107: Overcoming Knowledge Constipation and Just Doing It with Matt Miller Founder & Owner of School Spirit Vending

Matt Miller Matt Miller’s early career was as an Air Force pilot and advertising executive. In 2007 he started his franchise company, School Spirit Vending, which has raised over $3.5 million for education since inception. SSV provides a proven and profitable business system for professionals looking to develop secondary income streams.

Entrepreneurial Role Models:

Steve Jobs

Conrad Hilton of Hilton Hotels Ray Kroc of McDonald’s

Aaron Walker – Aaron Walker’s podcast episode

When business started difficulties overcame:

…. So I literally bootstrapped and cash flowed this thing for years and I had to be very, very patient along the way because I didn’t have access to money. My credit rating was such that I couldn’t borrow anything for a number of years and I had just had to get really creative. And we sold some stuff that we had to fund the business at times…[Listen for More]

Favourite Books:

Bible

Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! Mass Market Book by Robert T. Kiyosaki

The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It Book by Michael E. Gerber

Favourite Quote:

“You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want,” Zig Ziglar

Recommended Online Resources:

Schedule Once

You Need a Budget

Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:

Get started, stay steady and don’t quit. It’s a process, it’s a marathon, it’s not a sprint. Something for nothing and get rich quick does not exist except for in infomercials and in a variety of websites out there in the world today that are purporting to offer that. You have got to get in the grind, you have got to make things happen and anything worthwhile takes time to put together.

More About Matt Miller:

Live your dreams: The top 10 reasons why you should own a vending business. http://ssvbusiness.com/entrepreneurway

School Spirit Vending Franchising

Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:

“The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose.” Margaret Atwood

Other Quotes From the Chat with Matt Miller:

“there are different seasons in a business, there are different seasons in life”

“if you are not growing you are dying”

“growth requires change in whatever endeavour somebody is involved in”

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