Is Growth Right For You?: Crash Course Entrepreneurship #17

In business, growth basically means making a company more successful in some way: finding a new revenue stream, revamping the cost structure to minimize expenses and increase profit, or adding new people and knowledge to the team.
Our options for growth are usually tied to the type of business model we started with. There actually is a difference between a startup and a small business.
***
Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at / crashcourse
Thanks to the following patrons for their generous monthly contributions that help keep Crash Course free for everyone forever:
Eric Prestemon, Sam Buck, Mark Brouwer, Efrain R. Pedroza, Matthew Curls, Indika Siriwardena, Avi Yashchin, Timothy J Kwist, Brian Thomas Gossett, Haixiang N/A Liu, Jonathan Zbikowski, Siobhan Sabino, Jennifer Killen, Nathan Catchings, Brandon Westmoreland, dorsey, Kenneth F Penttinen, Trevin Beattie, Erika & Alexa Saur, Justin Zingsheim, Jessica Wode, Tom Trval, Jason Saslow, Nathan Taylor, Khaled El Shalakany, SR Foxley, Yasenia Cruz, Eric Koslow, Caleb Weeks, Tim Curwick, DAVID NOE, Shawn Arnold, William McGraw, Andrei Krishkevich, Rachel Bright, Jirat, Ian Dundore
--
Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet?
Facebook - / youtubecrashcourse
Twitter - / thecrashcourse
Tumblr - / thecrashcourse
Support Crash Course on Patreon: / crashcourse
CC Kids: / crashcoursekids

[@amber1862]

We need more Anna! Seriously, she's really charming, clear, funny and sharp, definitely one of my favourite hosts on here and I've been watching Crash Course for years. Thank you for another great overview of a very heavy subject.

[@user-ek8gj2xs8u]

Make a course about Personal Finance~

[@beyourowncatalyst]

06/14/23 CC Entrep done. All thanks to the patrons and people behind every content. Thank you for making the world better!

[@IndustryOfMagic]

Dear Anna thank you & the Crash Course team (and the 37 supporting patreons) for making this amazing series happen. I own a food production business that runs for the last 37 years as a family business. Over the last 5 years the profits have been going down to the point where now it's too late for me to implement any ideas that require liquidity (like investing in HR to get people with skills, creating a promo campaign, compose a well-put feedback questionaire to catch up to the trends, and more). Now I am on the verge of either shutting the business down or make things happen. I have been "burned out" like you said and my mind constantly fails to focus in new ideas that are cost-free (or very low cost), kinda like being stuck on an infinite loop in this situation. Despite my 33 years of age and full energy capacity I want help Anna. If it is possible to schedule a call, that would be *literally* life saving. Best regards, Thank you.

[@ben32159]

We need more courses in business! this one is just AMAZING thank you Anna.

[@NazFXStudios]

Thankyou for this course! I'm a freelance artist and picked up some great tips that I've applied to my business

[@MiryMosey]

Loved this series, and I’m grateful it introduced me to the talented Anna Akana (where have I been, am I right?!). I’ll revisit the series often as we grow our dog training business!

[@atyobebe]

Amazing ending! I've already missed Anna!

[@adabancens]

The help of an Executive Coach is also very helpful at any time

[@scooterkingist]

Anna is giving Hank a run for his money on Best Host 👌🏼

[@Hambxne]

how dare you

[@ihorkarpiuk4102]

Idk how this could get dislikes, man. This girl is just an incredible mentor and orator

[@arinadaze5160]

Watch only this series of all new series of Crash Course. Just love Anna.

[@ericksoto380]

Wonderful host, thanks Ana! I would have loved a final episode on Human Resources Management, would have been cool to end the series on a positive note featuring business growth/hiring & creating company culture. Thanks again for an awesome series!

[@vonryansemana8209]

Thank you CrashCourse and Anna Akana for the value you’ve provided. Learned a lot! God Bless.

[@FrameForge]

Such a great series Anna! I wish I knew this stuff when I was starting my first business, but now we're starting an Educational KZbin Channel about film making after taking inspiration from shows like CrashCourse :)

[@awesomewoodartawa9615]

Nooooo-what do you mean for the last time... :( Excellent series!

[@denyelledalisay4271]

sending loves from the Philippines.Thank you for this series

[@DrAhmed-fw8tn]

this is the best series i have seen

[@vincentcristlipayo2089]

I love your inputs. Thanks a lot!

[@LndyyU]

THANK YOU @Anna and the CrashCourse Team

[@sarikawale2131]

Thank you! It was an amazing series!

[@HaloTheKitty]

I'm starting a joint VR Arcade and Dev Studio. Eventually I want to be making XR hardware and software, and reshape the way we define tangibility as virtual spaces become more real, valid, and ever-present.

