From Startup Incubator to Leverage Advice: My Transformation As A Coach
Channel: Stewart Bell
Date: 2024-01-12

In this video, Stewart Bell shares his journey from being a consultant to launching the successful Leverage Advice Firm, all while seeking a better work-life balance. He also discusses the importance of clear communication and the value of testing concepts in business.

In this video, we'll cover:

- Stewart's experiences with boot camp licensing, launching a startup incubator, and coaching advice firms

- The challenges and opportunities he encountered on his path

- The evolution of his coaching program, Leverage Advice Firm

- The importance of clear communication and testing concepts in business

- How to access supporting tools and join the free Practice Success portal for more insights and community support

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Keywords

consultant, experiences, motivation, marketing, coaching, startup, tech, leadership, family, work-life balance, business growth, client engagement, value perception, impact-driven strategies

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Key Topics

 Motivation for Change
- Desire to work with more practices more easily
- Necessity to make enough money without butting against the capacity ceiling
- Wanting solutions for clients to be easier to implement and have a bigger impact
- Personal drive to spend more time with family and have a better work-life balance

Launch and Growth of Leverage Advice Firm
- Launch of the leverage advice firm with slow initial growth
- Evolution of the industry, leading to the need for solving problems
- Creation of live training sessions, tools, templates, and recorded content for the member site
- Impacts on Stewart's personal life and career, providing a good living and a better work-life balance

Importance of Communication and Drive for Action
- Importance of communicating ideas and concepts clearly to drive action and engagement
- Understanding the perception of value and ensuring clients recognize the value of the service
- Desire for clients to understand the services provided, commit, and be happy to pay fees

Sharing of Tools and Approach
- Sharing simple approaches and tools, such as the pyramid, to support the coaching program
- Testing business strategies on his own business before teaching them to clients

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Quotes

The Evolution of Business: "I got involved in launching a startup incubator called Corporate to Freedom, and we would teach tech startup, theory, agile, lean startup, customer centric product development to people who wanted to escape corporate, they wanted to be able to do it by building a business on the side, kind of like an escape route."
— Stewart Bell [00:00:59 → 00:01:13]

Work-life balance: "I realized that, you know what? With a new baby on the way, I didn't wanna put that pressure on my wife. I wanted to spend some time."
— Stewart Bell [00:02:35 → 00:02:40]

Discovering Opportunities: "And I think the opportunity uncovered, which was the most important part of all, was, that advisers I found that advisers were ready to kind of explore this. And the kind of firms that I love to work with, which are confident, future-focused, smart people."
— Stewart Bell [00:03:15 → 00:03:29]

The Evolution of Business Strategies: "But then, as you know, the industry started to shift."
— Stewart Bell [00:03:59 → 00:04:02]

The Importance of Clear Communication in Driving Action: "I think a big part of what I've really learned is the importance of being able to communicate ideas and concepts so clearly that it gets traction and it drives action."
— Stewart Bell [00:05:19 → 00:05:30]

Viral Topic: The Power of Simplicity
Quote: "So what I'm gonna share today is, frankly, is quite simple. It is simple, but the application of the pyramid and a bunch of other tools that support this approach, I think it's significant."
— Stewart Bell [00:06:27 → 00:06:38]