Month 3: E10-E12 Start Up Funds
Information for potential guests
These episodes will discuss startup costs and funding as well as whether to invest time or money.
Episode Topics
- Investing your time vs. investing your money
- How much does it cost to start an online business?
- Quick cash ideas to fund your startup
Questions for Episode 10 Investing your time vs. investing your money:
Even if you have the funds, what are the advantages of investing your time at the beginning of the business?
When you first started, how much time to you spend per week working on it? (include the type of business, e.g. blog, self publishing, e-com, Etsy shop, etc.)
At one point were you able to scale back those hours?
Once you start earning, how much should you invest back in your business?
Questions for Episode 11 How much does it cost to start an online business?:
How much did you invest in the early days of your business? Please include the type of business (blog, self-publishing, e-com, etc.)
What are the operating costs of you business model? Were there any costs you weren’t expecting when you first started?
Have you ever started a business by purchasing one that was already earning? Do you think this is a good route for beginners? Share why/why not.
Questions for Episode 12 Quick cash ideas for funding your startup:
Where to you get the money to start your business?
What is your best tip for something you could do to raise money to start your business (e.g. sell stuff on eBay, freelance, etc.). Feel free to give a little detail about what the idea is and why it is a good choice. How would one get started?
Want to submit an answer? Here’s what to prepare and what you should know.
- Decide which episode is the best fit for your story.
- Think about your answers to the above questions. You may write your responses out, but please try to record your answers in a conversational tone (i.e. doesn’t sound like you are reading). You may re-record your answers if you’re not happy with them. Answers can be up to 5 minutes but I reserve the right to edit for time or clarity. Recommended length is 1-3 minutes per answer.
- You will need to submit a profile photo of you or your business logo (600 x 600 px) for the show notes page, a URL where people can connect with you, and a short business elevator pitch.
- You may optionally include an offer for the BizSnacks listeners such as a freebie opt-in or a special discount on a product. You should select an offer than is evergreen. Since this podcast is designed to be a step-by-step audio course new listeners may start at the beginning with episode 1 more frequently than with other podcasts.
- Prepare a short pitch to record for the episode. If you are not including an offer pitch, it should be your business elevator pitch (e.g. Hi, I’m ____your name__ from __your business name__ and I help __who do you help__ with __what your business does__ ). If you have an offer, include an additional sentence describing your offer. You will have space to record your pitch during the submission process.
- My goal is provide as many mentions and links as is reasonable for my guests. At minimum all selected guests will get a feature box on the show notes page with a link to your business. You may optionally include a separate link to an offer or opt-in as described in #4 above. I may create audiograms, reels, shorts or other promotional content for the podcast from your submissions. Where possible, we will include a live link back to you. I may quote your answers in other publications such as future books or posts. Books will have a static (text) attribution, but will send readers to a book page with live links to your site. You will need to consent to your content being used in this manner. The podcast guest release can be found here.
- I make no guarantees that if you submit an answer it will be included in an episode. Selection is dependent on: number of submissions received, quality and relevance of the answer, audio quality, and if you have been a previous guest (preference given to those who have not been selected in the recent past).
- The format of this podcast will be narrative, with guest responses woven into the content. You don’t need to answer every question if you don’t have a helpful answer, and I reserve the right to select the most appropriate answers. In other words, I may not use every answer you provide.
Okay, ready? Let’s record.
- Record your answers
- Submit a photo of you or your logo
- Have a brief business description ready
- Have a brief pitch about your offer ready
- Read through the podcast release and be sure you agree with the terms