The Disruptive Entrepreneur

Competitor analysis and real-time feedback can solve your problems, help you grow your business and give you an edge over your competition. Join in this episode and listen to Rob as he discusses these two very important and simple things that you should do to solve your business problems in details.   KEY TAKEAWAYS  Two basic things that people don’t do in order for them to know the answers to their business problems.  Number one full competitor analysis. A great balance in business is to both obsess over what your competitors are doing and also try to innovate and be unique in your marketplace. If you want to be purely unique, sometimes obsessing over your competitors kind of encourages you to model them rather than be different, disruptive and unique, but you can learn a lot from your competitors. Look to be collaborative rather than competitive with your competitors or take what they're doing well, and improve upon it.  Number two, getting real-time feedback from your followers, fans, leads and c

Jackie ‘The Flying Scot’ Stewart: Interview with 3 times Formula One World Champion.  Jackie Stewart represented Great Britain at the Olympics in shooting, and won three world championships in Formula One motor racing In this episode Rob talks to the great Scotsman about how he developed his love for racing, how he has developed a wide array of business interests since retiring from the sport. Learn how mind management has been so important to his success. Listen on to hear its so important in the latest episode of the Disruptive Entrepreneur.     Key Takeaways  Do you remember the first time you first fell in love with driving cars? It was my brother. He was part of a team going around the world and my brother would take me to the different venues when I was 12. I’ve got the autographs of all the stars at the time. All these big names. I was a big fan.     Did your undiagnosed dyslexia affect your success? In those days the teachers didn’t know anything about dyslexia, and you were just labelled thick.

Why being ‘YOU’ is the simplest and best form of marketing  Everyone has reservations about putting themselves out there. Fear is deep in our psyche, from not wanting to be left out the group. However it’s important to remember, being you is the simplest, most effective way of marketing out there. In this episode, Rob, talks through his approach to personal branding. Learn how being yourself, knowing yourself and exaggerating your good traits are essential for you in your marketing. Learn how package yourself to the world effectively in this episode.    Key Takeaways  I’ve spoken to thousands of people about personal branding and there are quite a lot of reservations. When thinking about marketing packaging yourself, the most important factor is being yourself. The easiest thing in the world should be; to be yourself, but for most people it's one of the hardest in the world, because you fear being challenged, ridiculed, and getting lots negative attention. In prehistoric times if you put yourself out the

It’s the 350th episode of The Disruptive Entrepreneur Podcast! And, today, Rob makes it very special for his listeners. He promises to answer ANY question people throw in. That’s right! Questions could get random from business to his personal life to his other passions. Learn how he built his businesses from the bottom up, how he still manages to be the best dad to his kids and the best husband to his wife, and so on. Rob also shares great business strategies from aspiring entrepreneur to people who are already on their way to build their own empire. Among the 17+ questions he answers, he also showed how he’s just not an A+++ businessman, but also a man with other passions too. In case, you haven’t heard yet, Rob is a die-hard metal fan so find out which interesting people he wants to meet and dine with when you tune in. KEY TAKEAWAYS Growth is of Rob’s highest value. Rob always pushes for growth not just in his business but also in his personal life. Rob shares he’s always on the hunt for new ideas to

Business is marketing. Lots of business people seem to be proud that they are carrying on just fine without doing any marketing. You might be getting on fine but without any kind of marketing strategy, you can’t be growing effectively as a business. In this episode, Rob talks through why everyone needs to start thinking about marketing strategically. Testing your strategies so when you go for the big launch you’re able to know that your marketing works. If you’re not using marketing properly and thinking about a marketing strategy effectively this is the podcast for you. Key Takeaways Some business people come to me and say they are proud of the fact that they don’t do any advertising. This is not something that you should be proud of. Some business tick over, through accidental referrals but haven't grown in years. Surely there is an untapped market out there for these companies if they did a bit of marketing. Although it might feel like saving money, your not able to grow, and scale your business. On the

