#422: From the Basement to a Billion Dollar Unicorn with FreshBook's McDerment

<div class="clickup-table-view clickup-table-view_wide"> <table class="clickup-table"> <tbody> <tr data-row="row-gsdkpy"> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1" data-row="row-gsdkpy" data-cell= "cell-388zdh"> <div class="qlbt-cell-line" data-row="row-gsdkpy" data-cell= "cell-388zdh" data-rowspan="1" data-colspan="1" data-block-id= "block-66eed8f5-fcc7-4c6f-8f64-b77cb907492e">Welcome to Episode #422: with Mike McDerment, co-founder and CEO of FreshBooks, planet earth’s #1 cloud accounting solution designed for small business owners</div> <div class="qlbt-cell-line" data-row="row-gsdkpy" data-cell= "cell-388zdh" data-rowspan="1" data-colspan="1" data-block-id= "block-693adb1d-01d2-4e3c-b0d3-b97559cbeb9a"> </div> <div class="qlbt-cell-line" data-row="row-gsdkpy" data-cell= "cell-388zdh" data-rowspan="1" data-colspan="1" data-block-id= "block-1a3511f9-1e0d-4b73-9b5d-887e70d406af">During this episode, we talk about From the Basement to a Billion Dollar Unicorn.</div> <div class="qlbt-cell-line" data-row="row-gsdkpy" data-cell= "cell-388zdh" data-rowspan="1" data-colspan="1" data-block-id= "block-1a3511f9-1e0d-4b73-9b5d-887e70d406af">Here are some highlights:</div> <ul> <li>Business success begins by identifying your very specific customer and understanding their problems and being able to articulate the solutions you have for them.</li> <li>To be come successful, focus and start doing a lot of the little things. Don't overwhelm yourself with thinking of the big things.</li> <li>Being an entrepreneur is a tricky thing. On one hand you are running scared and on the other hand, you are walking out there trying to convince everyone to follow you. Stick to your core principles and it will guide you through.</li> </ul> <div class="qlbt-cell-line" data-row="row-gsdkpy" data-cell= "cell-388zdh" data-rowspan="1" data-colspan="1" data-block-id= "block-d2cdaa51-7b11-4935-97b3-a8f9ad3d6997"> </div> <div class="qlbt-cell-line" data-row="row-gsdkpy" data-cell= "cell-388zdh" data-rowspan="1" data-colspan="1" data-block-id= "block-a1f86045-c2d4