We Spent $180,000 on this Episode: What Happened

About this episode

The episode discusses the lessons learned from spending $180,000 to attend a high-level mastermind in Miami.

We flew to Miami to sit in a room with people doing $5M+ months. Flights, mastermind fees, last-minute decisions… it ended up costing us close to $180,000 just to be there. And within a couple of hours, we realised something: we’d been playing a much smaller game than we thought. This episode is everything we learnt. Watch the YouTube version of the podcast here (https://youtu.be/GhRQ5TFvPKE). If you're a service business owner and you're tired of relying on referrals to keep your calendar full, go to startsuccessschool.com and book a free Scale Session with our team. We'll look at your business, show you exactly where the gaps are, and map out what a fully booked pipeline looks like for you specifically. No fluff, no pitch fest. Just a real conversation about what's actually holding you back. Go to startsuccessschool.com and book your session now. We'd love to help you build something that actually works. And if you got value from today's episode, make sure you hit follow wherever you're listening. It means the world to us and it helps more service business owners find the show. You can also follow Tim and Steph over on Instagram at @timfrey__…

People in this episode

Hosts: Tim Frey, Steph Gorton

Topics covered

• business growth
• entrepreneurship
• mastermind
• service business
• scaling
• self-improvement

Keywords

• $180,000
• Miami
• mastermind
• service business
• business growth
• entrepreneurship
• scaling

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TBC Studios, Success School, YouTube, startsuccessschool.com

Places: Miami

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