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Employee #1 at Consulting.com on Growing from $0 to $26M in 2 Years

Employee #1 at Consulting.com on Growing from $0 to $26M in 2 Years

FromBackstage Careers


Employee #1 at Consulting.com on Growing from $0 to $26M in 2 Years

FromBackstage Careers

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Length:
55 minutes
Released:
Mar 22, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In today's episode I talk to Nick Fisher who was employee #1 at Consulting.com -one of the most successful courses for entrepreneurs online with over 20,000 active students. Before that he was the marketing director at  Clever Investor  which he helped grow from $5 to $16M/year.A couple fun facts about Nick:1) He's spent over $15M in Ads on Facebook and YouTube throughout his career, and has generated over $87M in online course sales2) He landed his first marketing director job by retargeting the CEO of Clever Investor with Facebook Ads until he gave in3) He's a huge nerd about personality tests and we talk about how he using those to build a dream team for his new company.SHOW NOTES:00:54 Nick's career start (corporate accounting + starting small businesses)06:35 How Nick landed a marketing director job by retargeting Cody Sperberg with Facebook Ads10:07 The "test of wits" he had to pass to land the marketing director position at Clever Investor13:28 Nick's take on the value of working with someone like Sam Ovens or Cody Sperberg14:51 How much he scaled Cody’s business15:47 His failures & lessons learned as a young manager at Clever Investor17:40 Leaving Clever Investor to work with Sam Ovens as employee #1 of Consulting.com24:45 Lessons learned from working with Sam31:34 Why he left Consulting.com to start his own company37:53 Starting his own company Agexa39:30 Advice to his younger self & general career advice43:30 Stories of how other early employees at Consulting.com got their jobs there47:39 How Nick is using personality tests to build a balanced team for his company (similar to Ray Dalio is doing for Bridgewater)53:25 Positions Nick is hiring for at Agexa? Check out Nick's company Agexa (they're hiring): https://www.agexa.com? Nick's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickwfish/? And feel free to DM me on Instagram with any feedback for the podcast or any questions: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyjohnmary
Released:
Mar 22, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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Backstage Careers is a podcast where I interview the linchpins who are working behind the scenes with some of the biggest entrepreneurs and creators out there.My goal with the podcast is to show you what it's like working with these influential people, and how you can land a job working for someone you look up to.