✈️ Unlocking the Power of the MAPS Framework

Everything I Learned as an Entrepreneur

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Yong-Soo Chung
July 26, 2023

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Today is a big day. Why?

I’m revealing how I built my business, which generated $20 million in sales with my new MAPS Framework:

  • Mindset

  • Audience

  • Product

  • Scaling

It's everything I know about entrepreneurship distilled down to one simple framework which you can use to build your own business.

On today’s episode, you’ll learn:

  • 📈 Developing an Entrepreneurial Mindset

  • 🏆 How Entrepreneurs Can Scale Their Businesses

  • 💻 Introduction to MAPS Framework and its Principles

  • 🕰 Effective Strategies for Building and Engaging Your Audience

Here are a few juicy excerpts from today’s episode to get your brain flowing:

Building Your Mindset: "Money and fame should never be the underlying motivation for starting your business."

Learn Along The Way: "Be stubborn in your vision of where you want to be in the future but flexible in how you get there."

Growth Channels: "The gist of it is this - there are exactly five growth channels for every online business: partnership or collaboration, virality or earned media, organic traffic or SEO, paid ads or performance marketing, and direct sales."

This episode is my life’s work condensed into 40 minutes.

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💬 Final Word

Last week, we hit 5,000 subscribers!

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In other words, growth compounds just like anything else as long as you keep going.

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Moral of the story? Just keep going.

Thank you all and see you next week!

Yong-Soo Chung — Serial Entrepreneur, Podcaster

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