Rebel Entrepreneur

How do you use Linkedn to win business? Patrick Venn has a new strategy to share with us and Christina has offered to be the guinea pig! So let’s get testing. We run a marketing mini-experiment live on the show where Christina records her first video and sends it out! Test and measure. Listen along and we will show you the step by step guide to using LinkedIn to find sales leads.

What do you do when you have too many ideas? How do you choose which idea to focus on? Are you telling me I have to pick one idea and stick with it for the rest of my life? In this Episode, Stephen Lockyer of Escapages takeovers the Rebel Entrepreneur podcast and asks Alan all about creativity, choosing ideas, running mini-experiments, and letting go of ideas when they don’t work.

How do people find your business? How do you get discovered? Google My Business is one of the most under utilized and powerful tools in an entrepreneurs arsenal. If you want to be found, get a pin on the map, develop your account, and work to promote your business. Let’s get you on Google My Business and started.

You have these HUGE ideas. You want to launch it but the sheer size scares you! How are you going to get it all done? How are you going to make it work? You’ve got kids and how do you fit this huge project around them? In this episode we refine the idea of the mini-experiment, we look at launching quickly, and making the best of the precious time you have. Join this week’s host Sherry Zeisel as sh...

When you first launched your business you probably threw up a website. How long has it been since you updated it? Does it still reflect what you do, how you think of your business, and what your customers want? In this episode, the resident Rebel Website expert Henry Nicholson helps Christina to see her website with a fresh pair of eyes, work out what to do, and break it down into clear action ste...

Do you get nervous on sales calls?  Do you ever doubt what you are putting out for sale? Do you feel nervous putting out content online, posting videos, and sending emails?  Imposter syndrome, perfectionism, and the fear of haters stops so many of us from fully following our dreams. Join Jillian and Alan as they talk through strategies and the mindset for overcoming these problems and launching yo...

There is a transition that happens when you go from working for someone else (employee) to running your own business.  Being your own boss is one of the most exciting things. However, it can also be one of the most challenging!  Every single day you have to make up what you are going to do, there is no one around driving the agenda for you. You have to take charge, organize, plan, and stay focused...

Have you had something big happen that threw you? Something that in a phone call or a moment changed everything? Well that happened this week for Alan and the Rebel Entrepreneur. Join Alan as he discusses where the podcast came from, what happened this week, and asks you want you want to change in the future of Rebel Entrepreneur, or if there even is one…

You’ve started a business, you’ve made some sales and now it is time to go all in.  When you first quit your job and go full time it can be quite daunting knowing where to put your energy, effort and time. There is so much you could be doing, Instagram, Google, SEO, Cold marketing; where do you start?  In this episode Christina and Alan explore where to focus in the first two weeks of being full t...

Julia dreams of building a bike experience business; of taking tours of people along the beach front in her home town in Florida.  In this episode Alan looks to find out what is stopping her, what is getting in the way, and helps her to come up with the next action for her business.  If you are in pre-launch mode this episode will help you to think through the first steps and get you closer to lau...

Did Keith take the year long lease? Did he go all in despite losing money on the mini-experiment? Did his wife talk him out of doing it? In the last episode of Coaching Season 5 we find out what Keith decided and his plans from here. With a full time job, 7 kids and another one arriving immenently Keith has a huge amount to balance alongside his desire to be an entrepreneur and business owner!

Staying consistent doesn’t sound sexy does it? But it is one of the most important things in business. Have you ever struggled to follow through on your goals? Got excited for a month and worked hard and then wondered why you haven’t kept it up? Started a fitness regime and stopped after two weeks? This episode is for you! Alan guides you through the process for getting excited and staying on trac...

Is it time to go all in? Have you heard the expression burn the boats? The idea is that if you burn the boats you have no escape plan and you are “all in” and have to find a way to make it work or die. Sounds dramatic!! It is. Alan is not a big believer in the “burn the boats” strategy, but there are times in business where you are forced to make a binary or yes/no decision. This week we discuss i...

Battling “startitis.” How do you get going when you have HUGE ideas, especially when they are so big that you don’t even know where to start. How do you take the huge ideas and get the cash flowing so you can spend it and start growing quickly? Welcome to Andrew Sridar’s podcast takeover where he asks ” I am someone who dreams big — like really, really big. But I know I need to get to cash flow qu...

Launching a food truck is a huge mission. From the health department certificate to the commissary and getting people to show up for the grand opening you have your work cut out for you. Did Keith get it all done? Did he survive the process let alone turn a profit and get happy customers? Find out in the episode of the Rebel Entreprenuer Coaching Series if Keith got to launch and how it went!

How do you start a business? What’s the best way to get going? Isn’t it different for products and services? Join Simon and Alan as they bring together all the strands of startup from the last two seasons into the definitive guide to the Rebel Startup method. We will run you through the process from idea generation to growth and highlight the different episodes and resources to help you get going....

Do you realize how much work it is to launch a business?? You have decided to have a go, you are pumped about the side-hustle, and now the real work starts. Join us as Keith is deep in setting up his food truck, working to get a license, a commissary, and ready for customers. Building a business is a huge undertaking and before you launch yours you need to experience what it really takes alongside...

Why do you do what you do? What gets you up in the morning? In this episode Kristy and Bryce of Millennial Revolution takeover the Rebel Entrepreneur and go deep into Alan’s back story. We find out where Alan’s hatred of bullies come from, why Alan is so against debt, and how Alan turned the toughest moments in his life into the driving force behind the Rebel brand. There are certain moments in li...

How do you set up your life and world for the best possible chance of success in the year coming? Happy new year and in this special episode Alan shares the annual review process he uses with Katie (his wife) and the Rebel team to reflect on the year passed and set up the next year for the best possible chance of success. Join Alan as we find out the questions he asks himself, how he thinks about...

You are desperate to dive in and launch. You see an opportunity that you grab with both hands; but have you given yourself enough time? Launching certain businesses can have a huge amount of paperwork attached to it. You need permits, plans, insurance, and more. In this episode we meet Keith half way through his original mini-experiment and find out what he needs to put in place to get going.

Join Alan and the whole Rebel Business School gang for the grand finale of Season 2 and a Christmas special.  We have voicemails from you the listeners, Alan answering questions, and then each and every member of the Rebel Business School team has ideas and tips to help you be successful in 2022.  We are so excited to share this final episode with you!  If you have enjoyed Season 2 you are going t...

You want to start a business and get going. You’ve got ideas and a dream. You just need to get money to start up. The question is, how much risk are you willing to take on with your new venture? In this episode Alan and Keith explore ways to minimize the risk of starting your business, and help Keith get going with his food truck experiment in Arizona! Can Keith get it off the ground in only two w...

What happens when you come on a Rebel Business School and Alan forces you to build and publish your website by day 3 of the course? Meet Lance who came to the Rebel Business School in Longmont Colorado, and was forced by Alan to publish and launch his own website. The message of the episode: stop thinking and start doing!

Why are you starting your business? Do you know your values? What is important to you in life? Have you ever taken time to ask if this new business venture of yours will actually move you towards your goals? Towards your values? In this episode Alan asks the tough questions with Keith to uncover his real motivation for starting a food truck.

How do you create the life of your dreams? Alan keeps repeating “The extraordinary belongs to those that create it!”, and we can almost hear you saying, “Enough already Alan; how do we actually do this? Where do we start?” Well in this episode Alan works to help lay out a framework for getting from A to B and the steps to do it. If you want an extraordinary life then it is down to you and this epi...