Why You Need a Chief Automation Officer | My First Million #208 with Steph Smith

No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd - In this episode Shaan (@ShaanVP) is joined by Steph Smith (@stephsmithio) for an idea packed episode. They start off talking about opportunities around spending your FSA dollars and on swag packs. They transition to talk about the role of automation at companies and Steph shares how she would go about automating repetitive parts of her role. The end the episode talking about Steph's new course, approaches to building a company, and Fidelity allowing trading accounts for teenagers. — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com • Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire global talent (like Shaan does) and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than their US equivalents. — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ • Copy That - https://copythat.com • Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth 💰 Pitch your startup for a shot at a $1M investment with Sam Parr as the MC https://clickhubspot.com/pitch Links: 📧: Sign up for The Hustle Daily Newsletter: https://link.chtbl.com/6_RF_MqX 🎙️: Download Our Podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/hqiXX8t- A podcast where we brainstorm new business ideas based on trends & opportunities we see in the market. Sometimes we have famous guests, and they do it with us. --------- * Want more of Steph? Listen to her own podcast at http://limitlesslearning.io/ * Want Steph's course? You can find it at https://doingtimeright.com * Want to be featured in a future episode? Drop your question/comment/criticism/love here: https://www.mfmpod.com/p/hotline/ * Support the pod by spreading the word, become a referrer here: https://refer.fm/million * Have you joined our private Facebook group yet? Go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion and join thousands of other entrepreneurs and founders scheming up ideas. --------- Show notes: * (0:00) Intro * (1:41) Ideas around spending your FSA dollars * (15:19) Ideas around giving out awesome swag * (21:13) The role of chief automation officer * (26:05) Building a company around automation * (33:31) Giving away free alcohol as marketing * (39:51) How Steph invests her time & money * (42:19) Steph's new course - doingtimeright.com * (46:13) Approaches to building a company * (50:07) Fidelity allowing teenagers on the platform * (55:19) How to find Steph online