Episode description
Episode description
What if tomorrow you were on a path to double your revenue, triple your profit, and quadruple your freedom…for the rest of your life.
Meet Ivan and Mariana Polic: The Visionary and The Fixer.
They are your quintessential American Entrepreneurial Success Story and Power Couple Dream Team. Born in war-torn Serbia. Ivan, a former professional soccer star and aeronautical engineer and Mariana, a recovering “farm girl” turned successful journalist met for a tv interview after a soccer game.
They married and fled Serbia during the Bosnian War to take over Ivan’s father’s multi-million dollar aeronautical business in America.
This was Ivan and Mariana’s opportunity for a new and better life.
But when their business’ revenue dropped by 97% overnight, they were crippled with anxiety. They needed a solution, and they needed it fast. Through sheer grit and determination, they refused to give-in to potential failure. And that is how Shift Intelligence was created. Through careful analysis and persistence, they built a replicable system to reinvent and rebuild their business from the inside out. They systemized everything: how they managed people, their systems and processes, and how to close the sales they needed to keep their business alive.
As a result, they 2X their revenue, 3X their income, and 4X their freedom.
They made an eight-figure exit, were paid upfront, and was done in six-days.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- [00:00:18] Ivan and Mariana Polic developed a system that helped them sell their business for eight figures in just six days.
- [00:02:25] Ivan and Mariana share how they recovered from a 97% revenue loss and turned their business around, offering a beacon of hope for entrepreneurs facing setbacks.
- [00:03:17] Learn from the best: This episode showcases the "art and science of getting out of your way," offering listeners the chance to learn from Ivan and Mariana's proven "Shift Intelligence" system.
- [00:13:18] Ivan and Mariana discuss how they navigated a financial collapse, providing insights and strategies for surviving and thriving in tough economic conditions.
- [00:24:18] Ivan and Mariana reveal how they transitioned to a two-hour workweek before selling their business.
- [27:52] They helped other entrepreneurs achieve similar success, including increasing one client’s revenue from $2 million to $5 million, and another client’s from $1.7 million to $4million.
- [00:28:15] Mariana explains how they negotiated a sale with no contingencies, and shares insights for entrepreneurs who want to exit on their terms.
- [00:40:03] Ivan and Mariana share how addressing personal trauma led to significant improvements in their business and culture, emphasizing the importance of inner healing for entrepreneurial success.
- [45:11] Ivan and Mariana help founders navigate difficult partners-related issues including renegotiating partner agreements, facilitating partner separations, and even preserving friendships in the process.
- [00:56:55] Ivan and Mariana share their heart for collaborating as a power couple and how working with spouses can strengthen an entrepreneurial vision.
Ivan and Mariana have a passion for helping founders like you forge a way forward. They have created a series of FREE tools and resources to jumpstart your journey to more revenue, more profit, and more freedom.
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