Beyond 8 Figures

Mar 05 2025 289 ep. 43 mins 38

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At Beyond 8 Figures, we believe in DELIBERATE entrepreneurship. It means creating a solid foundational framework for your entrepreneurial journey, building from a place of passion, and intentionally aligning your actions with your goals so that you can create success on your terms. Join A.J. Lawrence, the journeyman entrepreneur with several 7 figure exits, as he shares honest conversations with successful entrepreneurs about their experiences starting and scaling businesses to $10M and beyond, the realities of being a modern-day entrepreneur, advice for practicing deliberate entrepreneurship, and more!

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The Hard Truth About Business Success – Brad Pedersen’s Billion-Dollar Journey

Mar 05 2025 34 mins

This episode isn’t just another polished success story—it’s the raw, unfiltered reality of what it really takes to build something big. Brad Pedersen has been through the wringer: rapid growth, crushing failures, and three bankruptcies before finally getting it right. In this episode, Brad shares invaluable business growth lessons, offering insights that will help entrepreneu

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Feb 26 2025 11 mins

In this solo episode, I dive deep into the recurring marketing and sales challenges that plague seven-figure businesses trying to scale higher. Drawing from my personal experience and conversations with numerous founders, I explore how scattered marketing data, unclear ROI, and founder bottlenecks can stall growth.Key areas covered:✅ The challenge of fragmented marketing data acr

Skip the Struggle, Buy the Growth with Jason Ehrlich, Fruition Capital

Feb 19 2025 44 mins

Picture this: you're grinding away, trying to scale your business, but growth feels like pushing a boulder uphill. What if the problem isn’t how hard you're working but what you're working on? Jason Ehrlich proves there’s a smarter way: one that doesn’t rely on burning out to level up. His journey from corporate life to founding two successful investment firms is filled with

Optimize Your Mind: How Meditation & a High-Tech Device Are Elevating My Entrepreneurial Game

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Jan 29 2025 33 mins

From $0 to millions: learn from Nikolas Hulewsky’s success in business growth, core values, and leveraging content to connect and inspire.$3M, $7M, $11M. These numbers tell a story, but they’re not the whole story. My friend Nikolas Hulewsky has built and sold multimillion-dollar businesses by combining strategy, grit, and an ability to stay focused on what truly matters. What

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Jan 22 2025 38 mins

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Jan 15 2025 45 mins

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