Business School with Sharran Srivatsaa

Episode 33

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19th Jan 2021

How to Use the 80/20 Principle to Dominate Your Life with Perry Marshall

What must you do to avoid missing out on what matters? How do you stand out from a multitude of entrepreneurs? In today’s episode, Sharran and his guest, Perry Marshall, tackle the 80/20 principle (also known as the 80/20 rule), an inviolable law of nature. Perry, a direct marketing and sales consultant, and best-selling author, has driven the 80/20 principle passionately over the years. His new book, DETOX, DECLUTTER, DOMINATE: HOW TO EXCEL BY ELIMINATION will teach you the seven essential things you need to do to succeed. Listen as Perry explains how you can apply the 80/20 principle in all aspects of your life. When you learn how to identify the 80/20’s in any situation, you can solve almost any problem.

“If you want something that is truly elegant and useful, build it up and chisel it down until everything is essential.” - Perry Marshall

In This Episode:

- Perry’s 80/20 Curve as a tool for productivity

- The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch

- Chaos Theory and Fractals: Understanding the Patterns

- Perry realizes “one of the great secrets in the universe”

- Finding the marks by “racking the shotgun”

- How to apply the 80/20 principle in business

- What is head trash and how do you snap out of it

- How Perry wrote his new book using the 80/20 principle

- A good entrepreneur knows the value of wisdom

Resources:

- Perry Marshall’s latest book DETOX, DECLUTTER, DOMINATE: HOW TO EXCEL BY ELIMINATION

- Perry Marshall’s 80/20 Sales and Marketing

- Fractal 80/20 in Harvard Business Review

- The 80/20 Rule in Business and the 80/20 Curve

- Richard Koch’s The 80/20 Manager

Connect with Perry Marshall:

- Join the MAZE 2.0 course

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About the Podcast

Business School with Sharran Srivatsaa

Business School with Sharran Srivatsaa is the no-fluff, tactical podcast for founders, operators, and underdogs who want to grow with clarity, intention, and results. Hosted by entrepreneur, investor, and operator Sharran Srivatsaa—President and Managing Partner at Acquisition.com—this show cuts through the noise to deliver real-world strategies from someone who's built and exited five companies across multiple industries.

Sharran has helped scale two billion-dollar businesses, served as President of Real (NASDAQ: REAX), and led the 10x growth and sale of Teles Properties to Douglas Elliman (NYSE: DOUG). He brings lessons from Wall Street to Main Street, sharing what actually works—because he’s lived through what doesn’t.

Every episode offers simple, actionable playbooks for those who want to build extraordinary companies without the chaos. Whether you're a scrappy operator, a first-time founder, or a seasoned executive, Business School with Sharran Srivatsaa is your blueprint for building with purpose and winning on your terms.

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About your host

Sharran Srivatsaa

Sharran is a serial entrepreneur, sought after keynote speaker, and a respected thought-leadership resource for publications such as the Wall Street Journal, SUCCESS magazine, Huffington Post and Forbes.

While Sharran has had 5 exits in the last 19 years, and also a several humbling failed investments and business initiatives. He talks all about them on his top rated Spotify podcast, Business School.

Most recently, Sharran led Teles Properties’ unprecedented 10x growth over 5 years and a 4-year consecutive streak on the Inc. 500 fastest growing companies list resulting in its acquisition by national real estate powerhouse Douglas Elliman.

Prior to Teles, Sharran worked at both Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse, where he collaborated with management teams of fast-growing businesses around the country on investment advisory and corporate strategy. Sharran also spent several years building recreational programs in the Caribbean, Middle East, and Hawaii for some of the finest international resorts such as the Four Seasons and Ritz-Carlton, also has deep experience working with technology companies such as Lightera (acquired by CIENA) and Obopay, a fast-growth mobile payments company.

Sharran is a Principal at Srilo Ventures, a multi-factor private investment fund that focuses investing in and advising technology companies and operating businesses in the consumer space. Having successfully completed many acquisitions, joint-ventures, management buyouts, mergers, and capital raises, Sharran serves as a director and advisor on numerous company boards.

He is also a member of the Genius Network, the highest-level marketing mastermind in the world led by whizkid Joe Polish, and also a member of Young President’s Organization (YPO).

After competing on the professional tennis tour, Sharran received his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Luther College and his MBA with Honors from Vanderbilt University.