66: Leveraging COVID and Other Timely Trends to Build Wealth With John Berlingieri

<p>Are you looking for some motivation on how to make money during this pandemic?</p><p>If so, this episode is for you!</p><p><strong>John Berlingieri </strong>-- serial entrepreneur and creator of The <strong>Sanitizing Station</strong> -- tells us about how he was able to go from idea to getting sales in two months on a $20,000 product aimed at helping to protect people from Covid infection.&nbsp;And how he was able to overcome all the complexities of doing so during the pandemic, while <strong>supply chains were shut down</strong> and in-person workers were scarce.</p><p>In this episode, John provides tons of great tips on everything from <strong>naming your business</strong> and products to <strong>getting publicity</strong> for your business to “faking it until you make it” when working on BIG ideas.&nbsp;John also discusses how to <strong>design, prototype and build</strong> FAST when getting to market quickly is the one of the most important aspects of success.</p><p>Make sure you listen for John’s amazing tip on <strong>what you should be reading</strong> to find lucrative business ideas, to keep up on business trends and to ensure that you beat your competition to market.</p><p>Check him out, and <strong>subscribe</strong> to the BiggerPockets Business Podcast so you won’t miss our next show!</p><p>In This Episode We Cover:</p><ul><li>How John <strong>started a manufacturing company</strong> at age 21</li><li><strong>Adapting</strong> and <strong>finding opportunities</strong> right away</li><li>How he works with local companies and <strong>gives discounts to get sales</strong></li><li>How he hires multiple <strong>virtual assistants</strong> for fast deployment</li><li>Why he <strong>reads</strong> lots of news</li><li>How he <strong>markets</strong> his products</li><li>From <strong>idea to a working product</strong> in less than two months</li><li>How they got their <strong>first customer</strong></li><li>Cost for <strong>manufacturing machines</strong></li><li>How they crafted the <strong>na