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Listen to the journey of a Vancouver based home baker, who started a company called The Granola Girl.   

Hasti is the Owner & Lead Planner of La Vista Events, a wedding and event planning company based out of Vancouver.   Hasti joined us on the podcast and shared her story about leaving her full time HR career to pursue her passion for planning. She gave up her 9-5 job as well as her condo, moving back into her parents’ place in order to focus on growing her business at full force. Here she is now, 5 years later, sharing insight into her award winning business.   You can check out the full video version here:   On that episode, topics range from how to get started as an event planner (and that the only thing you need to invest in the beginning is your time); to the dos and don'ts of wedding planning; to important business operations advice, plus plenty more. Sunil & Hasti go in-depth, followed by a Q&A from the community at the 24 minute mark of the full version.   Thanks for coming in Hasti!   Check out La Vista Events: www.lavistaevents.com  Instagram: @lavistaevents&n

 00:11 | If you could change one thing about people in general, what would it be?  00:51 | What is your best tip (or tips) for beginner investors?  02:31 | As an entrepreneur, do you think that dressing sharp will open more doors for you?  03:34 | What is the first thing you notice when you meet someone for the first time?  04:26 | What's the best choice/decision you've made in business?   All of those questions answered in this week's BizDev. I want to elaborate a little more on the tips for beginner investors so we'll be doing a little more comprehensive video on that in the near future.   Feel free to reach out to me in the comments or through DM if you've got any questions you want answered.   ___   Stay up to date on my day to day business life:  https://www.facebook.com/sunilprasad360 

 About a month into hiring Dylan (July 2017) and starting to develop my personal brand, I was talking to a guy outside of a Starbucks. I think he as an app developer or something and we got talking about what I was doing (I had a guy hovering around me with a camera so that may have given it away).    So I said I was looking to build a brand through visual/audio content and he told me that statistically, most people who start a vlog or a blog or whatever only last 3 months.    I told him that didn't really bother me and he said "we'll see."    24 months later (to the day) and we're still here. Not to mention that this year has been my busiest year so far with the mortgage business, while I know that in the Vancouver area the industry has a whole has just tanked. Having a brand behind you can take you through the down times in business so I'm extremely glad I started it and kept at it.   So if you guys are just starting out - whatever it is - drown out the noise and

00:48 // How Zillow Got Started & Introduction to Zillow Canada  01:57 // Zillow's Perception in the U.S. Real Estate Market & How Realtors are Utilizing Advertising  04:32 // Zillow's Intuitive Technology & Artificial Intelligence Development  06:35 // How is Zillow Affecting the Real Estate Market?  08:57 // Zillow's Relationship with Realtors   I visited Zillow Canada's Vancouver branch a couple of weeks ago to chat with Teri Conrad (Director Broker Relations, Western Canada) about Zillow's arrival in Canada last October, how realtors are interacting with Zillow, and the overall influence Zillow has in both the U.S. and Canadian real estate markets, among other topics.   "Zillow is the leading real estate and rental marketplace dedicated to empowering consumers with data, inspiration and knowledge around the place they call home, and connecting them with the best local professionals who can help." www.zillow.com   Thanks for the chat Teri! @tericonrad - I

 This is an episode I'm extremely excited about. This man changed my life over the course of the last 7 or 8 years. He helped me find my purpose and he helped me deal with a lot of unnecessary bullshit in my life. My mentor, Dov Baron.   All of the work I have done on myself has helped me get to where I am today and I am extremely grateful to have him on the vlog. This way some of you can see Dov in action, hear his story, and get some insight into some of the exercises we went through back in the day, which I still use and carry with me to this day.   The entire conversation runs about an hour, so there are timecodes listed above with the main talking point listed in case there is something specific that stands out to you.   Dov, thanks again for coming on for this episode and sharing your wisdom! Link to Dov's chat with Claude Silver, Chief Heart Officer of VaynerMedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7V5_...   Dov's channel: youtube.com/dovbaron  IG: @dovbaronleadership 

