Entrepreneurship with Travis Steffen.
Entrepreneurship with Travis Steffen. Travis, a true serial entrepreneur, shares highlights from his entrepreneurial journey, his experiences and opinions of the cannabis industry, and tips and insights on growing a business.
Travis Steffen is a serial entrepreneur with 8 successful exits to date. He’s an Inc 500 CEO, a growth mentor in most of Silicon Valley’s top accelerator programs, a published author, and a doctoral candidate in marketing with a specialization in AI (Artificial Intelligence).
Travis Steffen was the CEO of GrowFlow, a B2B SaaS serving licensed cannabis businesses. GrowFlow is the market leading seed to sale platform in cannabis by nearly every metric and was the fastest growing retail POS product in cannabis in 2020 and 2021.
He is currently the CEO of GrowthTeam – GrowthTeam provides top 1% education, resources, shortcuts, and hands-on help to double the growth rates for subscription-based businesses – guaranteed.
Travis lives in Marina del Rey, California.
Entrepreneurship with Travis Steffen:
- You studied Exercise Science at university, what were your career plans then and when did you decide you wanted to be an entrepreneur?
- You have been part of an impressive list of startups. Has there been any common theme to the types of businesses that you have been attracted to?
- How do you decide when it’s time to exit?
- At a high level, how do you decide if a new idea is worth developing?
- Is it about the idea, execution, or both?
- This is the first time on my show that we have explored or interviewed anyone with experience in the cannabis industry.
- What can you share about the industry at a high-level?
- Cultivation, Processing, Distribution, Retail…
- What’s your advice to someone who may be considering entering the industry or investing in the cannabis industry?
- What do you see as the future of this industry?
- What are some lessons and techniques for growing a company that small business owners can learn from and apply to their micro-business (under $1M in revenues)?
- Growth hacking tips that absolutely work – and how can I apply them to my small business?
- Other business strategies and tips for starting a small business?
- How does Performance Psychology help business growth?
- What are your thoughts on have a business partner or co-founder?
- Please share your insights in AI and the impact on small business.
Episode Host: Henry Lopez is a serial entrepreneur, small business coach, and the host of this episode of The How of Business podcast show – dedicated to helping you start, run and grow your small business.
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