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Today we have Russell Saks founder of Campus Protein. He started a national supplement company while attending Indiana University and grew it to over 1200 sales reps and he went from zero to 7 figures in revenue. Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn: [1:00] Jeremy’s introduction to this episode with Russell Saks. [1:50] How did Russell get his business started? [4:00] Russell talks about the impact of seeing his grandfather as an entrepreneur. [5:50] How Russell started getting involved with supplements. [19:02] What advice did Russell learn from the BEST Competition? [20:30] Facing a crossroads - continue the startup or go with the backup plan? [23:30] Russell talks about starting their own product line. [26:30] How does Russell and his team decide when to launch a new flavor? [31:20] Russell talks about guerilla marketing. [35:00] The benefit of using samples. [36:00] Building a sales rep team. [41:00] How has Russell’s team training process changed over time? [48:00] Russell talks about his difficulties