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EPISODE · Oct 20, 2025 · 13 MIN

How I Run a Global Business for $730 a Month

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🐬 Join the Sprint Club: https://www.strategysprints.com ⚡️ Receive our newsletter: https://thesalesshow.beehiiv.com/ 💎 The Investing Show Newsletter: https://theinvestingshow.beehiiv.com/ $730 per month to run a global management consultancy across 14 countries. Most founders spend 10x that and still can't scale. Here's the exact tech stack that works while you sleep—and why you're about to be distracted by 1000 AI agents. Complete software breakdown of the exact stack running a management consultancy in 14 countries for $730/month, including the task-first framework that protects you from AI agent distraction. THE CRITICAL WARNING: "AI agents are proliferating. Everyone will say 'try this!' You'll waste time and money. Start with TASKS first, not software names." THE TASK-FIRST FRAMEWORK: Messaging with A/B testing Marketing automation (works while you sleep) Events to convert lurkers Deal flow pipeline Real-time digital signing (never send PDFs) Client communications and delivery Online store Content/course hosting Operational security AI thinking help Lead qualification (audits/quizzes) Executive assistant functions Clean process documentation Podcast (optional) THE COMPLETE $730 STACK: Lemlist: $99 (A/B testing) Tableau + Tweet Hunter: $48 (Marketing) Luma: $0 (Events - "I'd pay $50") AIO: $20 (Pipeline) PandaDoc: $0 (Digital signing) Kajabi: $316 (Replaces 7 tools) One Password: Security Claude Pro + API: AI automation ScoreApp: Lead qualification Calendly + Fixer: Executive assistant Notion: $23 (Process docs) Podcast hosting: Included WHY KAJABI AT $316 IS WORTH IT: Replaces: Client communication, delivery, online store, content hosting, app, community, leaderboard, challenges, entire website "Fix website typo in 5 minutes vs. weeks with WordPress developer" PROCESS DOCUMENTATION RULE: "Write processes separate from where they happen. Keep clean or company worth 16x less when selling." THE PROTECTION QUESTION: When someone says "try this tool," ask: "Which task is it doing for you while you sleep?" Maps to your task list = test it. Doesn't = ignore distraction. SCALABILITY: Adding 7 more countries = $0 additional cost. Management consultancy (hardest to scale) now runs lean on $730/month. Perfect for founders, solopreneurs, consultants, and agencies wanting minimal overhead, no hiring dependency, and scalable operations without AI tool overwhelm. Chapter Markers: 00:37 Business Scope - Marketing, operations, sales across 14+ countries 01:29 Confidence in System - Exact tech stack Strategy Sprints uses for years 01:45 Current Monthly Expenses - Literally $730 per month to run everything 02:30 Critical Starting Point - Begin with tasks list, NOT software names 02:55 Common Mistake - Teams start with software list instead of needs 03:07 Tasks You Actually Need - Operations, sales, and marketing basics 03:20 Messaging System - AB testing and data validation every 7 days 03:37 Marketing Automation - Push messaging out while you sleep with real-time feedback 04:04 Activate Lurkers - Monthly public events to bring email readers to life 11:14 AI Tools - Claude Pro for everything plus Anthropic API for automations 11:28 Audits and Quizzes - ScoreApp for qualifying leads 11:30 Executive Assistants - Calendly for calendar, Fixer for emails and meetings 11:43 Process Documentation - Notion for clean, simple SOPs 11:48 Why Keep Processes Clean - Messy processes are worth nothing when selling company 12:18 Age of Abundance - Scale any business type for just $730/month 🐬 Join the Sprint Club: https://www.strategysprints.com ⚡️ Free Tools: https://www.strategysprints.com/tools CONNECT WITH ME 🐦 X: https://x.com/simonseverino 👋 LinkedIn: https://at.linkedin.com/in/simonseverino 🎉 Free Community: strategysprints.com ACCELERATE YOUR SALES 🐬 Business Coaching: https://www.strategysprints.com 🌴 Sales Show: https://www.youtube.com/@simonseverinosales 💪 Investing Show: https://www.youtube.com/@InvestingShow SIMON SEVERINO Simon Severino is the CEO of Strategy Sprints. He has created +2B in additional sales for his clients over the last 21 years. As an advisor who became CEO, he had to learn the importance of working ON the business more than IN it. Now, he shares his proven templates with high-ticket entrepreneurs. They reclaim 14 hours per week using the Strategy Sprints™ Method and enjoy sales that soar. Author of "Strategy Sprints", Podcast Host Ranking Top 2,5%, TEDx speaker, Forbes contributor, Triathlete. Has appeared on over 1300 podcasts. When he is not supercharging sales, you'll find him swimming, biking, running and tricking his 3 kids into outdoor activities so they can't escape his annoying shrinky questions.

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