31: Leveraging Your Network to Launch and Grow Your Business with Gavin Steinberg

Do you have a business idea but are afraid that you don’t know enough about the industry to achieve success? Do you worry that you’ll hit a roadblock that will keep you from growing your business to its full potential? These are scary thoughts that plague many entrepreneurs, but there is a simple solution to overcoming these risks! Gavin Steinberg —real estate developer turned founder of the novel furniture subscription company The Everset—is here to tell you how he overcame these risks to his business. His solution is all about leveraging your network and finding other people who can help you navigate those areas of your business where you may not be the expert. When Gavin decided to enter the world of furniture, he was like a fish out of water. It wasn’t an industry that he knew, but it was an industry that he wanted to be part of. Leveraging his relationships and relying on the help of others who did know the industry, Gavin was able to gain the expertise that he needed and lean on others to help his company grow and thrive. In this episode, he tells us how we should be constantly expanding our network and recruiting others to help us grow in areas where we don’t have the knowledge or experience to do it ourselves. Make sure you listen for Gavin’s words of wisdom about how unlikely it is that your first idea will drive your ultimate success and how you should embrace the changes your business will inevitably go through. Check him out, and subscribe to the BiggerPockets Business Podcast so you won’t miss our next show! In This Episode We Cover: How Gavin created a novel furniture subscription company Where they offer their service and to whom How he found his partner How he's leveraging his network Strategic partnership with real estate communities Reaching out to customers by offering service as an amenity 3 things furniture should have: quality, reasonable price, and looks How they got their first customers The ability to say no And SO much more! Links from the Show BiggerPockets Forums Check the full show notes here: http://biggerpockets.com/bizshow31 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices