98 - How Tim Chermak Quit College, Learned Marketing, and Built a Company that Generates $50k/Month

Tim Chermak is the founder of Platform, the digital marketing agency for real estate agents. Tim educated himself outside of the school system, consistently invested in himself, and learned valuable skills to build a consulting career and then a company. If you are or want to be an entrepreneur, you’ll love this episode. Tim shares his stories from getting his first clients as a marketing consultant to shifting his consulting business into a scalable digital marketing company and the challenges along the way. *The episode kicks off with NFL talk, skip ahead to the 18:00-minute mark for marketing and entrepreneurship content - NFL Talk: Teddy Dridgewater, Vikings vs. Lions, Quarterbacks, Rational Choice and NFL coaches - Tim’s career path from political campaign intern to founder of Platform - The advantages young people have when entering new fields - How Tim landed his first client (as a marketing consultant) - The value of raising your prices - Using a book as a sales tool - Learning to work ON your business, not IN your business - Investing in yourself, even when you can’t “afford” it - Tim’s impact on Isaac’s first book “The Future of School” If you are a fan of the show, make sure to leave a review on iTunes. Show notes, including all links mentioned in this episode, are available at isaacmorehouse.com All episodes of The Isaac Morehouse Podcast are available on Soundcloud, iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher