Adventures Of A Serial Entrepreneur Tala Chisholm, Rick Chisholm, Innovest

In this episode of our online free business training, Rick explains how he rapidly grew his first 7-figure business using the power of strategic relationships.

Rick also shows us the importance of carefully considering the initial ‘Runway’ period of starting a new business with limited resources.

We also discuss the importance of having a good understanding of certain legal aspects of business and not leaving it completely to the legal professionals.

In this episode of our online free business training, Tala tells the story of how the Egyptian Giftware store chain was established and grown then later sold.

How we dealt with the challenges of Quality Control with hand made products, creating a standardised distribution supply chain and the stages of setting up this successful retail, wholesale and e-commerce business.

We also cover how we leveraged our resources and the strategies we used to grow this 7 figure business and the forces that led to selling the business.

This is part 2 of the second episode, so if you haven’t yet listened to part 1, we strongly recommend you go back and do that first to gain the most benefit from the content we are sharing.

In this part, Rick continues the story of his years working at ‘The Island’ whilst growing his first multi-million dollar business and studying at the same time right up until the recession.

We analyse the critical component of business culture in all levels of an organisation and the importance of constant 80/20 evaluation in prioritising your time and money investment in any business.

This is part 2 of the first episode, so if you haven’t yet listened to part 1, we strongly recommend you go back and do that first to gain the most benefit from the content we are sharing.

where Rick starts by telling his beginnings in entrepreneurial career at the age of 9 and eventually went on to turn over $300mil in revenue in 30+ businesses across 15 industries. We also explore Tala’s beginnings in entrepreneurship during her high-school years, how she go together with Rick and how she ended up at the helm of a $20mil group of companies at the age of 27.

We start our series by giving you an overview on how we both started our entrepreneurial journey. Rick started at the tender age of 9 and over the decades went on to turn revenues of $300mil+ in 30+ businesses over his entrepreneurial career. It goes without saying that business flowed in his veins from the very beginning.
We highlight some of the most critical characteristics and strategies that helped Rick catapult his businesses growth from the very beginning.

We start our series of free online business training by giving you an overview of how we both started our entrepreneurial journey. Rick started at the tender age of 9 and over the decades went on to turn revenues of $300mil+ in 30+ businesses over his entrepreneurial career. It goes without saying that business flowed in his veins from the very beginning.
We highlight some of the most critical characteristics and strategies that helped Rick catapult his business growth from the very beginning.

This episode continues in part 2, so check out our channel to make sure you don’t miss the end of this episode.

In this episode we focus on these lessons:
- Mastering the primary skill behind the business before scaling
- Grit and persistence as a strategy