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Shawn Porat

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Shawn Porat, founder of Scorely, Judgment Marketplace and Fortune Cookie Advertising. He’s a VP at Mark Echo Enterprise and a contributor to Forbes, Time, and Money Magazine among others. Famous Five:  Favorite Book? – N/A   What CEO do you follow? –  Elon Musk Favorite online tool? — N/A Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— Never If you could let your 20-year old self know one thing, what would it be? – “Work with others and meet as many entrepreneurs as you can”    Time Stamped Show Notes:  01:53 – Nathan introduces Shawn to the show 02:17 – Scorely is a business credit bureau   02:23 – Started 6 months ago   02:35 – Shawn is trying to get more small businesses in the platform for free   02:53 – Subscription plans   03:15 – Scorely is currently on pre-revenue and will launch in 3 weeks   03:25 – 10,300 people in their launch list   03:48 – The idea of Scorely started 3 months ago   03:54 – They’ve partnered with different government agencies and businesses   04:25 – The chamber of commerce   04:30 – The members have been informed they can get access to business reports through email blast   05:11 – Scorely is the first in the industry 05:25 – Scorely charges between $ 120 to $ 200 per report 06:04 – Scorely focuses on small businesses   06:10 – Recovery of Judgement’s credit report   07:25 – Some companies charges small businesses too much for credit reports 07:45 – They are now free as they want more small businesses to learn about Scorely 08:06 – Small businesses want credit reports because of a lot of reasons   08:08 – Small businesses need loans 09:00 – Scorely can recommend small businesses to banks   09:15 – Goal is to get a loan with the smallest interest     09:30 – Shawn telling Nathan how Scorely works in Nathan’s business scenario 10:28 – Shawn gets 1% - 5% from the loans 10:52 – Number of business loans made yearly in the USA 11:45 – Shawn is still learning a lot 12:20 – Judgment Marketplace 13:48 – Scorely raised $ 250,000 14:05 – Team size 14:30 – Toptal as a freelancing site for developers 15:48 – Connect with Shawn through his website 18:00 – The Famous Five    3 Key Points:  You can’t do everything alone. Bring your ideas to life. Make a good action plan in starting a business.  Resources Mentioned:  Toptal – Nathan found his development team using Toptal  for his new business Send Later. He was able to keep 100% equity and didn’t have to hire a co-founder due to quality of Toptal  developers. Host Gator – The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for the cheapest price possible. Freshbooks – The site Nathan uses to manage his invoices and accounts. Leadpages  – The drag and drop tool Nathan uses to quickly create his webinar landing pages which convert at 35%+ Audible – Nathan uses Audible when he’s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5 hour drive) to listen to audio books. Assistant.to – The site Nathan uses to book meetings with one email. Acuity Scheduling – Nathan uses Acuity to schedule his podcast interviews and appointments. Drip – Nathan uses Drip’s email automation platform and visual campaign builder to build his sales funnel. ShawnPorat.com – Shawn’s website Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives 

Shawn Porat, founder of Scorely, Judgment Marketplace and Fortune Cookie Advertising. He’s a VP at Mark Echo Enterprise and a contributor to Forbes, Time, and Money Magazine among others. Famous Five: <ul> <li>Favorite Book? – N/A</li> </ul> <ul> <li>What CEO do you follow? –  Elon Musk</li> <li>Favorite online tool? — N/A</li> <li>Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— Never</li> <li>If you could let your 20-year old self know one thing, what would it be? – “Work with others and meet as many entrepreneurs as you can”</li> </ul> Time Stamped Show Notes: <ul> <li>01:53 – Nathan introduces Shawn to the show</li> <li>02:17 – Scorely is a business credit bureau</li> <li> <ul> <li>02:23 – Started 6 months ago</li> </ul> </li> <li>02:35 – Shawn is trying to get more small businesses in the platform for free</li> <li> <ul> <li>02:53 – Subscription plans</li> </ul> </li> <li>03:15 – Scorely is currently on pre-revenue and will launch in 3 weeks</li> <li> <ul> <li>03:25 – 10,300 people in their launch list</li> </ul> </li> <li>03:48 – The idea of Scorely started 3 months ago</li> <li> <ul> <li>03:54 – They’ve partnered with different government agencies and businesses</li> </ul> </li> <li>04:25 – The chamber of commerce</li> <li> <ul> <li>04:30 – The members have been informed they can get access to business reports through email blast</li> </ul> </li> <li>05:11 – Scorely is the first in the industry</li> <li>05:25 – Scorely charges between $ 120 to $ 200 per report</li> <li>06:04 – Scorely focuses on small businesses</li> <li> <ul> <li>06:10 – Recovery of Judgement’s credit report</li> </ul> </li> <li>07:25 – Some companies charges small businesses too much for credit reports</li> <li>07:45 – They are now free as they want more small businesses to learn about Scorely</li> <li>08:06 – Small businesses want credit reports because of a lot of reasons</li> <li> <ul> <li>08:08 – Small businesses need loans</li> <li>09:00 – Scorely can recommend small businesses to banks</li> <li> <ul> <li>09:15 – Goal is to get a loan with the smallest interest</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li>09:30 – Shawn telling Nathan how Scorely works in Nathan’s business scenario</li> <li>10:28 – Shawn gets 1% - 5% from the loans</li> <li>10:52 – Number of business loans made yearly in the USA</li> <li>11:45 – Shawn is still learning a lot</li> <li>12:20 – Judgment Marketplace</li> <li>13:48 – Scorely raised $ 250,000</li> <li>14:05 – Team size</li> <li>14:30 – Toptal as a freelancing site for developers</li> <li>15:48 – Connect with Shawn through his website</li> <li>18:00 – The Famous Five</li> </ul> 3 Key Points: <ul> <li>You can’t do everything alone.</li> <li>Bring your ideas to life.</li> <li>Make a good action plan in starting a business.</li> </ul> Resources Mentioned: <ul> <li>Toptal – Nathan found his development team using Toptal  for his new business Send Later. He was able to keep 100% equity and didn’t have to hire a co-founder due to quality of Toptal  developers.</li> <li>Host Gator – The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for the cheapest price possible.</li> <li>Freshbooks – The site Nathan uses to manage his invoices and accounts.</li> <li>Leadpages  – The drag and drop tool Nathan uses to quickly create his webinar landing pages which convert at 35%+</li> <li>Audible – Nathan uses Audible when he’s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5 hour drive) to listen to audio books.</li> <li><a href="http://Assistant.to" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Assistant.to</a> – The site Nathan uses to book meetings with one email.</li> <li>Acuity Scheduling – Nathan uses Acuity to schedule his podcast interviews and appointments.</li> <li>Drip – Nathan uses Drip’s email automation platform and visual campaign builder to build his sales funnel.</li> <li><a href="http://ShawnPorat.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ShawnPorat.com</a> – Shawn’s website</li> <li>Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives</li> </ul>

EP 470: How He Got 10,000 Interested In Product Before Launch with Scorely CEO Shawn Porat