Do you plan on getting your business to the next level? Or maybe you want to significantly reduce your working hours? How about trying automation? Automation when done authentically and consciously, is a great additional resource to help build your business.
In this episode of Building Better Businesses with Catalyst Consulting, we have Rich Schnitzel, the owner of Bow Tie Bots, a company that helps entrepreneurs automate their businesses with authenticity and consciously. Rich explains the meaning of Authencious Automation and the value of automation in your business growth journey.
An engineer, nerd, and a husband to a English/Theater major, he excels at having technical conversations when tech makes your head hurt. A skill he uses to guide entrepreneurs through the process of automating their business in positive and impactful ways.
Listen in to learn how automation can be a different tool to add to your business just like building a team. You will also why you need to understand the operations and workflow in your business before you start automating.
What You Will Learn:
- [0:36] Intro
- [1:22] Get to know Rich professionally and personally.
- [2:47] Rich’s fun side- he knows how to and enjoys building houses from the ground up.
- [4:06] How he helps businesses understand the value of automating operations, plus his background as a mechanical engineer.
- [9:05] Authencious Automation- how to do automation in your business authentically and consciously.
- [10:47] The relationship between building a team and automation in business development.
- [13:24] Why the sales process is the easiest to automate and obtain customer information efficiently.
- [15:13] A unique business model that Rich is currently helping automate processes.
- [17:41] The three major features that make good automation for business development.
- [20:26] The four things you need to consider before you start automating your business.
- [22:03] How to figure out automation for a larger business, plus how to automate your data as a new business.
- [27:40] Why you need to make your employees part of the automation process.
- [32:08] How not to lose sight of why you started your business as an entrepreneur.
- [34:20] The value of mentorship and mindset coaching as a business owner from the start.
- [38:48] Rich on the future of automation and his business in the long run.
Standout Quotes:
- “Automation is a different tool that you can use as you start figuring out what your business needs to look like to get to the next level.”- Rich [12:41]
- “The beauty of automation is that you’re making one percent changes that result in a big outcome.”-Rich [22:31]