[@rubbercable]

Your uploads were inspiring. Happy Trails. Be Lucky.

[@Thenoobestgirl]

I am a newbie entrepreneur and this series is invaluable!

[@reesie_016]

Thanks Crash Course and teacher Ana!

[@gre3nishsinx0Rgold4]

I'm going to miss this and the host.. it was entertaining and educational at the same time. It hit two birds with a pancake for me.

[@xsjsgncugh]

thank you crash course. thank you anna

[@lggen6062]

Thanks Crash Course!!!

[@icegelofficial]

Thank you Anna and crash course Your my fuel

[@mongojrttv]

The Roman empire is obvious that having too much growth is not always a good thing.

[@ShuklaMathsAcademy]

You have good subscriber, congratulation for it.👍🏻

[@sonwabilecira37]

Thank you Crash Course

[@eslieking]

I'm currently starting a shop on Etsy selling digital planners and wallpaper art! :)

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

*Thanos:* I am inevitable... *Ant-Man:* _SAVING THE UNIVERSE IN 3... 2... 1..._ *Thanos:* OH SUGAR HONEY ICED TEA!!!

[@pablogarcia6188]

I love how I can find you on almost every KZbin video I watch

[@blueelectric6509]

cringe

[@neonkuna7702]

I would love to join the team. I'm working for a family business. And I think I have much to offer on the scripts of the entrepreneurship series and Presentation....someone please send me a message on how I can apply to join the team

[@gfhgx8117]

Thank You！

[@solomonb8140]

Please make a crash course in electronics & communication 🙏🙏🙏 just like computer science we ( people in India)really really need it. Bcoz engineering Colleges here make this course boring. We really need it

[@sapurnanand93]

Thanks

[@ragelisabeth2875]

Cold in there

[@slopanda923]

Wonderful topic. Thank you! P.S. who’s the sleeping cat in the background? 😊

[@Thenoobestgirl]

Pretty sure it's a toy

[@patrickmeehan6856]

Thank you Anna.

[@user-ep9fv1fo6f]

nice

[@thabangtukule999]

building company that trades on the nyse

[@Vile0387]

Im 1 and 1/2 year into my auto repair business venture and growth is spiralling. I'm super exhausted. I had to let go of my second mechanic to cut cost. :/

[@MrLukedibernard]

Good luck man! Please don't make decisions you might regret later

[@acctsys]

Maybe revisit your cost structure vs revenue streams. It might mean you need charge more. Possibly, you'll need to focus on the more profitable activities.

[@KarlBunker]

Must have been cold in the studio. Someone tell Hank to turn the heat up!

[@ramram8979]

I was looking for this comment! 😏

[@lijohnyoutube101]

Not cool - go be a pig somewhere else

[@KarlBunker]

@@lijohnyoutube101 : I don't think my remark was piggish. Because I'm someone who tries to be careful about such things, before I posted that comment I took some time to browse Anna Akana's own YT channel in order to get a sense of how she presents herself there -- a sense of her public "persona" in so to speak. (I knew nothing about her previously.) In my opinion, Akana's physical beauty and sexiness are distinctly a part of that persona; they're a part of how she presents herself; they're a part of her career. That being the case, I think it becomes appropriate -- or at least "mostly appropriate" to make a comment that alludes to her sexiness and beauty, just as it would be appropriate to make some complimentary comment about other aspects of her multi-facetted career, such as her singing, acting, comedic abilities, etc.

[@KarlBunker]

@@celestialroad Why would pigs need to justify themselves? They're very intelligent and perfectly respectable animals. 🤔

[@Je.rone_]

*I'm a hungry businessman.... No literally i have eaten almost nothing all day and it's 8pm* 💪😓

[@JoostterLaak]

Stop snorting coke 😘

[@alanvl5956]

🔥🔥

[@macrossactual]

quite the fan service episode.

[@ShakyMD]

Rooster Teeth could’ve used this Crash Course video

[@CITSHOLDER22_23]

I'm from India, now you can make your video in Hindi.

[@beb7278]

kinda disappointed this video isn't about how incorrect the physics in ant man are

[@supratiksarkar3422]

Came here for Anna Akana

[@mohitberi8355]

well.. byeeee

[@mahmudurzakaria9217]

For me success is "Failure" 🤣

[@danielanthonytorrance8828]

oops

[@mahender1]

Couldn't focus teacher is too attractive.

[@ietsbram]

Bleh, change the world much

[@bzz3624]

I'm so fragile I failed , cry me a river.

[@nativelatinosfooktrump5348]

🍕 oh my gosh she's so pretty so hot Homer Simpson

[@nateweinand4209]

I am sorry, and I know this is coming from someone who really doesn’t care about business, but I am so glad this sub-series is over. Anna, good luck in whatever it is you do, but please never host Crash Course again. You are easily my least favorite host.