 I've talked about my journey a lot but I don't think I've ever explained exactly my path to starting TFS.    Met with Kelsey Johnson of Paragon Mortgage Inc. the other day and got a little more in-depth into why and how I started my own business.    After high school I started out as a mechanic for Ford. After a few years of making money and not spending any of it, I had saved up a decent amount for someone in their early 20's.   So with that cash I starting investing in the stock market and then shortly after in the real estate market as well. With those investments I had some money coming in and I didn't really need a "job" at that point so I became an investor.   So in 2009 I was in California visiting family and was sitting down at a restaurant and got talking to someone next to me. We got talking and eventually he told me he owned the building across the street.   So we talked more about investing and business and he mentioned that he used to have a line of credit

 Knowing your audience is important, but understanding yourself beforehand is crucial. Your audience is not going to identify with you if they don't know where you stand, first of all. And second, providing insight and advice outside of your area of expertise is just counter-productive to everyone involved.   It doesn't make sense for me to talk about cooking or videography, but I've chatted with chef's and sometimes I'll have Dylan come on camera and talk about certain things on the video side if I think my audience can gain some value from it.   On the flip side, don't second guess yourself if you're afraid or nervous about sharing your knowledge. Years ago I wanted to start making videos like I am today, but never started. Think about the value I could have been giving to people during those years that people potentially missed out on. And even the growth I would have seen in myself during that time. Anyways, it doesn't matter now, but the point is that you shouldn't wait if you have a feeli

 Just a quick overview here guys on running a Facebook ad. This is not meant to be an in-depth tutorial video about how to run a Facebook ad, but instead a more simplified walk-through of my process for this particular ad.   In this case we were running an ad for my mortgage company, TFS Total Financing Solutions. Construction season has begun here in B.C. so we wanted to get an ad out there to let people know that we do construction financing.    Like I said, this isn't a full tutorial and I'm not a Facebook advertising pro - but this video should demonstrate that the process is fairly simple and straight forward. There's no need to get stressed out over it. In the video I go over the basics: location, demographic, details & interests of the demographic, and just some other simple customization and content tips that should provide some insight into what a Facebook ad for a business looks like.    Link to the full ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57G9h... ___   Stay u

 We were a little slow on the meeting side this past week and so we were a little short on content, as some of our ideas in the pipeline just weren't ready for action.   So me, Dylan, and Ian went and had a chat over some beers about content creation and ended up getting some content out of it. Go figure.    This is a perfect example of content creation at its finest - just turn the camera on and start documenting. If you're looking for content and you're not sure what to post, start documenting yourself or have a conversation with somebody and record it. You can even talk about the fact that you're short on content! Which is pretty much what we did.    Don't overthink your content. Sometimes you'll have to deviate from your content strategy and when you do, like I said, just document. Head over to tech or business news, see what's going on in current events and see if you have something to say about that. Talk about something that interests you but isn't related to your field! T

 Had a chat recently with Deepak, where we spoke about our recent experiences in each of our relationships, what that meant for our personal life AND our business life, and also about what it really means to find your passion and stick to it, especially when things get tough. 

 This episode is a full, uncut talk I had with a friend and colleague Roger Dusanj that runs about 30 mins. We spoke recently about drive and passion and what it means to kick the negative shit out of your life and focus on what really matters. In this case for Roger, it was his kids. He says giving up drinking was extremely important for him in finding his purpose and getting himself on the right track. Couldn't agree more with you, Roger! Thanks again for the chat.  

 I know millennial entrepreneurs take a lot of heat for being "lazy" and "entitled" and whatever else people throw at them. I've met some that are, sure, but to generalize an entire generation based on certain circumstances doesn't make sense to me. I can point out plenty of lazy and entitled people from all generations! Baby Boomers, Gen X, etc... I know lots of driven and hardworking millennial entrepreneurs.    It's easy to sit back and criticize an entire generation when the world around us changing so fast, but it's not productive. I find that the millennial generation just needs to be spoken to differently. You just have to figure out what they want and what makes them tick.    Some may say that you shouldn't have to talk to them or go deep, that they should just show up and be ready to work. Why can't it be both? It's about being empathetic and adaptive - no matter who you're talking to or what business you're in.   Anyways, that and a few other topics discussed in this we

 This episode is about 2 things: 1) family and 2) understanding yourself.    Even though I'm talking about both in this video I wanted to make clear that at the the end of the day, they are separate from each other. You can't be a good family member or partner if you haven't done the work on yourself. At the same time, you can't be living your life on somebody else's terms.   I spoke to 2 great men, Deepak and Roger, about their past and recent experiences with their particular struggles and I also opened up about my recent relationship experience as well. Great guys with great stories and life lessons which I am extremely thankful they shared. Thanks for the chats, guys!   This video is all about support and self awareness. Hope everybody gets some value out of our experiences! You can check both my guests out on IG: @rogerdusanj (Roger) @deep_impak (Deepak) ___   Stay up to date on my day to day business life:  https://www.facebook.com/sunilprasad360 

 Step one in saving your money: don't spend it. In my industry (real estate, mortgages), if you work hard enough (and smart enough) you can bank a million over the course of 10 or 15 years. And a lot people did here in Vancouver - but some of them have got nothing to show for it.   Now that the market is slowing down and the money isn't coming in like it used to for some, you start to notice who was smart with their money and who was spending it. And a lot of them are hurting.    It also exposes those people for their true passion - which likely isn't real estate or mortgages. It just shows that when you do something only for the money, it can have consequences down the road if you're not careful.   Sure, Vancouver can be an expensive place to live, but so is everywhere if you're shopping at Urban Fare or Whole Foods. So is everywhere if you buy a Porshe instead of a Toyota.    And I'm not talking about the price of real estate here - I understand it's a little out of co

 Rent or Buy??? On this episode we're tackling the issue of buying & owning a home versus renting and what it means for any of your long-term business and investment plans.   I came across something on Twitter that someone had done up showing how their investment in a house after 3 years had cost them roughly the same as if they would have rented.    Now the point of this video is not to say don't buy a home - but to give you guys some insight into the bigger picture. Are you good with money or bad with money? Sometimes a real estate can act as a forced savings account for people who aren't good with their dough.    Do you own a business? It might be better to rent and invest your cash in things that will help you grow than to park your capital in a home.   These are all things to consider and everyone is different, but hopefully this video gives you guys some value and understanding about when home ownership is worth it, and when it isn't.  Stay up to date on

 Questions:   1) "How do you price your services so that your service quality remains high, while not pricing yourself out of the market?"  00:08 - 01:05  2) "I'm running an event this summer and I'm thinking of having a Facebook or Instagram ad to promote it. Is it worth it?" 01:06 - 01:41   3) "Would you rather have one large business or many small businesses?" 01:42 - 02:14   4) "Should you brand yourself or brand your business? How does someone choose one over the other?" 02:15 - 04:05     Stay up to date on my day to day business life:  https://www.facebook.com/sunilprasad360 

 Had a chat (a few weeks ago) with Cliff Mander, CEO of CKM Sports Management. CKM is one of the leading hockey specific player agencies on the planet, using their technology and data analytics to empower their clients, while also using holistic player improvement - meaning that they focus on improving players’ psychological strength, physical ability and education.   So naturally we discussed the state of player development and where that is trending - but we also  talked shop and what it was like starting an agency in a competitive market filled with long established brands and businesses.   Thanks for the talk Cliff, learned a lot - keep up the good work!   CKM socials: - www.ckmsports.com - IG: @ckm_sports_management - FB: @ckmsportsmanagement   Stay up to date on my day to day business life:  https://www.facebook.com/sunilprasad360  

Stopped by the Canadian Mortgage Broker's Association FUNDAMENTALS19 Conference last week. These conferences aren't typically my cup of tea but thought it was a good opportunity to meet some of the private lenders I deal with and put some faces to names and ALSO utilize my time there in a different way....   A big part of going was to get some footage and produce some content to prove how valuable it is to have some sort of a brand on your social media platforms.   Not everyone who goes to a mortgage conference goes for business. To be honest, I think a lot go just to mingle and drink. So I thought bringing a camera along with me this time can show that you can utilize a mortgage conference for other purposes - not just the traditional "have a drink and pass a business card" kind of way.   Let me know what you guys think of these conferences... I'm curious to know what other people are getting out of them. Are they a waste of time or do you find them useful? ___   Stay up to date on my

 This week's 1-on-1 features Kiki Freeman, Broker & CEO at GrowHouseLA, a cannabis real estate company that provides inventory, including land, industrial warehouses and retail locations in compliant areas.   We discussed her role at GrowHouse and how she bridges the gap between cultivator and investor and the current state of residential and commercial real estate in the L.A. area.   Thanks Kiki - you can check her out below!   IG: @KikiSellHomesLA  LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kikirealestate  https://www.growhousela.org/ (IG: @GrowHouseLa) ___