Ep 017: How to Build Subscribers from 10 to 10,000 w/ Derric Haynie

Derric Haynie is a serial entrepreneur working his way up to a
Keynote Speaker. He is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs and
startup founders “growth hack” their way to success. he started
the company Splash – Online Presence Management, with a goal of
helping 10,000 entrepreneurs successfully set up profitable
inbound marketing funnels, and get their first 10,000
subscribers.
STRATEGIES USED TO FUND BUSINESS

In the beginning I focused completely on education. I needed to
stop playing poker in order to make this passion of mine a
success. When I knew I needed to jump ship, it was in the back of
my mind that I needed an investment to help skyrocket the
business. I had a few friends who were angel investors, including
one who was in the email marketing space. He saw a lot of passion
in me and really believed in me; therefore he made an investment
of $50,000 into our company for 15%.
FOUNDERS

I picked my wife, Shana Haynie, as the Creative Director, she is
an amazing artist and graphic designer.
DESCRIBE A MOMENT WHEN YOU FELT LIKE GIVING UP

There are definitely a lot of times when you feel like this isn’t
working and it’s worthless. We have a small child in our home and
moved from a 4-bedroom home to a 2-bedroom home, sold a car and
went into debt for our business. I remember one night in
particular when the baby was crying, we were still figuring out
our business in the early stages, and it was just a murderous
feeling that I should just give up now. The thing that kept me
going was acknowledging that business and life struggles may come
at you at full swing, but you have to know that there will be
another moment when you have huge success as well.
HUGE SUCCESS

I’ve had three 6-figure days as a professional poker player. One
of them was at the final table at a World Series of Poker event.
Those moments of success I felt were deserved because of all the
years of hard work I had put in to get lucky enough to be at the
final table of a tournament.
SUPERPOWER

My greatest strength without a doubt is that I am an expert
decision maker. I can ascertain what criteria I need to know and
then make the best informed decision and execute on it.
KRYPTONITE

I don’t have experience managing other people and sometimes I set
ridiculously high expectations for others that I couldn’t even
expect myself to perform at.
IF YOU CAN HAVE ANY SUPERPOWER…

The one that is most attainable is the ability to stop aging.
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