About:
- Dave Lindenbaum is somebody who appreciates kombucha more than most anyone—and not solely because of its purported health benefits. Kambucha has helped Dave not only participate in healthy living but make a living.
- To be fair, “making a living” is an understatement: by selling kombucha kits online, Dave has created a booming business worth more than a million dollars. In fact, Dave has had so much success selling kombucha kits that the digital marketing legend, Russell Brunson, has dubbed him a genius.
- Unsurprisingly, then, Dr. Glenn Vo was persistent in getting Dave to come on for an episode of the Doctor Entrepreneur Podcast.
- Glenn has come to admire Dave’s creativity. As a natural muse, Dave is always ready to come up with new ideas and serve as a sounding board for Glenn to bounce around outside-the-box approaches to business ideas.
“Big Entrepreneur 3”
- Know Thyself; Effectuate Time Management Skills That Work For You.
- On a macro level, Dave advises you to write down 90-day goals and reverse engineer your way to achieving them. Even if you don’t get to where you want to be, you’ll “set a tone” that’ll help you to better work toward goals instead of ending up feeling disappointed.
- On a micro level, Dave thinks you should find a way to schedule your time effectively. It’s different for everybody, but Dave loves using a classic planner. We all have high-hanging and low-hanging fruit, but we often put tasks on the backburner. Something as simple as a planner can help you to understand your needs and become more efficient.
- Download (and Utilize) Loom to Improve Your Customer Service.
- For those who are unfamiliar with Loom, it’s an easy and free screen recorder for Mac, Windows, and Chromebooks.
- Many entrepreneurs make the mistake of thinking that Loom is only good for internal needs—like sending instructions to an employee. But Dave has found Loom to be a great means of improving your customer support.
- On that note, Dave urges entrepreneurs to limit their toolbelt. Dave calls software tools “techie stacks,” and he thinks they can be mentally draining to go in and out of. You don’t need all the newest, fanciest software on the market—you just need to go with what works. For example, you can probably get five times as much use out of the Google Suite than you would out of downloading a ton of apps.
- Read The Goal By Eliyahu M. Goldratt Or—Even Better—Read The Four Hour Workweek By Tim Ferriss.
- In The Goal, Dave really liked an idea Goldratt purported in this book about “throughput versus output.” Dave resonated with the idea that it’s not about producing the most—it’s about actually getting a product, service, or message into the hands of the customer.
- That said, The Four Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss will always be near and dear to Dave—and for good reason. He particularly loved the idea that he could live life on his own terms versus subscribing to a cookie-cutter lifestyle.
Learning From the Past
If Dave could go back in time, he’d stress to his younger self that it’s not worth being a cheapskate. While Dave never was a “frugal” sort, he would never live above his means—he would sit on his hard-earned cash. If he could go back in time, he’d also tell his younger self to not put it all in the bank but use a good amount of it to invest in his own growth—it could come in the form of hiring coaches, managers, or joining masterminds.
Don’t Stop Here!
- Getkombucha.com
- While Dave is an easy man to find on Google or YouTube, he’ll do his best to say hi if you just hit him up on FaceBook. Unsurprisingly, his profile goes by the name of “Dave Kombucha Lindenmbaum.” And if you don’t want to fly under his radar, try not to send him a stale message—get creative about it!
- Alternatively, maybe you have a website where you’ve set up a funnel to sell a product, service, or something of that nature. If you want to improve your checkout page, Dave’s company has a mini $44 workshop called convertmyoffer.com.