Vlad is the CEO of Logic Inbound, a digital marketing agency based in Seattle. He’s a serial entrepreneur who has been featured on featured on Shopify.com, TechCrunch.com, GeekWire.com, CrowdSourcingWeek.com.  Welcome! [2:41] What other entrepreneurial ventures have you done? ·      Started at 19 Shoplits – celebrity quote application ·      In 2 weeks 1500 downloads so decided to make more apps ·      30 apps in the app store ·      Get 300,000 downloads in a year and a half ·      Software company for real estate 13 brokers in 3 different states ·      Friend in college wanted marketing advice [4:54] If you could restart and do something in a different industry, what would it be and why? ·      Company he has today- start a marketing agency earlier ·      Contact 3 people that are successful every day ·      Team of 25 people [9:25] You and your co-founders started Logic Inbound from nothing and didn’t take a salary for a year and a half- what was going through your head at that time in your personal finances at home? ·      One of his mentors, one of the founders of BitTitan didn’t make a dollar after 7 years ·      No salary was being drawn but the company still had revenue ·      The growth a company can make can far outweigh the benefits of withdrawing [9:30] How did you prepare for such a long time without a paycheck? ·      First company made a couple thousand a month ·      Still making income on the side from previous projects [12:23] What was a scary financial risk you had to take? Either personally or in the business ·      Huge risk of not paying yourself ·      Don’t be afraid to put in extra hours [20:0] Tell us a bit about Logic Inbound, what kind of work do you do and what clients do you serve? ·      90% of work is SEO ·      Make sure people are converting Sponsor [24:34] If you’d like to listen to a book for free sign up with Audible. Value Link Round [24:57] Why do you think people struggle to achieve their dreams? ·      You need to build up habits over a period of time ·      Set a target and build up increments over a period of time ·      Set achievable goals, smaller goals make you meet bigger goals [28:11] What other books or podcasts do you recommend? ·      7 habits of highly effective people ·      4-hour work week ·      Awaken the giant within ·      Think and grow rich ·      How to make friends and influence people ·      Tim Ferris ·      Gary V ·      Eofire [30:10] Do you have a favorite quote? ·      We are what we repeatedly do we are what we do ·      What’s the one thing that I can do right now that makes everything easier [31:35] Any last advice?  ·      Start small and then take action Support this podcast at — https://app.redcircle.com/shows/11f32da4-3081-471f-bf51-ea341b89ab1d/tip