Do you currently produce content marketing currently? Is it something that you have thought about but you think you don’t have enough time, or you don’t know what to say? Are you leveraging one piece of content into 14 pieces of social media content? In this episode, Rob talks through why content marketing can be essential to grow your reach as a business. Rob address key issues with why people don’t take up content marketing, and why content marketing is not really marketing at all. But adding value. If you want to broaden your reach for your business without the cost of expensive facebook ads this is the podcast for you. Key Takeaways People don’t know want content marketing really is. People don’t know how to leverage it properly. They don’t realise that it’s not marketing at all but really it’s value. It’s creating value. Planting various seeds to grow and tree. It’s shocking how some businesses owners are scared of going out there and utilizing content marketing. The result is your adding value to your

We all know that everyone gets overwhelmed. When this happens, what do you do? Some people know while others don’t. In this episode, Rob shares his secret about how to beat the feeling of overwhelm. If you feel like you are going to mentally explode, Rob’s 4 simple steps will keep you sane. Tune in today to master the art of managing overwhelm. KEY TAKEAWAYS 4 quick and simple things to follow to drown out feeling overwhelmed: Brain dump everything out when you feel like your head is going to explode. Write out the 48 or so things that are in your head or you can empty it out in an audio file. Just empty your mind. Now that you have a list. Look at it and see what you can leverage, outsource or pay someone to do it or just get some help. Never be afraid to ask for help, your list should be a list that needs to be done, not a what-you-have-got-to-do list. By doing this there is a good chance that your list will go down by a third or even half. We are the bottleneck of everything when there is so much to d

11 ENTREPRENEUR TRUTHS I WISH I’D KNOWN In this episode, Rob shares the 11 things he wishes he had known when he was starting out. This podcast is an amazing opportunity to benefit from Rob’s expertise and experience. The Disruptive Entrepreneur should be listened to now by anyone starting out in business, it will make a positive difference to your journey. KEY TAKEAWAYS 1 You’re not alone You can feel that challenges are yours alone.  In reality, you are not alone other entrepreneurs have faced the same challenges. Align yourself with people who can help you, mentor you, inspire you and lift you up, People who have the answers to your problems because they’ve been there. 2 It’s good to want to make a difference but it’s also good to want to make a profit The purpose of business is to take risks and the reward is profit. The ideal for sustainable and scalable business is to achieve a balance between serving, solving, caring, making a difference whilst equally being selfishly motivated to make a n

ARE IDEAS WITHOUT ACTION WORTHLESS?  DESCRIPTION The Disruptive Entrepreneur – Rob Moore is sharing the value of ideas and the ways in which you can foster a great idea and then implement actions to achieve your desired outcome. This episode is an engaging and informative way to understand more about how to be open to ideas and the best way to take action with a good idea. KEY TAKEAWAYS Ideas Ideas sitting there in a meditative way are not going to bring the results you want. There has to be a certain amount of implementation action and testing. Bringing together people to brainstorm ideas and sharing ideas with each other can result in a great idea that is a hybrid of the other ideas. It’s vital that you don’t judge ideas or knock any idea down as often ideas can gestate and fertilise over time becoming something great. If you are not sure about an idea you can take some actions and view the action as a test then improve and iterate. This ensures that even if the initial action doesn’t get the ri

In this fascinating podcast, Rob is disrupting and challenging listeners as hediscusses the highs and lows for successful MMA fighter Cris Cyborg.Listen in to find out how being a successful competitor in a rapidly growing globalsport requires a synergy of qualities and the beliefs and faith to persevere. KEY TAKEAWAYS• How did you feel when you lost?I was undefeated for 13 years but as you approach any fight you always know that one day you are going to lose, it’s ultimately in God’s hands. It is a sport, and someone wins, and someone loses each time you fight. On the day I felt I did my best, I had challenged myself in training and learnt lots through the process. In the next fight, I’m sure I’ll be the winner. My mindset is very strong and losing has put fire in my heart about being the winner next time I fight. • When did you first realise you wanted to fight?As a child, I took part in lots of different sports and loved all of them. Atuniversity, I was approached by a scout as a potential fighting prosp

