exactly how it is in the world of business. If you don't study the types of entrepreneurs and understand how people are wired, you won't last long in business. So in this episode, I get into the 15 types of entrepreneurs in the animal kingdom.

You're an entrepreneur. You just started a business, and you're asking the question everybody struggles with. "Who do I hire first as my first employee?" Do I hire somebody in sales, marketing, operations, accounting, finance, product development, legal? Who do I hire first? Answering that question when hiring your first employee is a very simple answer that I get into in this episode.

In this episode I get into ways for parents to support young entrepreneurs. So if you're a parent of a teenage or young person that's an aspiring entrepreneur, this message is for you. It's also for teenage entrepreneurs that want your parents' support. I want you to listen to this episode and then sit down with your parents and listen to it with them.

There are six questions you must ask yourself in order for you to position yourself to dominate an industry. That's what I get into in this episode. And by the way, the six questions work for every single industry.

Really? There are benefits to being second place? Didn't Ricky Bobby's father say that "second place is the first loser?" Even Vince Lombardi is quoted as saying, "Sure, winning isn't everything; it's the only thing." Right? So you may be asking, "So, Patrick, how can you do a Valuetainment episode titled, "The Benefits of Being Second Place in Business?" I explain that in this episode.

Those rich people. Don't you get sick and tired of them? All they care about is money! They're such greedy people! I'm telling you, I grew up believing all this crazy stuff. I literally grew up despising rich people. But a book I read made me view rich people differently, and I've since debunked these 12 rich people myths.

Once you learn the game of money, it is very easy to make money. But as easy as it is to make money, it is 100 times easier to lose it all, if you make one of these 10 dumbest mistakes entrepreneurs make with their money.

As an entrepreneur, you meet a lot of people. But do they remember you? In today's episode I give 11 ways to be memorable.

Great coaches, mentors and CEOs are all very good at having a certain intuition where they know which player, talent, or future leader to bet on. There's something about them. Somehow they know who's going to be successful. They get credit for choosing and putting their money on the right people. I'm here to tell you that there's seven signs that you're going to be successful in life.