Overview

On this episode of Build Your Network, Host Travis Chappell interviews Des Woodruff, an active entrepreneur who pioneers new and exciting ventures that are first to market.

Topics Discussed:

• About Des Woodruff:
  • Created the financial brand Grok Trade.
  • An experienced institutional and retail stock trader.
  • President of Bout Management LLC.
  • Looks at himself as a real entrepreneur.
  • Most well known now as a guru in stock trading.
    • Has a blog that does videos on the stock market.
  • Business partners with Ken Shamrock.
• Tell us about CE3
  • Isn’t officially launched yet, but you can visit the site.
  • Positioned himself to help Ken Shamrock after hearing him speak at his church.
  • Asked him questions about his business.
  • Des helped him build his social media presence and have a great website.
  • CE3 puts celebrities with entrepreneurs.
    • Your lifestyle eats away at your money when you’re not making as much as you did before.
    • You don’t have to be on that path, you can have financial savvy with the help of an entrepreneur.
    • The celebrity will negotiate an equity stake in companies in exchange for promotions.
    • Let the entrepreneur take calls and expand opportunities.
  • No one has an easy way to reach a celebrity, but CE3 is very connected.
    • They look for individual values that celebrities hold dear.
    • Entrepreneurs are harder to find because every business owner thinks they’re an entrepreneur.
      • You have to ask if they’re really an entrepreneur, are they naturally built to make money?
      • They show a pattern of someone who owns businesses and have killed it in at least one of them.
      • Are they highly confident?
      • Find out what the entrepreneurs core values are, and they pair them up.
    • Do you believe that what you know or who you know is more important and why?
      • It’s who you know, because the byproduct is what you know.
      • Who you know will open opportunities for you to learn.
      • You have to be a master networker.
      • If you want to expedite who you know, there’s no faster way to do it than having a celebrity by your side.
      • If you ever appear needy or less than confident, you’re going to have a hard time networking.
        • Your confidence level needs to be high, not ego.
      • People don’t position themselves well, you need to get a VIP ticket and surround yourself with killers.
      • A lot of individuals shortchange themselves.
      • If you want to be good at networking, you have to be great at communicating.
    • How do you position yourself to be on the same level as a potential connection?
      • A gentleman introduced himself to Des Woodruff and Frank.
        • Frank connected them with other people and gained a celebrity in return.
        • If you can get someone to introduce you, that’s the best way.

The Random Round:

• What profession other than your own do you think it would be fun to attempt?
  • Police Officer
• If you could sit on a park bench for an hour with anyone past or present, who would it be?
  • Jesus
• How do you like to learn best, books, blogs, podcasts or video?
  • Videos
  • Audiobook summaries – getting information quickly.
• Give us a glimpse of your morning routine?
  • Night owl
  • Wakes up whenever he wants
  • Drinks coffee black
• What is your go-to pump up song:
  • We Will Rock You
• What are you not very good at?
  • Dishes
• Find him online:
  • LinkedIn at Des Woodruff
  • CE3.co

Tweetable Quotes:

• Every celebrity needs to add an entrepreneur to their group.
• What most entrepreneurs need is just an opportunity and celebrities are magnets for opportunity.
• Things don’t happen if you don’t engage the conversation.

Resources Mentioned:

Buildyournetwork.com – Podcast website

BYN.media/fb – Facebook Group

GrokTrade.com

CE3.co

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