Mike Michalowicz: Profit First, Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine | E219

Published: April 17, 2023, 8 a.m.

b'Mike Michalowicz had founded and sold two multi-million dollar companies by his 35th birthday and was confident that he had it made. After he became a small business angel investor, he lost his entire fortune due to a series of bad business decisions. Mike decided to start over, find a way to grow healthy and strong businesses, and eliminate entrepreneurial poverty. In this episode, Mike will break down his Profit First framework. He will also give the rundown on how to create and manage a profitable business.\\xa0\\n\\nMike Michalowicz is the entrepreneur behind three multimillion-dollar companies and is an author of business books for entrepreneurs and small business owners like Profit First, Clockwork, The Pumpkin Plan, Fix This Next, and Get Different. Mike is a former small business columnist for The Wall Street Journal and regularly travels the globe as an entrepreneurial advocate. He became a business author with a clear mission: Eradicate entrepreneurial poverty.\\xa0\\n\\nIn this episode, Hala and Mike will discuss:\\xa0\\n- Why profits should come first\\xa0\\n- The Profit First Formula\\n- How Parkinson\\u2019s Law applies to profiting\\n- Why you should split your money into small chunks\\n- Target Allocation Percentages (TAP)\\n- The way to handle business debt\\n- Why constrained spending brings natural innovation\\xa0\\n- Why all revenue is not the same\\n- The most effective marketing strategy for small businesses\\n- And other topics\\u2026\\n\\nMike Michalowicz is the creator of Profit First, which is used by hundreds of thousands of companies across the globe to drive profit. Today, Mike leads two new multi-million-dollar ventures, as he tests his latest business research for his books. He is a former small business columnist for The Wall Street Journal and business makeover specialist on MSNBC. Mike is a popular main-stage keynote speaker on innovative entrepreneurial topics; and is the author of Get Different, Fix This Next, Clockwork, Profit First, Surge, The Pumpkin Plan, and The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur. Fabled author Simon Sinek deemed Mike Michalowicz \\u201c\\u2026the top contender for the patron saint of entrepreneurs.\\u201d\\n\\nResources Mentioned:\\nMike\\u2019s Website: https://mikemichalowicz.com/\\nMike\\u2019s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemichalowicz/\\nMike\\u2019s Twitter: https://twitter.com/MikeMichalowicz?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\\nMike\\u2019s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikemichalowicz/?hl=en\\nMike\\u2019s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MikeMichalowiczFanPage\\nMike\\u2019s Podcast The Entrepreneurship Elevated Podcast: https://mikemichalowicz.com/podcast/\\nMike\\u2019s Blog: https://mikemichalowicz.com/blog/\\nMike\\u2019s Book Profit First:\\xa0https://mikemichalowicz.com/profit-first/\\nProfit First Instant Assessment: https://s3.amazonaws.com/ProfitFirst/PF-InstantAssessment.pdf\\xa0\\n\\nLinkedIn Secrets Masterclass, Have Job Security For Life:\\nUse code \\u2018masterclass\\u2019 for 25% off at yapmedia.io/course.\\n\\nSponsored By:\\xa0\\nShopify - Sign up for a $1 per month trial period at shopify.com/profiting\\n\\nMore About Young and Profiting\\nDownload Transcripts - youngandprofiting.com\\xa0\\xa0\\nGet Sponsorship Deals - youngandprofiting.com/sponsorships\\nLeave a Review -\\xa0ratethispodcast.com/yap\\nWatch Videos - youtube.com/c/YoungandProfiting\\n\\nFollow Hala Taha\\nLinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/htaha/\\nInstagram - instagram.com/yapwithhala/\\nTikTok - tiktok.com/@yapwithhala\\nTwitter - twitter.com/yapwithhala\\n\\nLearn more about YAP Media Agency Services - yapmedia.io/'