15 Years of Online Business Advice in 28 Minutes
This is every piece advice I wish I knew when I started my online business 15 years ago. Since then, I've generated over $10m in total revenue, and I currently advise over a dozen others businesses in the creator and tech startup space. Let's dive right in! Also, I'd love to send you a weekly story about getting unstuck in your inbox, here's where you can join our newsletter with over 100,000 other business owners:
Here are the chapters for your convenient:
0:00 – Intro
0:24 – 1 – Starting Out
2:26 – 2 – Time
4:10 – 3 – No
5:55 – 4 – Failure
6:52 – 5 – Health
8:21 – 6 – Help
10:02 – 7 – Feedback
11:22 – 8 – Haters
13:52 – 9 – THE Question
14:58 – 10 – Momentum
16:27 – 11 – Comparing
18:10 – 12 – What Really Makes the Money
20:48 – 13 – The Most Important Skill
22:24 – 14 – What You Really Need
25:13 – 15 – Communities are Now More Important than Ever
27:17 – BONUS – Zig Ziglar Quote and My Philosophy for Success
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Thanks Pat, super good information.
Thank you Pat for this dose of wisdom – your business and entrepreneurial acumen is much appreciated!
Thank you
Thank you, Pat. You are a great inspiration. ✌🏽😎
This is really profound, Pat. Thanks so much for sharing.
Thanks so much! And congrats on the growth of your channel recently as well, too!
Thank you for sharing your life experience and wisdom 🙏
Thanks Pat for this!
Amazing video, thank you so much
Love getting me some Pat! 🤩
5:24 A vision without action is a dream. An action without vision is a nightmare.
Excellent. Stay True.
gurus will never teach anyone how to make $100 a day because they are all full of it. You’re not going to make $100k if you can’t make $100 a day or even $5 a day. The landscape has completely changed and the only thing left is selling the fantasy. Even becoming a guru will be obsolete soon. Change my mind
Only you can change your own mind about what’s possible. It’s obvious you haven’t gone deeper into my business and how we help people – for free on this channel, you don’t need to invest anything but an open mind and time, and you can generate revenue. But it’s you who have to take action, not because of what some “guru” said, but because you’re open to believing it’s possible. Wishing you all the best.
Sorry you’ve grown so jaded… Yes, Guru’s don’t exist – they are generally con artists, and we shouldn’t give them a second look. However, personally, I’ve been listening to Pat since around 2012/2013 – he’s not a guru. He’s the real deal. His podcast inspired me to get into online business, but it took me a while to find my niche. I hate social media, and always hated the content hamster wheel of being on Instagram etc.
The episodes that always inspired me the most were the few that focused on e-commerce (a few amazon business owners on the podcast). And then, I loved following along when he developed a physical product brand that launched called Switchpod…
I now sell on Amazon and make my money as a wholesale seller (I have wholesale accounts with distributors in Canada, and sell on Amazon), supporting my family from home. I have wife and 5 kids, and we homeschool. I found my niche, I don’t need to have a social media presence to run my business (that’s the best thing about being an amazon seller).
Now, I’m about to launch my own brand of a product that I handmade, and that I started offline selling at farmers markets back in 2010 – I recently made a relationship with a company at an IN PERSON amazon seller conference in Orlando in May called the Proven Amazon Conference. This company provides product/supply chain development logistics on behalf of brand owners…
Do you see the trend… real life relationships, real people, we serve real people, it’s not just ‘the internet’ – the internet is just the conduit that facilitates our serving of others.
Due to Pat’s initial inspiration, I’ve also written a book (was about how to use Clubhouse (I was trying to get on the trend before/if it took off… Twitter pretty much knocked it out over night), and I’ve published some ghostwritten books that are selling passively on amazon as well (just made $10 today off these books…).
I’m just a regular guy that hardly anyone knows – supporting my family, by using the internet creatively. It’s possible, I’m doing it – not sure what you’re seeking, but legitimate e-commerce (NOT starting private label… that is generally a path to going broke) is a great way to make money on the internet if you’ve never made a penny online before, and are not interested in the social media rat race. Check out Jim Cockrum’s podcast called “Silent Sales Machine Radio” – I recently told my story on episode 862!
And as Pat says, and I know he means it, as do I – I appreciate you.
I remember listening to your podcast when my first child was a baby, years later he loves your Pokemon channel. You lead with so much heart, appreciate all of it and THANK YOU
I also followed Pat since my children were very little and Pat has truly always led with his heart. It’s been incredible to watch him soar!
Hey Pat, I took a few years off to grow my family and am slowing coming back online. It’s so incredible to have you in my earbuds again years later as I’m starting over. Thank you so much for this valuable video, I took so much away for myself. I hope you, April and your beautiful children are doing amazing!!!! You’ve always inspired me ❤🙏🏼🥹 grateful for you!
It’s been FOREVER Vicky! I’m so happy to see your username pop-up again. It was a long time ago since we last saw you – wishing you and your family very well! Looking forward to seeing more of you around!
@@patflynn you are SO KIND. Thank you very much 🥹🙏🏼❤️
Me: Tell me you love Alex Hormozi without telling me without telling me you love Alex Hormozi.
Pat Flynn: (Makes this thumbnail and title)
Actually I disagree with Alex on a lot of things. I do like him, but I don’t love him. The thumbnail was just a test in format, but actually it failed so we reverted to the other thumbnail LOL.
Im loving your latest videos Pat!
Awesome
Hey Pat,
I disappeared from social media in 2021 post-covid (my wife and I decided to detox from all social media) – I took your PUP course in 2017 and am just going back to review some things as I was recently a guest on a podcast called “Silent sales machine radio” episode 862 with Jim Cockrum (we sell on Amazon Canada for a living), anyway, I’m wondering if an online group still exists for people who bought that course?
This is exactly what I need it. Been following you for a good while and even though your content has helped me in the past already, this particular video might be the one that’s gonna change my life. Thanks Pat!
You connect with the viewers with this way of talking! Congrats for this valuable video!