Strategy Sprints

🐬 Join the Sprint Club: https://www.strategysprints.com ⚡️ Free Tools: https://www.strategysprints.com/tools Harvard study reveals 75% of meeting time is spent talking ABOUT meetings. Ramsey Prior (scaled 20 unicorns) built Roomie AI to solve this $trillion productivity problem—and it's changing how remote teams win. Here's an SEO-optimized description with a compelling hook: Hook/Opening (First 150 characters - crucial for SEO): Harvard study reveals 75% of meeting time is spent talking ABOUT meetings. Ramsey Prior (scaled 20 unicorns) built Roomie AI to solve this $trillion productivity problem—and it's changing how remote teams win. Full Description: Meet Ramsey Prior, CEO of Roomie AI and the strategic advisor behind 20 unicorn companies. He's seen what separates winning teams from losing ones in the digital world—and it's not what you think. The problem? You spend 30% of your week in meetings, but you're missing the conversations that matter most. The Meeting Crisis: Average worker spends 30% of week in meetings (90%+ for remote teams) Harvard Business Review: 75% of meeting time spent discussing OTHER meetings Critical information locked in conversations you weren't invited to Sales and dev teams building resentment through miscommunication gaps Roomie AI Solution: Revolutionary meeting memory system that transforms how distributed teams collaborate: Meeting Memory: Chat with your entire company's meeting history (not just your own) X-ray Feature: AI proactively alerts you to relevant conversations you missed Cross-Team Intelligence: Search conversations happening in other regions, departments, time zones Integration Powerhouse: Connects Slack, CRM, Jira, Air Call, GitHub, Linear into one searchable source Real-World Game Changers: For Sales Leaders: Ask: "What are the top 3 objections in the APAC region this week?" Get verbatim quotes from actual customer calls—no "happy ears" filter Tie feature requests to revenue: "How much is this worth across all deals?" Resolve customer disputes by pulling exact conversation quotes Chapter Markers: 01:45 20 Unicorns Background - Part of scaling 20 unicorns as team member and consultant 03:15 Full Cycle Experience - Zero to one, mid-stage, acquisition, large enterprise 09:00 Coding Evolution Example - Learn to code → now AI codes for you, nobody needs to code 11:15 Problem Selection - Picked meeting effectiveness as core problem to solve 13:30 Meeting Time Statistics - People spend 30% of week in meetings, 90%+ during pandemic 42:15 Developer-Sales Conflicts - 80% miscommunication, builds up anger and resentment 44:00 Communication Made Small - Immediate, direct, frequent, prevents anger buildup 46:15 Happy Ears Problem - Salespeople filter information, managers need neutral risk assessment 1:08:30 Pull Exact Quotes - Send verbatim conversation to resolve issues without being combative 1:10:45 Integration Expansion - Merging other sources: CRM, Slack, Air Call, Jira 1:19:45 Large Brand Examples - Big brands using for specific teams, or 5-person agencies 1:22:00 Who Should Not Try - Regulated industries (HIPAA not certified yet), government (higher security) 1:24:15 Compliance Status - SOCK 2 compliant, GDPR compliant, working on HIPAA and government 1:26:30 Sales Leader Opportunity - Know things without calling different time zones or waiting CONNECT WITH ME 🐦 X: https://x.com/simonseverino 👋 LinkedIn: https://at.linkedin.com/in/simonseverino 🎉 Free Community: strategysprints.com ACCELERATE YOUR SALES 🐬 Business Coaching: https://www.strategysprints.com 🌴 Sales Show: https://www.youtube.com/@simonseverinosales 💪 Investing Show: https://www.youtube.com/@InvestingShow SIMON SEVERINO Simon Severino is the CEO of Strategy Sprints. He has created +2B in additional sales for his clients over the last 21 years. As an advisor who became CEO, he had to learn the importance of working ON the business more than IN it. Now, he shares his proven templates with high-ticket entrepreneurs. They reclaim 14 hours per week using the Strategy Sprints™ Method and enjoy sales that soar. Author of "Strategy Sprints", Podcast Host Ranking Top 2,5%, TEDx speaker, Forbes contributor, Triathlete. Has appeared on over 1300 podcasts. When he is not supercharging sales, you'll find him swimming, biking, running and tricking his 3 kids into outdoor activities so they can't escape his annoying shrinky questions.

