#GrowNOW The Podcast

Like everything, the faster we identify a problem, the easier is to find the solution. If someone tells you, that they have a magic wand and they can solve your business problems, how long it would take you to identify those areas where you know you could use help? Our guess is that your answer will come pretty fast. Take away the possibility of the magic wand, the issues are still there so why we...

In the moment when we take the time to reflect on our business, responsibilities and challenges, we might get to a few questions that can improve our point of view. Being the person that always takes care of everything, we might not know, when in turn, we need a helping hand. Today’s episode focuses on how to identify when you need support as an entrepreneur, what are the areas where help is neede...

How does it feel leaving the comfort of Zoom business meetings? Are you happy to get back in the game of face to face meetings with potential clients or business partners? But let’s step it up a bit! Providing you have your 29 seconds elevator pitch ready, you’ve met the right people that are interested in your service, now you have an important high-level meeting secured. How do you make sure it’...

How do you introduce yourself and your business when you meet a potential new client and don’t have much time? Or better said, how good is your networking game? In situations where we don’t have the time to engage in meaningful discussions, how do we present ourselves in such a way that we convey the necessary information about our business? Here at IMN Paris business club, we use the 29 seconds p...

In case you’ve blinked and you missed it, we are just stepping in the last quarter of 2022. We’ll be returning to the full active days and the most important months of the year, financially speaking. Everyone’s in a rush to close their business year at the level they expected when it started. In addition, September can be a heavy month because we are “forced” so to speak, to find again the fast pa...

Have you checked for a sparkle in your eyes lately? Because that is one of the signs you are doing what you love, what motivates you, what energises you and your business. Who says that entrepreneurship is all grey and no flavour? Business can be fun also. If you believe so too, you are on the right podcast.:) But the truth is, no matter how fulfilling and much fun your business is sometimes, it c...

To celebrate our 100th episode of this season, we are looking at a topic that every entrepreneur finds himself wondering from time to time: how to know if the business they are in is the right one. Usually after a break period as we just had now the summer holidays, it’s normal to make a quick scan of your business and sometimes if the numbers are not up to what we expect, we might start to wonder...

The old way of thinking, “if I stop working, my business will go down the drain” has been proven to be inefficient and mentally draining for most entrepreneurs . And our last 3 episodes have been exactly about this topic: how to enjoy taking breaks guilt free and how taking care of ourselves first is actually taking our business to the next level.

In business, old beliefs that no longer serve us, can trigger a sense and fear of scarcity. It is understandable that when we depend only on one source of revenue, our business, we can easily panic if that business fails. What are some of those myths that we will be looking at today? 1. Success comes with hard work 2. It’s normal to struggle when you are an entrepreneur 3. Knowing what you want in...

The success of a small business is in direct correlation to the personal success of its owner, the person behind the brand. And we don’t mean money here, but more in terms of mental health, personal accomplishments and overall happiness level. The entrepreneurial journey can be a struggle and more often than none, entrepreneurs will sacrifice their own well being in order to accomplish their goals...

As the saying goes: be clear about what you want and be ready to receive it. It works in coaching and life in general. Yet many of us go immediately in self doubt mode as soon as we receive the very thing we hope for. As a marketing strategy, getting featured in a well established newspaper or magazine, can open many doors and create credibility around your business. This episode focuses on the ti...

It’s absolutely normal that we, as entrepreneurs, find ourselves sometimes bored and uninspired by our current business and so losing the enthusiasm and motivation that we started with. In moments like this, starting a new business seams like a great opportunity to gain back some motivation and find our mojo. But is this always the case? That a new adventure can equal success? How do we search for...

Wanting to be in business can come natural for some of us, but most of time young people get inspired from hearing success stories, inspirational life stories that can light a fire inside them and put them on the path of entrepreneurship. Today’s episode gathers a fey keys and tips for the younger generation, but that are relevant for anyone that is thinking of becoming a business owner.

Before being business people, we are human, our personal lives can affect us more than we would like it to. More so, when an impactful negative event like the death of a loved one or a breakup falls on us out of the blue. If we would be normal employees, we know that somebody else would step in and take over our responsibilities. But what happens when we are solo entrepreneurs and our business and...

Investing time and sometimes money in a big business can result in starting to feel like the good results will never come and impatience settles in. When that happens, we tend to focus on the things that are lacking, that are missing in that moment. When will things start moving, when will we sign the contract, etc? As a result, inefficiency is also a by-product here because we can’t seem to just...

Clients who choose a successful businesses over and over again, when they receive excellent service and a quality product. But the businesses that thrive through excellence are the one that offer more than the client payed for, and most of the time, provide additional services that the client doesn’t even know he needs. The secret is about understanding your client, sometimes even better than he d...

We can all agree that signing up clients for your business is just the beginning of the adventure. The real secret is to always offer more than they expect…. Much more! By constantly listening to them, we will manage to transform their life with our products and services. Now the true secret is to follow up with them, in a clear, easy formal way. This episode will show you how we can do that, for...

When an entrepreneur has a successful business and his clients are happy with his products, the temptation is to just lay back and enjoy the success, which is an absolutely normal and understandable behaviour. The secret is to do it consciously though. Not to expect that things will just magically be like this always. Because we all know that to grow a business it takes dedication and not resting...

One would tend to believe that someone who had already a successful business, when opening a new one, knows what to do and how to go about it in the best way. But that is not always the case. As it so often happens, new beginners in the entrepreneurship world, are much more daring and innovative. In the business world, what you don’t know can become your greatest assets, because not knowing the an...

In this episode of the miniseries on “New Clients”, we talk about established businesses or entrepreneurs, what are the ways to upgrade of their business and get new clients. Referrals and promoting via a partner are just 2 ways to go about expanding your client list. Curios to find the third way? Listen to this week’s episode.

Having loyal clients and customers, can result in very beneficial relationships over time but it also has 2 main issues: it creates a sort of dependence and it can keep you in a circle where you keep doing the same thing, not challenging you to maybe create new products and packages or explore other markets. And as we well know, entrepreneurs love a good challenge or upgrade of their business. So...

Do you even consider the possibility that your full involvement in some projects may not be either value or needed? That time when put in balance with money, is more valuable? Life experience has taught us that the answer to these type of questions is never straight forward, all is relative. And comparing money with time is in a way pointless because time is the only resource we can never make mor...

Sooner or later, when we are entrepreneurs, our business will grow and we have to consider adding a few people to the team. The that happens we will have to approach the very important subject of how much will they get payed. First thing is first, a few questions have to be answered: * How do we know that we pay them enough? ** What is the risk when we pay them too much? *** How important is to ha...

Knowing your worth in terms of your knowledge and expertise, can help you determine the answer to 2 important questions in your life: 1. How much can you charge for your time (work) ? 2. How and where do you invest your time? Even if they are not such easy questions to face, it can on the other hand bring a lot clarity to your level of confidence also. In this episode you will find 3 steps on how...

It seems logic that once you open your own company, work on it, invest a lot of time in developing and making it successful, when the moment comes and it starts generating money, the amount made is by default yours, right? Well, yes and no. There are some risky behaviours when mixing personal finances with those of your company and thinking that there is nothing wrong if you consider that now , yo...