#69 Eddie Whittingham – How to Build a 7 Figure Business Without Investment

Eddie Whittingham built and sold a 7 figure cyber-security business in four years without investment. He is now the founder of GoFounder.com, a supportive online community for startup founders. GoFounder covers everything from branding, getting that first sale, crowdfunding, hiring, investment all the way through to how to sell your business. ⏺️ Voics: https://www.voics.co/🎙️ Podcast University: https://bit.ly/3Dqip2S🎤 Podcast Accelerator: https://bit.ly/3f1ir81📞 Schedule Free Call: https://bit.ly/3GsNyTU(00:00) Introduction(03:37) The false business information that's online(05:25) Eddie Whittingham's background (07:28) How to build a scalable business with your skillset (09:46) Developing a series of products versus one product  (12:18) How do you leverage different platforms for development?  (14:44) The mental side of entrepreneurship(16:29) Doing what's nearest to the money(20:13) Waterfall vs agile model of development  (21:23) How do you make a brilliant product?   (24:38) How do you validate your ideas?(27:28) Why do you advise against getting investment?  (31:51) How much advice do you need to take from an investor? (33:10) When do you need to get investment?(37:17) How do you scale a business? (41:00) Doing things that don't scale(43:56) When shouldn't you scale a business?   Please leave a review:- Spotify: https://spoti.fi/36RrL9Y- Apple: https://apple.co/3uCwViFSocials:- YouTube: https://bit.ly/3HleVy2- Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3EE3FuG- Apple: https://apple.co/32ArW7D- LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3FCS3JA- TikTok: https://bit.ly/314iZD6Services:- Career mentoring: https://bit.ly/3FCS3JA- Podcast consulting: https://bit.ly/3aYzm5w- Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3JqwkXASupport the show