Why you should listen
- John Ghiorso shares his journey from freelance to building an eight-figure agency, offering invaluable lessons for anyone looking to scale their service-based business.
- Learn effective methods for bootstrapping growth and discover high ROI activities that can transform your agency's performance.
- Gain practical advice on leveraging platforms like LinkedIn and cold email strategies to generate leads and drive sustainable growth.
As a bootstrap service-based business owner, you may feel overwhelmed by the hard work required to reach seven or even eight figures. In this episode, I talk with John Ghiorso from Vantafive.com, who provides concrete answers to help you navigate this challenging landscape. We discuss the importance of choosing the right platform in the age of AI, effective bootstrapping strategies, and high ROI activities that can propel your business forward. Join us to learn how to work smarter, not harder, in your quest for growth.
About John Ghiorso
John founded Orca Pacific in 2018, a full-service Amazon agency. Over the following decade, he built it into one of the world’s leading Amazon and e-commerce agencies.
He then made the decision to sell Orca to Media. Monks (S4 Capital) and stayed on for three years to complete his earn out and further expand the business into the enterprise market. In 2023, he decided to retire but quickly got bored.
He is now in the process of building a new company, a venture studio that aims to launch five marketing agencies over the next two years. It already has one agency up and running, with a second close behind.
Unlike the last time around, He’ll be building in public, sharing what he learned from his last company and how he's applying those lessons to the next five.
Resources and Links
- Vantafive.com
- Influent.co
- John's LinkedIn profile
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