Episode #956
If Your Business is About to Fail, What do You Do? 
March 14, 2019

In episode #956, we discuss what you should do if your business is failing. Tune in to hear how you can bring your company back from the brink.

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TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES:

  • [00:27] Today’s Topic: If Your Business is About to Fail, What do You Do?
  • [00:35] When Eric took over Single Grain, it was about to fail.
  • [00:54] Eric mapped out the worst case scenario and tried to plan for that.
  • [01:15] Ultimately, it helped him turn things around and had contingency plans for various scenarios.
  • [02:05] Khosla Ventures has great blog posts, including one called, “If/Then Planning”.
  • [02:33] Look at your numbers.
  • [02:52] Go back to basics: what was successful in the past?
  • [03:10] Replicate your past successes.
  • [04:15] Eric is focused and isn’t spread thin anymore. He used to burn a lot of money.
  • [04:35] That’s it for today!
  • [04:42] We hit our goal of 1 Million downloads! So, we will be throwing a free event in Los Angeles this June. Check out this website if you would like to attend. Remember: we are capping the event at 500 people, so sign up now, if you’re interested!

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