In this podcast, Rob shares the ten and a half essential skills you need that nobody taught you at school. He succinctly explains why each skill is necessary and the importance of them for everyone as they move through life. Listen in now to start learning. KEY TAKEAWAYS Learning to Manage and Master your Money Whether or not you are money focused, understanding how to make, manage and budget with money is key for everyone in life. Learning to Sell and Market Yourself, Your Product and Your Services Selling and marketing are about creating value and caring about others giving them a service they desire, want or need. Brands are everything - the personal brand, the company brand, the product brand and you can leverage them all if you choose. Learning to Manage and Master your Emotions We all feel emotions such as jealousy, resentment, fear, greed and excitement. Within each of us is a huge range of emotions. If you can learn to master your emotions you can master life. Learning to Communicate wi

Well recorded, well rounded, great sounding music makes people feel alive. Hi-fi’s and amplifiers are there to fulfil that purpose, and Dan D’Agostino is the best in the business at creating high-end, luxury Hi-Fi. Rob interviews a pioneer in the audio industry, having created a £250K amplifier entitled the Relentless. Their conversation goes from their shared love of music, to how to balance creativity with the hard facts of business, and what it takes to make a $250K amplifier? Listen to this episode to learn more about balancing the creative and business to gaining the confidence in charging more for your product. Could you charge 250K for your product? Key Takeaways How did you first get interested in Hi-Fi? It was music that got me into Hi-Fi, through my father, when I was young. He would play lots of different music, and he would build a small hi-fi system in our house. It became a career after a while, I saw a gap in the late 70’s in amplifier designs. There weren’t high enough amplifiers out there f

You shouldn’t always believe in luck if you want to become successful. Luck is just the unknown that you simply can't explain and can’t control. What you can learn is the traits of successful people, the entrepreneurs that have been there and done it. Tune in today to discover the traits of the greats and how you too can replicate their mindset to success. KEY TAKEAWAYS What is luck? Luck is just the unknown that you can't explain. You mustn't believe in luck at least if you want to become successful in your endeavours. The problem with that as a belief, even if it's a true belief is that you are out of control, you can't do anything about it, you are simply an effect rather than cause, you are a victim rather than in control and you are reactive rather than proactive and that mindset is not going to set you up towards success. Traits that successful people have. The single most important quality of successful people tried and tested is optimism. Sometimes optimism is naivety, I am going to be a million

Making money from something that you love is everyone's dream in life. It can also be one of the most difficult things to do. It involves hard work and taking risks. Rob interviews in this episode, Dom Joly, author and creator of the candid camera series Trigger Happy TV. They talk through how he accidentally fell into the show, his work as an author and what has made him successful. Learn from the ‘poster-child of not knowing what to do in life’ on how to best capture those opportunities when they present themselves and build a life doing the things you love. Key Takeaways I have a very active mind. I’m always thinking about something. That mindset allows me to come up with ideas, but sometimes I can get swamped. In India, I went to an Ashram where I nearly died when I was trying to be alone and do nothing. I’m a jack of all trades, master of none. I remember my dad saying that if you leave a job once you would never get a job again. I don’t know what I’m doing each year. You make that sacrifice of stabil

Genius and tragedy often go hand in hand, no more so than in the life of the fashion designer Alexander McQueen. Rob talks through his love of a documentary about his life and ultimately his tragic death. Rob brings you nine observations from this documentary that have made him think, and want to learn more about best to be successful in business and life. Can learning from the life of a tortured genius help you in your life and business? KEY TAKEAWAYS He made people feel something. McQueen wanted to provoke emotion. The enemy for McQueen was apathy, it was in the middle. He wanted people to love his work or hate it as long as they felt something. Death is in the middle for business. I took a lot more risks when we started the business than we do now 13 years later. He had a very dark side to his nature. There are dark sides to everyone. Wrestling with boredom, guilt, envy and all these emotions that every human being does. Every human being has every human trait. We are all wrestling with the darker sides

