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:
- 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
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- 02:23 – Started 6 months ago
- 02:35 – Shawn is trying to get more small businesses in the platform for free
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- 02:53 – Subscription plans
- 03:15 – Scorely is currently on pre-revenue and will launch in 3 weeks
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- 03:25 – 10,300 people in their launch list
- 03:48 – The idea of Scorely started 3 months ago
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- 03:54 – They’ve partnered with different government agencies and businesses
- 04:25 – The chamber of commerce
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- 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
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- 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
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- 08:08 – Small businesses need loans
- 09:00 – Scorely can recommend small businesses to banks
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- 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