In this episode, Jay is interviewed by Dennis Brown on the Growth Experts Podcast. Jay talks to Dennis all about his journey into entrepreneurship including how he used his expertise to build a 7-figure business as well as how he helps other entrepreneurs with their own start-ups. Dennis and Jay also reveal the secrets to creating a business that can scale both quickly and sustainably.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Since a child, Jay always learnt how to create and make his own money. It built the foundations for his journey into entrepreneurship and business.
• Jay decided to focus on the manufacturing recruitment niche, to allow him to focus and scale fast.
• Look at your potential clients/customers pain points and fix them for them. This gives you an edge over your competitors. Look at gaps in your industry where you can make a difference.
• As a small business, you can be adaptable and easily differentiate yourself. You can’t always be better than your competitors, but you can easily be different.
• Sales and marketing should always be the two things you focus on first. If they aren’t driving the business, then you won’t be able to scale.
• Don’t waste time on tasks that don’t add revenue. As a business owner your focus should be on revenue-generating tasks or that grow the business. Anything else is a distraction.

BEST MOMENTS

‘If I want to be successful, I need to go into a market that was booming…scalability was there’

‘We listened, we went the extra mile’

‘Focus on what revenue you can bring in, you’ll always grow that way”

 VALUABLE RESOURCES

The Business Mentor Podcast - https://www.jay-dhillon.com/podcast

Jay Dhillon’s website - https://www.jay-dhillon.com

Jay Dhillon YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNRouhFVktGDQcCRAzoHydQ

ABOUT THE HOST - Jay Dhillon has grown businesses from start-up to success and helped many others do the same. With limited savings, he grew his first business to a multimillion pound turnover with 500 contract staff, winning major clients including Land Rover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look. Along the journey Jay faced many challenges which he over came through the support of his mentors.

Due to the success from creating his business into an asset, in 2013 Jay was able to sell his business to a London based investment firm. Jay has gone onto further success since the sale, creating a strong business brand with his companies and helping others do the same. In 2013, Jay was approached to work with the Prince's Trust, one the UK largest business mentoring programmes. His support and guidance helped young entrepreneurs start and grow their own businesses. His achievements in helping businesses and the success they achiveved, were marked with a personal invitation to meet Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace.

Jay's first hand experience demonstrates that with the right mentoring and guidance, you can achieve success in business. His passion to help and guide others triggered the concept of The 'Business Mentor Podcast' sharing his knowledge and experiences and interviewing high-profile guests within his network. The podcast was a great hit and achieved #1 in the business charts on its launch on iTunes. It has been a great listen for entrepreneurs and business owners around the globe as it has subscribers in over 100 countries. 

CONTACT METHOD

Email jay@jay-dhillon.com

The year 2020 has been one for the history books and there has been highs and lows for everybody. Today, we take a look back on the highlights of The Business Mentor Podcast where we’ve had some amazing guests such as Grant Cardone and David McCourt. From pandemic predictions to inspiring guidance this episode contains it all from some of the best business brains around the world.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Coronavirus isn’t going away. If you were to put scientists and entrepreneurs in the same room, things get solved. People once said that ‘cash is trash’ however nobody is saying that now since having cash is vital. There has never been a more important time to learn how to negotiate and sell that today, if you know how to negotiate and sell and you can’t leave your house, then you can pick up your phone and make some sales.

• You are either creating or destroying your empire with every single decision you make. Set yourself up for the other side of this pandemic, it will make your enemies hate you even more because you will be successful. This year has been a big eye-opener to see who has been there and who hasn’t.

• If you hang around with idiots, you’ve got a high chance of being an idiot. If you hang around successful people, you have a high chance of being successful. Face your fears and make fear your friend, break fear down and eventually you will see that what you feared is not so scary.

• Look at the steps you need to take to be a better leader, and apply them to your life. Somebody could take away all your possessions, but they can never take away the value you bring and the hours of training that you have given yourself.

BEST MOMENTS

“Everybody should have a mentor.”

“The more that you can trust each other within your roles, the less likely you are going to be to stop trying to vie for positions.”

“That’s when I burned my bridges and said ‘I have got to be responsible.”

“I am going to be stronger than ever when this is over.”

ABOUT THE HOST

Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few.

Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.

A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.

After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.

Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.

In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number.

Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.

CONTACT METHOD

 https://www.jay-dhillon.com/

 https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon

 https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/

 https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/

 http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com