CROSSING OVER!In a first for both podcasts, Rob Moore along with Jake Woods and Spencer Oliver from the Pound for Pound podcast join together to discuss what business and sports share in a crossover episode. In this highly informative and entertaining episode, they share with us how two subjects that at first may appear to be far removed from each other actually share much common ground. This is a must listen for anyone who wants to experience a good podcast and an amazing introduction to the hosts of both The Disruptive Entrepreneur and Pound for Pound. KEY TAKEAWAYS• Secrets of a Good PodcastYou need to be knowledgeable and passionate about the subject. It’s an opportunity to share your story and the stories and journeys of guests. Podcasts can effectively mix education with entertainment to engage the listeners. Unlike media and television which go through lots of editing podcasts can be raw and unedited providing the audience with a very honest form of communication. As nothing has been taken out, nothi

Fear is something that we all feel, especially as entrepreneurs, as we are taking calculated risks every day. In this episode, Rob interviews urban climber Alain Robert aka ‘The Human Spider’ from his home in Bali. Alain talks about his passion for climbing, how he overcame a fear of heights as a child and how he’s managed to monetize and live off what he enjoys doing. If you want to learn how to conquer your own fear of taking risks, this is the episode for you. Can you live your life as if your climbing a building without a safety rope? KEY TAKEAWAYS How do you deal with fear and conquer that fear? Fear is never that complicated. I started to climb because it’s my dream. I watched a film when I was a child, in the film a plane crashed and some people were climbing a mountain to rescue the passengers. That really inspired me. When I was 11 I started to climb. Each climb I am trying to realise a dream. I was afraid of heights as a kid so I climbed to overcome that fear which essentially is a fear of dying.

You’re bound to create the next best thing. Don’t tell other people you otherwise. In this episode of The Disruptors Podcast, Rob encourages you to get your thinking cap on start looking for new ideas. Contrary to what other people believe, you don’t have to be in a specific creative niche to be ‘creative’. Our skillset – whether it be technical, leadership, management, or anything you can think of – can propel you to go to greater heights. Discover where you must look for those money-making and world-changing ideas. Rob also takes a look back on his tips on How To Be An IDEA MACHINE, which he discussed in a previous episode. There’s no other time to waste on every second that passes, especially in this fast-paced world, so start tuning in to begin creating NEW ideas! KEY TAKEAWAYS Take on someone’s idea and improve on it. Take a look at the geniuses’ works and put your own spin to it. Think of how you can make it your own and marketable. All new ideas can be solutions to existing problems. So, if you

The world has changed and social media is changing it fast. In today’s episode, Rob shares with you how to scale up your social media, brand and reach, without paying external agencies, experts or using a lot of your own time. Discover how to compartmentalise your diary to harness the power of social media with ruthless and maximum efficiency that suits your needs takes only 30 minutes per day and builds your online brand. Join The Disruptive Entrepreneur Community & Ask Rob a Question. KEY TAKEAWAYS The most important thing if you’re looking to build an online brand is to start compartmentalising your diary to create 30 minutes a half (half a day a week) where you will dedicate that time for business-related social media. In five hours a week, you can get a hell of a lot done. You could write five good content-related posts in your niche and you can leverage this by pulling two of these from the Live video you did that week. Your aim should also be to engage in other threads that are relative to your nic

Should you only work with clients that bring you joy and happiness or should you put some money in the bank and drum up some business? Sometimes you just need to get out there and sell some stuff, so that you can find and understand the market that you're in. In today’s episode, Rob explains why its better for your business if you start now and get perfect later.   No matter what business you’re in you will always have to deal with difficult customers but it’s your job to deliver for them, to serve them and solve their problems. This is the nature of a business and the task as an entrepreneur.   Join The Disruptive Entrepreneur Community & Ask Rob a Question. KEY TAKEAWAYS Once you know who your audience is you can tweak and tune your marketing message to attract the ones you want to attract and repel the ones you want to repel. You need to get out there and get selling and get perfect later If you only work with clients that give you perennial joy and happiness you'll never have any clients or an