About this episode

Richmond Dinh shares his journey from losing $1.2 million to building a successful coaching business using the Tiny Challenge methodology.

Richmond Dinh lost $1.2 million before he found the model that built his multi-seven-figure coaching company. He's an international speaker at Funnel Hacking Live, the creator of the Tiny Challenge methodology, and the author of the book behind it. In this episode we get into: - The psychological pattern the $1.2 million loss forced him to break - Proximity is power: why the most important decision you'll ever make is who you spend time with - The Tiny Challenge: how he closes $2,000 to $15,000 deals with one person, over just 3 to 5 days, without a funnel, a website, or an email list - The Five F's: Future, Frustrations, Failures, Fears, and Framing, and why pulling out someone's past failures matters so much to closing them - Why AI is flooding the coaching space, and why the only AI-proof offer sells experiences, community, and challenges - How he runs a team of 24 full-time employees with 0% churn, and what he actually does differently in hiring and culture - Reinventing himself three times: optometrist, life coach, business coach, and what it actually costs to walk away from an identity If you're a coach trying to figure out how to get your first client without a big…

People in this episode

Host: Vince Perri

Guest: Richmond Dinh

Topics covered

• coaching
• sales strategies
• psychology of selling
• AI in coaching
• team management
• personal reinvention

Keywords

• coaching
• sales
• Tiny Challenge
• AI
• team management
• identity
• Funnel Hacking Live
• psychology
• business strategies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Funnel Hacking Live, richmonddinh.com

Products: Tiny Challenge

Books & works: book

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