154. From 9-5 Engineer to Starting 20+ Companies, with serial entrepreneur Ray Blakney

Neel sits down with Ray Blakney, an accidental entrepreneur, who shares his journey from working in corporate America to starting his own businesses. He emphasizes the importance of having a clear why and setting realistic expectations when starting a business. Ray introduces his business, Productized Education, which helps individuals turn their skills and knowledge into educational products. He offers an Accelerator program to develop and sell the first product, a Scale program to replace day-to-day income, and guidance on scaling the business to the desired level. Ray's approach focuses on achieving financial stability, maintaining relationships, prioritizing health, and having fun.

Takeaways

• Have a clear why and set realistic expectations when starting a business
• Turn your skills and knowledge into educational products
• Focus on achieving financial stability, maintaining relationships, prioritizing health, and having fun
• Productized Education offers an Accelerator program, a Scale program, and guidance on scaling the business