Summary: Todd tells us how he launched a 5 figure product in 10 days, how he navigates work life balance with his wife as his co-founder and why knowing the business of art matters Insight from this episode: "Amateurs make something so they can sell it, pros sell it so they can make it” - Todd Wahnish episode #74 Todd talks about learning from Jeff Coons and the reasons to Don’t be blinded by your ideas to the point that you forget about your audience (the people who will need to buy it) Avoid building your ideas in a vacuum by putting your idea out there and doing research with the people you attract. Put the idea out there via a blog and work to build a audience Todd’s first question was would you buy this when presenting a new idea to his audience and it funded his idea "Cash is validation, yes’s are not validation money in your pocket’s validation and its also pressure" Todd Wahnish episode #74 Even though his wife is his co-founder they have 1 rule: No business before breakfast His wife and his working relationship started organically because he needed help, He knew his wife was the one because when the chips were down and he had $3 in his bank account she told him to keep going and not to go get a job He tested her to see if she was down to go through the high’s and low’s of entrepreneurship Todd was once homeless and only able to take a shower every 3 weeks Todd stood up to his college dean in order to be able to get started on his new york art journey How staying persistent to get his opportunity for a job when he was unemployed paid off Todd learned to think about more than being an artist by working in the music industry Todd suggests making yourself yourself the center of attention when networking or building an audience by talking to people, putting your work out there, going on social media and adding value and dedicating something to your craft "You only feel your shackles when you try to move, you can be that prisoner, you can be there stuck in that life but its up to you to realize that thats what it is” - Todd Wahnish episode #74 Todd's 3 keys to Create Your Best Life: Trust yourself Focus on what you do "You only feel your shackles when you try to move, you can be that prisoner, you can be there stuck in that life but its up to you to realize that thats what it is” - Todd Wahnish episode #74 Stay Connected: Kevin: www.kevinybrown.com www.instagram.com/kevinybrown www.twitter.com/kevinybrown www.facebook.com/kevbrown001 Todd: www.cleverera.com https://www.instagram.com/wahnish https://twitter.com/wahnish https://www.facebook.com/todd.wahnish Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on itunes, google play, stitcher and www.createyourlifeseries.com/podcast
