In this engaging episode of the "Love Your Sales" podcast, host Leighann Lovely interviews Ryan Atkinson, a young and dynamic entrepreneur who owns and runs two companies—Spacebar Visuals and Magic Media. Ryan shares his journey from working at HubSpot to starting his own businesses, delving into his strategic approach to business development, hiring, and leadership. He discusses the importance of identifying an ideal customer profile (ICP) and leveraging outbound marketing techniques to drive growth. Ryan also highlights the significance of working within one's area of genius and outsourcing tasks that aren't core strengths. The conversation offers valuable insights for small and mid-sized businesses looking to enhance their marketing efforts through multimedia content. Listen to learn actionable strategies and be inspired by Ryan's entrepreneurial spirit. Contact Ryan - Website – https://www.spacebarvisuals.com/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-atkinson17/ Special Thank you to our Sponsor Genhead – www.genhead.com Robb Conlon – Intro and outro – Westport Studio - https://www.westportstudiosllc.com/ The Brave Ones – Instrumental Version Song by Jan Sanejko - https://artlist.io/royalty-free-music/song/the-brave-ones/119489 Ready to grow your business? Schedule a call with us today - https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/bookings/discoverysalesleighann Channel Subscribe link - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-O7W9DzaRv4waodQKCprIg?sub_confirmation=1 #sales #businessdevelopment #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #selling #relashionships #customerexperience #podcast #loveyoursales #lastingrelashionships #salescareers #salesmanager #salesdevelopment #traininganddevelopment #leadershipdevelopment #salespodcast #salestraining Leighann Lovely: Welcome to another episode of love your sales. I'm really excited. I am joined by Ryan Atkinson. He is 25 years of age and entrepreneur who owns and leads two companies, Space Bar Visuals, and Magic Media. Ryan grew up in Iowa and attended the University of Iowa. After graduating, he moved to Boston to work as a BDR at HubSpot. After a year, he pivoted to a new role in marketing [00:02:00] for a health tech company and also moved to Austin, Texas. At that, at this time, he started his first company. Magic Media, which is a podcast agency providing production needs and interview needs. A year ago, he started Space Bar Visuals with his co-founder Brandon in which they create. Animated videos for SaaS companies in early November, Ryan left his full-time job to run these companies full time. Ryan has managed 70 plus people in his career already hosted up. 185 interviews created 125 K in revenue in the past year and partnered with some of the biggest brands in the world in his free time. He enjoys working out, reading, traveling, and being with friends, Ryan. I am so thrilled to have you join me on the, , on the podcast today. Ryan Atkinson: Yeah. Super excited to be here. The, the intro is nice. You read that off like very nicely. So yeah, super, super pumped to be here and yeah, chop it up with you and your audience, I guess. [00:03:00] Super excited. Leighann Lovely: So you are, um, a very young entrepreneur, um, you know, right out of the gate, it looks like you've, you've, you know, explain, have you always had that entrepreneurial experience or, or, um, you know, I guess what would be the right word, um, bug. Ryan Atkinson: Yeah, I gotcha. Um, yeah, so I was actually very lucky and very grateful to have, uh, my stepdad, my mom, they actually both run their own companies. So my stepdad owns a flooring business up in Minnesota. My mom owns her own hair salon. And even my dad like dabbles in like short term like Airbnb rental. So I was always raised by entrepreneurs and I knew I wanted. Once I got out of school to do my three W's and that's work whenever I want work with whoever I want and work like what on what I want to do. Um, so I knew coming out of school that I wanted to be an entrepreneur. I was part of the university of Iowa was like founders clubs. Um, I had my own podcast interviewing entrepreneurs when I was a senior in college. So yeah, from a young age, like I knew I wanted to start my own [00:04:00] company. And it wasn't a matter of like. If it was more a matter of when. And so when I was like 23, 24, however old I was, um, that came to fruition. And yeah, now 25, um, have done some fun stuff. Very grateful for what I do have been built an awesome team. So yeah, very grateful for what I do. And yeah, I started basically from my parents though, that entrepreneurial bug. Leighann Lovely: That's, that's amazing. Um, and you know, I think that you're, you're doing it right. You're doing it at an age where you, and I don't want to say lower risk, but it's, you don't, you don't have the. And again, I, I don't know you extremely well, but I'm going to say you don't have that house. You don't have the kids. You don't ...
