Published: Nov. 6, 2016, 9 a.m.
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Shawn Porat, founder of Scorely, Judgment Marketplace and Fortune Cookie Advertising. He\\u2019s a VP at Mark Echo Enterprise and a contributor to Forbes, Time, and Money Magazine among others.
Famous Five:
- Favorite Book? \\u2013 N/A
- What CEO do you follow? \\u2013\\xa0 Elon Musk
- Favorite online tool? \\u2014 N/A
- Do you get 8 hours of sleep?\\u2014 Never
- If you could let your 20-year old self know one thing, what would it be? \\u2013 \\u201cWork with others and meet as many entrepreneurs as you can\\u201d
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Time Stamped Show Notes:
- 01:53 \\u2013 Nathan introduces Shawn to the show
- 02:17 \\u2013 Scorely is a business credit bureau
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- 02:23 \\u2013 Started 6 months ago
- 02:35 \\u2013 Shawn is trying to get more small businesses in the platform for free
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- 02:53 \\u2013 Subscription plans
- 03:15 \\u2013 Scorely is currently on pre-revenue and will launch in 3 weeks
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- 03:25 \\u2013 10,300 people in their launch list
- 03:48 \\u2013 The idea of Scorely started 3 months ago
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- 03:54 \\u2013 They\\u2019ve partnered with different government agencies and businesses
- 04:25 \\u2013 The chamber of commerce
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- 04:30 \\u2013 The members have been informed they can get access to business reports through email blast
- 05:11 \\u2013 Scorely is the first in the industry
- 05:25 \\u2013 Scorely charges between $ 120 to $ 200 per report
- 06:04 \\u2013 Scorely focuses on small businesses
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- 06:10 \\u2013 Recovery of Judgement\\u2019s credit report
- 07:25 \\u2013 Some companies charges small businesses too much for credit reports
- 07:45 \\u2013 They are now free as they want more small businesses to learn about Scorely
- 08:06 \\u2013 Small businesses want credit reports because of a lot of reasons
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- 08:08 \\u2013 Small businesses need loans
- 09:00 \\u2013 Scorely can recommend small businesses to banks
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- 09:15 \\u2013 Goal is to get a loan with the smallest interest
- 09:30 \\u2013 Shawn telling Nathan how Scorely works in Nathan\\u2019s business scenario
- 10:28 \\u2013 Shawn gets 1% - 5% from the loans
- 10:52 \\u2013 Number of business loans made yearly in the USA
- 11:45 \\u2013 Shawn is still learning a lot
- 12:20 \\u2013 Judgment Marketplace
- 13:48 \\u2013 Scorely raised $ 250,000
- 14:05 \\u2013 Team size
- 14:30 \\u2013 Toptal as a freelancing site for developers
- 15:48 \\u2013 Connect with Shawn through his website
- 18:00 \\u2013 The Famous Five
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3 Key Points:
- You can\\u2019t do everything alone.
- Bring your ideas to life.
- Make a good action plan in starting a business.
Resources Mentioned:
- Toptal\\xa0\\u2013 Nathan found his development team using Toptal\\xa0 for his new business Send Later. He was able to keep 100% equity and didn\\u2019t have to hire a co-founder due to quality of Toptal\\xa0 developers.
- Host Gator\\xa0\\u2013 The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for the cheapest price possible.
- Freshbooks\\xa0\\u2013 The site Nathan uses to manage his invoices and accounts.
- Leadpages\\xa0 \\u2013 The drag and drop tool Nathan uses to quickly create his webinar landing pages which convert at 35%+
- Audible\\xa0\\u2013 Nathan uses Audible when he\\u2019s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5 hour drive) to listen to audio books.
- Assistant.to \\u2013 The site Nathan uses to book meetings with one email.
- Acuity Scheduling \\u2013 Nathan uses Acuity to schedule his podcast interviews and appointments.
- Drip \\u2013 Nathan uses Drip\\u2019s email automation platform and visual campaign builder to build his sales funnel.
- ShawnPorat.com \\u2013 Shawn\\u2019s website
- Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives
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