🐬 Join the Sprint Club: https://www.strategysprints.com ⚡️ Receive our newsletter: https://thesalesshow.beehiiv.com/ The hardest CEO lesson? Saying NO to $200K opportunities. Simon Severino and Sean Malone reveal the hidden pressure of leadership, the "bounceback factor," and why 5-7 income streams beat chasing revenue. The $200K dilemma: When to say NO to lucrative projects that aren't aligned From "doing" to delegating: Why 1+1=11 in business (the "we vs. me" principle) Cash flow revenue: Simon's shift from chasing numbers to building 5-7 income streams The "bounceback factor": Pro golfers' secret that defines CEO performance under pressure Manual vs. automated: Why doing things manually makes you a sharper decision-maker Income Stream Blueprint (13 Ways): Simon's framework for generating cash flow even on 5-week vacations: One-on-one services → Groups/cohorts Subscriptions, licensing, royalties Affiliate commissions, paid newsletters Options income (be the casino, not the gambler) Capital gains, passive rent, sponsors, products Daily CEO Systems: The Circle Habit Tracker: 4 daily habits with visual accountability streaks 5-minute reset techniques: Breath work, kettlebells, high-intensity burpees The 60-second smile hack: Reset cortisol levels before team meetings Options trading as decision-making training: Calculate odds in 10 minutes daily CEO Lessons Learned: Simon's biggest mistake: Thinking options = gambling for 45 years (now generates income as "the casino") Sean's delegation breakthrough: Selling all real estate, moving to luxury apartment with better cash flow Character over capital: Teaching kids frustration tolerance through rowing and tennis Culture via structure: You can't change culture directly—only through systems and daily habits Chapter Markers: 02:10 – CEO Pressure & Lifestyle Trap 03:30 – CEO Café: Mindset of a CEO 04:00 – Hardest Shift: Saying No to Wrong Clients 07:15 – Hardest Shift: From Doing to Delegating 09:10 – Cash Flow Over Revenue 12:30 – Bucking the Trend: Rethinking Real Estate 14:20 – 13 Ways to Create Cash Flow 16:50 – Daily Habits to Stay Focused 19:10 – Permission & Clarity for CEOs 21:30 – Best Lesson: Becoming the “Casino” in Options 24:40 – Bounceback Factor: Reset After Mistakes 26:00 – Why Manual Work Builds CEO Skill 28:30 – Decision-Making: Whole vs Parts 31:10 – 5-Minute Reset Before Meetings 33:00 – What Makes a Great CEO: Culture 34:20 – What Makes a Great Company: Character in Crisis 36:00 – Parenting & Building Long-Term Character 🐬 Join the Sprint Club: https://www.strategysprints.com ⚡️ Free Tools: https://www.strategysprints.com/tools CONNECT WITH ME 🐦 X: https://x.com/simonseverino 👋 LinkedIn: https://at.linkedin.com/in/simonseverino 🎉 Free Community: strategysprints.com ACCELERATE YOUR SALES 🐬 Business Coaching: https://www.strategysprints.com 🌴 Sales Show: https://www.youtube.com/@simonseverinosales 💪 Investing Show: https://www.youtube.com/@InvestingShow SIMON SEVERINO Simon Severino is the CEO of Strategy Sprints. He has created +2B in additional sales for his clients over the last 21 years. As an advisor who became CEO, he had to learn the importance of working ON the business more than IN it. Now, he shares his proven templates with high-ticket entrepreneurs. They reclaim 14 hours per week using the Strategy Sprints™ Method and enjoy sales that soar. Author of "Strategy Sprints", Podcast Host Ranking Top 2,5%, TEDx speaker, Forbes contributor, Triathlete. Has appeared on over 1300 podcasts. When he is not supercharging sales, you'll find him swimming, biking, running and tricking his 3 kids into outdoor activities so they can't escape his annoying shrinky questions.

🐬 Join the Sprint Club: https://www.strategysprints.com ⚡️ Receive our newsletter: https://thesalesshow.beehiiv.com/ Jay Abraham and Simon Severino share strategies to elevate your business, accelerate sales and tactics that worked in numerous industries they consulted to. Chapter Markers: 03:42 Time Reclamation System - Focus Card reduces 72 tasks to 9 that matter 05:30 14+ Hours Saved Weekly - First two months of implementing Focus Card system 12:18 Sprinting & Flow Framework - Short intense work bursts plus creative reflection 14:45 Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's Flow - Staying in optimal performance state 22:40 Theory of Constraints - 2-3 bottlenecks create 80% of all business issues 25:15 Swiss Company Case Study - 19% win rate increase in just 90 days 35:11 80/20 Activity Mapping - Top 20% of activities break revenue plateaus 38:30 $5M Revenue Plateau - Swiss team example of breaking through with focus 1:10:06 Nurturing to 80% Ready - Pre-solve objections before sales calls 1:13:30 Sales Calls as Confirmations - Not convincing, but confirming decisions 1:21:44 Becoming Preeminent Expert - Turn proprietary knowledge into deep messaging 1:25:00 Referral-Fueling Positioning - Expert status that generates natural referrals 1:33:12 Strategic Partnership Growth - Let complementary businesses send clients 1:36:45 Effortless Pipeline Building - Partnerships that work on autopilot 1:42:48 Building Recurring Revenue - Shift from labor-based to orchestration income 2:11:45 Consistency Over Intensity - Small daily actions create massive results 2:14:18 Business as Competitive Sport - Using free will to redesign life and work 2:17:00 Ultimate Freedom Philosophy - Business serves life, not life serves business 2:19:54 Strategic Assets vs Traditional Marketing - Build sellable IP, not just campaigns 2:22:30 Asset Categories - Blogs, licensing, franchises, intellectual property 2:23:45 Planning Beats the Plan - Process of strategic thinking more valuable than document 2:25:10 Final Thoughts - Time freedom, leverage, and building legacy-driven business 2:27:00 Next Steps - How to enroll and begin transformation journey 🐬 Join the Sprint Club: https://www.strategysprints.com ⚡️ Free Tools: https://www.strategysprints.com/tools CONNECT WITH ME 🐦 X: https://x.com/simonseverino 👋 LinkedIn: https://at.linkedin.com/in/simonseverino 🎉 Free Community: strategysprints.com ACCELERATE YOUR SALES 🐬 Business Coaching: https://www.strategysprints.com 🌴 Sales Show: https://www.youtube.com/@simonseverinosales 💪 Investing Show: https://www.youtube.com/@InvestingShow SIMON SEVERINO Simon Severino is the CEO of Strategy Sprints. He has created +2B in additional sales for his clients over the last 21 years. As an advisor who became CEO, he had to learn the importance of working ON the business more than IN it. Now, he shares his proven templates with high-ticket entrepreneurs. They reclaim 14 hours per week using the Strategy Sprints™ Method and enjoy sales that soar. Author of "Strategy Sprints", Podcast Host Ranking Top 2,5%, TEDx speaker, Forbes contributor, Triathlete. Has appeared on over 1300 podcasts. When he is not supercharging sales, you'll find him swimming, biking, running and tricking his 3 kids into outdoor activities so they can't escape his annoying shrinky questions.

🐬 Join the Sprint Club: https://www.strategysprints.com ⚡️ Receive our newsletter: https://thesalesshow.beehiiv.com/ Stop experimenting with AI and start PROFITING from it. Three founders reveal which AI tools actually generate revenue (plus the $200K mistake most make). Shopify cracked the code—here's how you can too. Join Simon Severino, Sean Malone, and Neil Fairmont on The Elevate Podcast as they expose the truth about AI for founders: 90% are using it wrong, wasting time while competitors scale. Learn which AI tools actually drive revenue and which ones are just expensive distractions. What You'll Discover: Why Shopify is the ONLY Fortune 500 showing real AI productivity gains (data-driven proof) Sean's self-liquidating funnel: $47 book generating $122 average cart value using AI Hyros Air breakthrough: Automatically captures 20-50K monthly website visitors and converts them The "Content Monster" system: AI agent that creates videos, B-roll, captions, and posts everywhere Merker's $200K strategy: Paying experts to train vertical-specific AI agents (the future) Why voice AI will eliminate screen dependency (and what to build now) Peter Drucker's principle: Efficacy before efficiency (most founders get this backwards) AI Tools That Actually Work: Fixer AI (Simon's tool that generated $27K from one forgotten lead) Claude for team productivity and email writing Perplexity for competitive research ChatGPT for coding workflows Make.com & n8n.com for automation Sora 2 for AI avatar videos Critical Mistakes to Avoid: Using wrong tools based on hype (not your specific needs) Training AI on bad/generic data instead of YOUR business data Not training your team on new AI workflows Prioritizing efficiency over efficacy (the hedge fund example) Relying too much on AI without first principles thinking Real Use Cases: Neil's automation saves 2+ hours weekly on LinkedIn posts Simon's Gmail + Google Drive integration catches missed invoices Sean's DM automation using FlowChat's native AI Perfect for founders ready to move from AI curiosity to AI profitability. Stop the slop, start the systems. Chapter Markers: 03:00 Simon's Win - Six beta readers for unfinished book, collaborative writing 04:30 Sean's Win - Low ticket funnel with $122 average cart value ($47 book) 06:00 Self-Liquidating Offer - Pay affiliates $100 for $47 book, still profitable 07:45 Most Exciting AI Development Question - What's changing how founders grow? 08:30 Simon's Monitoring - Shopify shows hockey stick in revenue per employee 46:45 Mistakes Founders Make Question - Common AI implementation errors 47:45 Neil's Three Mistakes - Wrong tool selection, bad data training, inadequate staff training 50:00 Simon's Mistake - Relying too much on AI, abandoning first principles 51:30 Hedge Fund Example - Five people, systematic trading, not beating market but won't change 53:00 Peter Drucker Principle - First: what's the right thing to do? Second: how to do it right? 54:30 Efficacy Then Efficiency - Don't be fastest marathon runner in wrong direction 56:00 One or Two AI Tools Question - Which ones should new founders start with? 57:00 Simon's Innovation Answer - Build voice tools, eliminate screen staring stupidity 66:30 Biggest Takeaway - Sean: efficacy then efficiency focus 67:15 Neil's Takeaway - Interested in Content Monster project Sean's building 68:00 Simon's Takeaway - Sean's amazing funnel shipping, workbook after book 69:15 Conclusion - Write comments with biggest takeaway, conversation not one-way 🐬 Join the Sprint Club: https://www.strategysprints.com ⚡️ Free Tools: https://www.strategysprints.com/tools CONNECT WITH ME 🐦 X: https://x.com/simonseverino 👋 LinkedIn: https://at.linkedin.com/in/simonseverino 🎉 Free Community: strategysprints.com ACCELERATE YOUR SALES 🐬 Business Coaching: https://www.strategysprints.com 🌴 Sales Show: https://www.youtube.com/@simonseverinosales 💪 Investing Show: https://www.youtube.com/@InvestingShow SIMON SEVERINO Simon Severino is the CEO of Strategy Sprints. He has created +2B in additional sales for his clients over the last 21 years. As an advisor who became CEO, he had to learn the importance of working ON the business more than IN it. Now, he shares his proven templates with high-ticket entrepreneurs. They reclaim 14 hours per week using the Strategy Sprints™ Method and enjoy sales that soar. Author of "Strategy Sprints", Podcast Host Ranking Top 2,5%, TEDx speaker, Forbes contributor, Triathlete. Has appeared on over 1300 podcasts. When he is not supercharging sales, you'll find him swimming, biking, running and tricking his 3 kids into outdoor activities so they can't escape his annoying shrinky questions.

🐬 Join the Sprint Club: https://www.strategysprints.com ⚡️ Receive our newsletter: https://thesalesshow.beehiiv.com/ Tired of losing clients after 3 months? Discover how to turn short-term clients into 3-year partnerships using masterminds—even without a full product ladder. Jay Firebrough reveals why 75% of "masterminds" fail. Simon Severino interviews Jay Firebrough, the Mastermind Guy, to solve every consultant's nightmare: landing great clients who leave after solving their problem. Learn how to create high-ticket mastermind programs that generate recurring revenue for years, not just months. What You'll Learn: Why 75% of programs labeled "masterminds" are just glorified group coaching (and how to avoid this trap) The Napoleon Hill mastermind principle: 8-14 people creating an "invisible intangible force" How to start a mastermind WITHOUT building a full ascension ladder first The minimum conditions needed: small audience (50-200 people) + one downsell offer Pop-up mastermind strategy: Let prospects "taste" your program without destroying group safety Industry vs. peer vs. transformation-based masterminds (which is right for you?) Why 6-12 month commitments with renewals create sustainable business models How to structure your first cohort (even if you only have 4 people ready) Real Business Impact: Transform 3-month client churn into 3-year partnerships Create high-ticket recurring revenue ($10K-$50K+ per member annually) Build programs where clients WANT to stay year after year Works for coaches, consultants, personal development, life coaching, and healing industries Key Insight: Masterminds aren't just for entrepreneurs—they work even BETTER for transformation-based businesses where change takes time. Perfect for coaches, consultants, and thought leaders ready to stop the client churn cycle and build sustainable, high-value programs. Chapter Markers: 01:15 Guest Introduction - Jay Firebrough, the mastermind guy, solving client retention 02:30 Client Churn Problem - Short-term packages end, clients say thanks and leave 03:45 Mastermind Solution - 6-12 month initial commitment, but doesn't end at renewal 05:00 Key Principle - Build value over time, renewals become automatic for years 06:15 What is a Mastermind? - 75% of "masterminds" are just glorified group coaching 07:30 One-to-Guru Problem - Only relationship with leader, not with other members 14:15 8-14 Person Sweet Spot - Below 8 limits force, above 14 requires 3-6 hour meetings 15:30 Everyone Has Voice - Every meeting, every person should feel they participated 16:45 Hybrid Programs - 20+ people possible but need intentional relationship building 18:00 Two Big Client Questions - What kind of mastermind? Am I ready? 19:30 Ascension Ladder Myth - Don't need lead magnet → low ticket → course first 21:00 Start Earlier Than Expected - Can create high-ticket mastermind without full ladder 29:00 No Cookie Cutter - Use your superpowers: coaching, facilitation, or content 30:30 Puzzle Pieces Approach - Custom container for maximum transformation 32:00 Longevity Design - Container for ongoing recurring revenue, not just 6 months 33:30 Industry Question - Which industries work best for masterminds? 🐬 Join the Sprint Club: https://www.strategysprints.com ⚡️ Free Tools: https://www.strategysprints.com/tools CONNECT WITH ME 🐦 X: https://x.com/simonseverino 👋 LinkedIn: https://at.linkedin.com/in/simonseverino 🎉 Free Community: strategysprints.com ACCELERATE YOUR SALES 🐬 Business Coaching: https://www.strategysprints.com 🌴 Sales Show: https://www.youtube.com/@simonseverinosales 💪 Investing Show: https://www.youtube.com/@InvestingShow SIMON SEVERINO Simon Severino is the CEO of Strategy Sprints. He has created +2B in additional sales for his clients over the last 21 years. As an advisor who became CEO, he had to learn the importance of working ON the business more than IN it. Now, he shares his proven templates with high-ticket entrepreneurs. They reclaim 14 hours per week using the Strategy Sprints™ Method and enjoy sales that soar. Author of "Strategy Sprints", Podcast Host Ranking Top 2,5%, TEDx speaker, Forbes contributor, Triathlete. Has appeared on over 1300 podcasts. When he is not supercharging sales, you'll find him swimming, biking, running and tricking his 3 kids into outdoor activities so they can't escape his annoying shrinky questions.