The Entry Level Entrepreneur Podcast With Grant El

A native Nashvillian, LeShane is CEO and Co-Founder of Sagents, a cloud B2B sales and procurement platform, and President of Pishon Sales Outsourcing. Prior to branching out he worked as a sales development advisor to small and medium businesses. LeShane currently serves as a Google and Code2040 Entrepreneur in Residence. In December of 2016 LeShane […] The post ELE: 022 – LeShane Greenhill Shares the Sales Strategies and Tactics He Uses to Build Successful Businesses appeared first on Grant Ellis.

Santi Tefel has spent 10 years in building a career in the private banking industry. His polished, professional demeanor and work ethic has quickly allowed him a variety of experiences including an international banking internship, Operational bank Manager and he currently serves as Senior Vice President of Private Client Services for Pinnacle Financial Partners focused […] The post ELE: 021 – How Santi and Anna Tefel Built a Successful Franchise Business While Keeping Their Day Jobs appeared first on Grant Ellis.

Dallas started his first company, KISSTIXX, as a class project during his junior year of college.  His love to create and drive to succeed built a small idea into a real business, selling millions of units of lip balm in more than 20 countries.  Dallas dropped out of school to pursue his dream and his company was […] The post ELE: 020 – How Dallas Robinson of KISSTIXX Builds And Runs Multiple Businesses At the Same Time appeared first on Grant Ellis.

Derek Evans is the co-founder of Project 615. From the outside, Project 615 seems to be a simple, very successful business, and they are. They produce and sell t-shirts. Project 615 is much bigger than just t-shirts though. They have a mission to impact the people in their community and to make a lasting difference […] The post ELE: 019 – How Derek Evans of Project 615 Started With a Mission and Build a Thriving Business To Support It appeared first on Grant Ellis.

Man, what a week. What a month. What a year! Things have been crazy and I wanted to update you on what I’ve learned and what I’m in the process of learning. I hope something I say helps you in your process. Feel free to reach out to me @granthamellis on social media. The post Morning Minutes: 011 – Hiring, Firing, and Fear appeared first on Grant Ellis.

Kevin Thompson is one of the most sought after attorneys in the country in the direct sales industry. Named as one of the most influential people in direct sales in 2014, Kevin Thompson has extensive experience and helps business owners operate their businesses on secure legal footing. He was also recently selected as a Super […] The post ELE: 018 – How Kevin Thompson Built A 20 Person Law Firm By Changing The Model, Pushing Content, and Providing Value appeared first on Grant Ellis.

Let’s talk about sales. No, not just tactics and strategies. Let’s talk about the other side of sales. Some would say the rest of the equation is the most important part. The post Morning Minutes 010: Sales! Sales! Sales! appeared first on Grant Ellis.

As owner and Lead Agent of The Anderson Group Real Estate Services in Nashville TN, Josh Anderson wants to ensure that his clients make a sound real estate investment that ultimately puts money in their pocket.With a degree in international trade and finance coupled with a military stint in Afghanistan, Josh runs his team like a […] The post ELE: 017 – How Josh Anderson Built A Real Estate Empire By Helping People and Doing The Little Things Well appeared first on Grant Ellis.

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It’s true. I hate New Year’s resolutions. I know, I know. Don’t get all angry on me just yet. I have my reasons. The main reason is that we like to set them and then by January 15th we have failed. And failure sucks. There is an alternative. Wanna say hi? Hit me up at […] The post Morning Minutes 008: I Hate New Year’s Resolutions appeared first on Grant Ellis.

Laci Bonner is the Founder/CEO of e-commerce store, The Rage, www.shoptherage.com. The Rage launched in 2010 as a brick and mortar store before the big ‘boutique boom’ and has since sold over $12M in revenue. Offering products at competitive prices, they’ve created brand awareness nation-wide and continue to stand out amongst other online retailers. She […] The post ELE: 016 – How Laci Bonner Built Multiple Businesses Using Google and Common Sense appeared first on Grant Ellis.

Mariana Hernandez was tired of paying too much for lingerie, searching for sales, or settling for brands that did not speak to her (we are not all angels!). She wanted to find an alternative that would be smart, seamless, and uncomplicated. White Rabbit is the end of that search. Together with Cristian, she first began working […] The post ELE: 015 – How Mariana Hernandez of White Rabbit NY Built a Unique Brand In a Crowded Space appeared first on Grant Ellis.

Jason Denenberg is the Founder/CEO of NourishWise. NourishWise is the easiest and most expansive nutrition solution in the $350B local, (non-chain) restaurant market. The company is taking the guilt and guesswork out of eating healthy while dining out. Their first city is Nashville,TN with plans to scale to other cities quickly. The company identifies great […] The post ELE: 014 – How Jason Denenberg Became A Thought Leader On Entrepreneurship Before Launching His First Company appeared first on Grant Ellis.

“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” – John Wooden The post Morning Minutes 007: Personal Brand appeared first on Grant Ellis.

“Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.” –Benjamin Franklin “Time is money.” – Benjamin Franklin “You delay, but time will not.” – Benjamin Franklin “Time lost is never found again.” – Benjamin Franklin The post Morning Minutes 006: I Suck at Time Management appeared first on Grant Ellis.

“New technologies, be it the printed encyclopedia or Wikipedia, are not abstract machines that independently render us stupid or smart. As we saw with Enlightenment reading technologies, knowledge emerges out of complex processes of selection, distinction, and judgment—out of the irreducible interactions of humans and technology. We should resist the false promise that the empty […] The post Morning Minutes 005: Overconsumption appeared first on Grant Ellis.

“Successful people maintain a positive focus in life no matter what is going on around them. They stay focused on their past successes rather than their past failures, and on the next action steps they need to take to get them closer to the fulfillment of their goals rather than all the other distractions that […] The post Morning Minutes 004: Taking Action appeared first on Grant Ellis.

“My fear now is of cliche, of complacency, of not being able to feel authenticity in myself and those around me.” – John Hawkes Who am I really? Am I the person that I show to everyone on social media? Am I the person I present to people I do business with? How do I […] The post Morning Minutes 003: On Authenticity appeared first on Grant Ellis.

“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds, cannot change anything.” George Bernard Shaw The way we consume content is rapidly changing. Video is taking the place of words. Social platforms are taking the place of websites. How will ideas be distributed in the future? The post Morning Minutes 002: Are Words and Websites Dying? appeared first on Grant Ellis.

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.” – Mark Twain We are all afraid of something. How you deal with fear determines how much you will grow. The post Morning Minutes 001: On Fear appeared first on Grant Ellis.