2023 Recap: Business Wins and Lessons + Future Goals (Our Plan To $10M)

Land your first $5,000 client with Ghostwriting: [https://premiumghostwritingblueprint.com](https://premiumghostwritingblueprint.com/)In episode 29 of Espresso Hour, Ship 30 for 30 Captains Dickie Bush and Nicolas Cole walk through the wins, lessons, and realizations they gained over the course of the year.(00:00) Intro(01:13) 2023 Wins(04:53) Launched a successful group coaching program(11:37) Built our first asynchronous product in a month(15:07) Doubled the business profit(21:07) Hired 7 team members while maintaining performance culture(28:18) Experimented with different podcast styles(31:37) Built our V1 dream production studio(34:59) Built a paid newsletter to $250k in ARR(38:32) Learned the power of cross-collaborations(43:49) Learned how to hire & train a sales team(45:23) Refined our content supply chain(48:44) 2023 Lessons & Realizations(50:18) Work in defined sprints of monk or maintenance mode(54:33) Every reinvestment into the business is positive if…(55:56) The importance of surrounding yourself with an all-star team(57:09) You’re a fixed number of hours away from anything(1:02:38) Every leap of progress came from IRL meetups(1:03:25) The value of a mastermind is normalizing success(1:06:04) “Slogs” are necessary(1:07:36) Audio and video develop more resonance(1:08:10) Paying for the ideal scene(1:09:49) We can build anything we want (with constraints)(1:10:28) 2024 and beyond---Write with ChatGPT like a PRO: [https://startwritingwithai.com](https://startwritingwithai.com/)Subscribe to the Espresso Hour on your favorite podcast app: [http://espressohour.com](http://espressohour.com/)• Follow Dickie on Twitter: http://twitter.com/dickiebush• Follow Dickie on LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/dickiebush• Follow Cole on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nicolascole77• Follow Cole on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolascole