Vince works with entrepreneurs, charitable foundations, and brands to unlock the power of marketing and community building through podcasts. Before jumping into podcasting, Vince spent nearly 10 years in radio, working his way from handing out t-shirts at bars to hosting the nationally syndicated The Vince Quinn Show across 225 stations in the US and Canada.

He is a teacher, collaborator, and smoothie enthusiast.

Key Moments

[06:35] Job at Bertucci’s after college, moved home.

[08:31] Being in broadcasting altered my Philly accent.

[12:46] Managed branding alone, exhausting work and hours.

[14:19 Contemplating future career path in podcasting field.

[18:02] Helping entrepreneurs produce and manage their podcasts.

[21:15] Managing wedding, contractors, budgeting, future costs, financial freedom.

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Intro Voice Guy [00:00:14]:
You’re listening to Entrepreneur’s Enigma, a podcast about the ups and downs of the entrepreneurial journey. Every week, your host, Seth Goldstein, interviews entrepreneurs from all walks of life about their entrepreneurial journeys. From store owners to fortune 500 CEOs, we all have stories to tell. So sit back and join us for the next 20 or so minutes while we explore the entrepreneurial world.

Seth [00:00:49]:
Hey, everybody. Welcome to another edition of the Entrepreneur’s Enigma podcast. I am, as always, your host, Seth. Today, I’m here with a buddy of mine, Vince Quinn. Yes. He’s Irish. Because with the name of Vince Quinn I mean, come on now. Well, Vince can be no.

Seth [00:01:03]:
Vince could be no. Vince could be Italian.

Vince Quinn [00:01:07]:
And I am half Italian.

Seth [00:01:09]:
Oh, yes. You got the Vince,

Vince Quinn [00:01:10]:
the Italian, and

Seth [00:01:10]:
the Quinn. Exactly. And I know Vince is a Philly boy through and through, actually, a Delco guy, that explains, you know, Havertown. Let me guess. Havertown ish area?

Vince Quinn [00:01:21]:
Not quite. I I Havertown is a little Ireland.

Seth [00:01:24]:
Well, Harrison’s

Vince Quinn [00:01:24]:
a little Ireland. Delco is a little Ireland. It’s it’s so, like, yeah. It was funny. I was, so Alden, so super small town, but, like, Spring Hill, Drexel Hill, Briarcliff, Glenolden.

Seth [00:01:34]:
Oh, yeah. That’s all Irish. Irish, Jewish, or Italian. It’s what Delco that’s what Delco is made up of. It’s right.

Vince Quinn [00:01:40]:
And I yeah. So I’m Irish and Italian, and I’m marrying a Jewish woman. So there you go.

Seth [00:01:45]:
Hey. It all mixes up. All you have here is some cute kids. There you go. There you go. Well, they

Vince Quinn [00:01:49]:
look getting big like either of us a 100%. It’s a it’s a guarantee.

Seth [00:01:53]:
There you go. There you go. So, anyhow, Vince works with entrepreneurs, charitable foundations, and brands to unlock the power of podcasting and marketing through podcasting. Before jumping into podcasting, you’d probably tell he’s got a good radio voice. He’s been nearly 10 years in radio working his way from handing out t shirts at bars to hosting the nationally syndicated, The Vince Quinn Show.

Vince Quinn [00:02:15]:
Yeah.

Seth [00:02:15]:
And he’s also got a good name, so he can help put that in front of show and it works across 225 stations in the US and Canada. He’s a teacher, collaborator, and he loves smoothies, which is really cool.

Vince Quinn [00:02:26]:
Had one this morning.

Seth [00:02:27]:
Oh, yeah. Oh, you gotta have your smoothie. Exactly. So we’re gonna talk to Vince about his journey because I mean no. I mean, a lot of podcasters are not radio people. Like, I was I was on a podcast yesterday. I was on someone else’s podcast yesterday, and I was figuring out that everyone knew what I was gonna do ahead of time before I did. Like, everyone knew I was gonna be a journalist.

Seth [00:02:44]:
Everyone knew I was gonna go into digital marketing. Everyone knew I was gonna and then everyone knew I was gonna do podcasting or radio or something like that. And it’s weird how I never knew that stuff, but it kind of happened. Was that the kind of case for you that people were like, Vince has a good voice, he’s gonna go in the radio, or did you just kinda trip and fall into it? Because that’s what

Vince Quinn [00:03:01]:
I thought. Completely fell into it. Completely fell into it. I mean, when I got out of college, there there were so many other things in the space that made sense that I wanted to do. Right? Like, I was all about comedy. I loved comedy. I was writing jokes and stuff, doing open mics. I’m like, maybe I’ll get into comedy.

Vince Quinn [00:03:15]:
There was a point where

Seth [00:03:16]:
I was That’s harder than radio.

Vince Quinn [00:03:18]:
It is it is a grind. And, you know what, frankly, I didn’t have my voice yet. I wasn’t that good. Like, I I would have needed so much time to really get good at it. I just wasn’t, like, comfortable and confident in myself. It just it it wasn’t there. Yeah. As much as I could write a joke.

Vince Quinn [00:03:31]:
You know? So, like, that was that was a hard route to go on, but it was something I was thinking about. I started a sports blog, and I I didn’t know about radio. Yeah. But, that and that’s what led me in. But, other stuff I was thinking about, like, I thought I’d write, commercials in TV or

Seth [00:03:47]:
I would try typical millennial all over the effing place.

Vince Quinn [00:03:50]:
Yeah. I just I loved entertainment. You know what I mean? I just loved entertainment. I I watched a ton of comedy growing up. I watched the Simpsons and Seinfeld every single day. I loved Family Guy and could quote every episode.

Seth [00:03:59]:
Oh, those are great shows.

Vince Quinn [00:04:01]:
Conan O’Brien was my guy and still is. Like, those those were my influences.

Seth [00:04:05]:
Ticking. And, you know, he’s

Vince Quinn [00:04:06]:
a c

Seth [00:04:06]:
how about Irish good genes? The guy’s, like, 65 and looks like he’s, like, 40.

Vince Quinn [00:04:11]:
Yeah. No. He he’s great. And that’s I feel

Seth [00:04:13]:
Irish either look really old and really old and are and crusty or you look really young. It’s nothing in between.

Vince Quinn [00:04:20]:
Yeah. No. He’s he’s really active and yeah. The guy takes care of himself. Like, he knows what he’s doing. He’s just It’s

Seth [00:04:24]:
so tough to see in the comedy sector. It’s really tough to see people taking care of themselves. I mean, it’s a hard industry, lots of cocaine, lots of drugs, lots of smoking. And, you you know and the city community, like, looked that good at 65. It’s, like, incredible. I mean, Jay Leno, he had that that skunk the skunk hair since, you know, forever. I mean, he doesn’t look bad. I mean, he’s, like, seventies.

Seth [00:04:48]:
I mean, he’s not bad, but, you know, good genes. But, I mean, like, he still looks older. I mean, Conan looks like he’s 40.

Vince Quinn [00:04:54]:
Yeah. And and you also don’t hear bad things about Conan. Right? Like, all the things for for all these different communities, you can hear about different problems they’ve got and people in the

Seth [00:05:01]:
industry don’t like them. 10 years ago that there’s not PC now. And I’m, like, oh, my god. I’m, like, seriously, there’s 10 years ago, and he’s a comedian. What the hell do you expect things don’t hold up?

Vince Quinn [00:05:12]:
Yeah. It it it happens all the time. But Conan works, because this whole thing is, like, he’s so dumb and silly and whatever. So, like, his consistency through the ages, like, it just always carries, and it goes from medium to medium. He’s doing the travel show. He’s doing the podcast. He’s doing the late night show, the hot one’s appearance, which went super viral. Like Yeah.

Vince Quinn [00:05:28]:
It just it just works everywhere. I mean, the guy’s a genius. So

Seth [00:05:32]:
Or or he just or just the Irish luck.

Vince Quinn [00:05:35]:
And that too. I mean, he was one of, like, 8. So

Seth [00:05:38]:
You were saying your dad is one of them. Because you’re playing your wedding, so congratulations on that. And you said your dad’s one of, like, 14?

Vince Quinn [00:05:44]:
He’s one of 14. Yeah.

Seth [00:05:46]:
Yeah. Like that your poor grandmother. Yeah. Like, I know I’m sorry. Like, forget that the labor and giving birth to them, but 14 little crazy one. I mean, I guess at that point, they’re so far, like, they’re, like, they take care of themselves eventually. At some point, it’s, like, you know, they could leave the nest around 4, and they’re kinda, like, whatever. Yeah.

Seth [00:06:04]:
Kinda Yeah. It’s like genealogy chat.

Vince Quinn [00:06:07]:
It it takes a village, and the village was in a household.

Seth [00:06:10]:
So That’s very awesome. Yeah.

Vince Quinn [00:06:11]:
It was it was pretty crazy. Yeah. So there’s a lot of that. But, anyway, like, getting back to actually just, you know, answering your question. So how did how did I get into radio, Seth? Yeah. How did you get

Seth [00:06:21]:
into radio? How did you trip and fall into that? I mean, that I mean, you had you had a wide variety of things you wanted to do. Typical millennial wanted to do different things. What wasn’t sure what you wanted to do. You found something that has now become a lifelong hobby and profession.

Vince Quinn [00:06:35]:
Yeah. I I took it as a flyer. I mean, what happened was I was working at a, Bertucci’s, and I had no idea what to do. I was just out of college. I moved back home from New York. I couldn’t find a job up there, so I I came back home from college, lived with my parents, got a job at Bertucci’s just because I had a connection there, and and they needed somebody to slice pizzas. So that’s what I did

Seth [00:06:55]:
cut pizzas. Serve, or you were a pizza slicer?

Vince Quinn [00:06:57]:
I cut pizzas and did the takeout desk. That’s what I did. And so and and they I was not good at that either. But so I I did that. And then, as I was doing that job and, like, looking for work, trying to figure stuff, I applied to, like, reality shows to be, like, a a set, like, gopher. I don’t know. Just whatever. I I got a call from my uncle, and he was basically, like, I know some people in radio.

Vince Quinn [00:07:22]:
Would you be interested in doing sales in radio? And I told him no. I wasn’t.

Seth [00:07:27]:
So Really?

Vince Quinn [00:07:28]:
Yeah. I I didn’t wanna do it, so I hung up the call. Basically, I said thanks, but no thanks. And then he called me back a couple days later. He’s like, oh, well, they also have a spot in promotions. Would you be interested in in interviewing for that? So I took an interview to do promotions, which was the handing out T shirts and bars thing that you mentioned up front. Yeah. And is and is in my bio.

Vince Quinn [00:07:46]:
Like, I that’s what I did. I I got in the doors personality.

Seth [00:07:49]:
Wanna take a quick break, hear from our sponsors, and get right back to the show. For that, like, kind of schmoozing, having fun. You’re a young kid. Why not? You know, it’s, like, perfect for you.

Vince Quinn [00:07:58]:
Yeah. And it was sports radio. So, like, for me, I was a football nut. I was running a sports blog. Like, I always I watched every Eagles game religiously. When I got gifts from people as a default, they got me something with an Eagles logo on it. Like, that’s just how I

Seth [00:08:09]:
want it. Eagles correctly. Even though you’re from Delco, you say Eagles. You don’t say Eagles.

Vince Quinn [00:08:13]:
Eagles. No. Well, I was on the radio. You know what I mean?

Seth [00:08:15]:
You had You can you can see you weren’t in Philadelphia, Reyes. You can see

Vince Quinn [00:08:19]:
Iggles. Well, I I and doing WIP, it’s like I I I think I kinda it’s funny because I went to college in New York. Right? So I go to Fordham. I’m up in the Bronx, and I’m meeting all these people from, like, Long Island and stuff. So my guy

Seth [00:08:29]:
island, dude. It’s coming from an accent. Jesus.

Vince Quinn [00:08:31]:
Yeah. Oh, yeah. Ask him to say chocolate. But, yeah, like, you you you talk to those people, and it’s like, okay. Well, now my accent got lessened just from being out of Philly for a bit. And then once I got in the broadcasting, you had to think about pronunciation. You know? It’s it’s being on the air, not just for the that you wanna be loud, you wanna be clear. It’s a different way of speaking than you normally do day to day.

Vince Quinn [00:08:51]:
You’ve gotta project more. You have to have more energy in the way that you do it. Lots of caffeine. Lots of caffeine because I was doing late nights, overnights, but, like, it and and it took a while to get there, you know, because I started in promotions. Like, it’s not common to do that, to be at events like that and then work your way into actually being on the air and being on the Have you ever had

Seth [00:09:11]:
a show for crying out loud? That’s awesome.

Vince Quinn [00:09:14]:
Yeah. It was it was. It it was great. I mean, it was a dream. Right? Because like I said, it was, like, I was I was a Conan obsessive. And in my 8th grade graduation book, they’re like, what do you wanna be when you grow up? I said, I wanna be a late night talk show host. And there I was. You were.

Seth [00:09:27]:
This is not not TV, but, you know, radio. But it still works.

Vince Quinn [00:09:30]:
It was it was it was fun. And I I loved it.

Seth [00:09:32]:
It was like,

Vince Quinn [00:09:34]:
yeah. It was great because I had freedom, right, to some degree. Like, my bosses weren’t listening at 2 in the morning. They didn’t care. Like, unless they were get right? They were unless they were getting calls that I was doing something that was so destructive, which I never did, then I I had free reign to pretty much do whatever I wanted, and I just got to connect with, like, regular people. You know what I mean? Like We’re

Seth [00:09:52]:
up a day, like, the truck drivers and stuff.

Vince Quinn [00:09:54]:
Yeah. Just truck drivers, people that can’t sleep, like, people on the West Coast when when I was doing the national show, like, whatever it was or people getting up early in the morning to start their day. So, like, yeah, just meeting those kinds of people and having conversations with regular people that could sometimes be, like, really dynamic because sports can drift into, like, politics and social questions and And

Seth [00:10:14]:
a lot of people. A lot of hand on the beeper. Hand on especially in Philly, hand on the effing beeper.

Vince Quinn [00:10:19]:
Yes.

Seth [00:10:19]:
Beep beep beep beep beep. Yeah. Sorry, guys. That’s a little obnoxious. Sorry if you’re listening to that. So

Vince Quinn [00:10:26]:
It’s all good. There there was a lot of that too, especially late at night. So yeah. It was like I I went through a lot of stuff, but it it was a cool experience.

Seth [00:10:34]:
Oh, I bet.

Vince Quinn [00:10:35]:
And, I learned I learned a ton doing that.

Seth [00:10:37]:
That’s awesome. And so doing that, you know, you’re you’re doing the late night show and then you’re, you know, then you eventually what led you to podcasting? I mean, like, what led you out of radio into the podcasting world? Like, why aren’t you still I mean, radio is weird. It’s kind of here but not there kind of thing. But yeah.

Vince Quinn [00:10:55]:
Well yeah. And that’s part of it. Right? Like, the industry was going away. I could I could feel it. Like, I there was a point where I was probably and it was funny to feel it at the at the time because I was, like, 26. Right? And at that point, I’ve been hosting for about a year, which was exceptional in itself. Like, there were there’s not many guys my age in the year. 6.

Vince Quinn [00:11:11]:
Yeah.

Seth [00:11:12]:
I mean, Pierre Roberta, I think, was doing it since 26. But, you know, it’s Pierre Roberta. And it’s local for Philly, but, you know, the MMR, but, like

Vince Quinn [00:11:19]:
And that’s the beginning of the industry. You know what I mean? Like, to some degree in

Seth [00:11:23]:
the beginning. Yeah. Yeah. You’re going coming in towards the end of the industry at 26 is, like, wow.

Vince Quinn [00:11:29]:
Yeah. So it was and it was it’s so competitive. Right? Like, people don’t leave Philly. So and it’s a big market. It’s one of the best sports markets in the country. So, like, for the station and the gravity Yeah. Yeah, baby. I got an eagle’s So, anyway, like, looking at all that stuff, it was like, okay.

Vince Quinn [00:11:47]:
This is cool, and I’m in a great spot. Like, for people my age, I’m way ahead. Right? Like, there were people all across the country that were that were 20 25 years older than me would’ve killed to be in the spot that I was in. And I’m like, okay. Well, this is great, but, what are the

Seth [00:12:00]:
odds of rating. Yeah.

Vince Quinn [00:12:01]:
Yeah. It’s it’s like, where is the industry going? I’m seeing layoffs all around me. I know less and less people that listen to the radio. Nobody knows who I am. Right? Just, like, casually speaking, like

Seth [00:12:12]:
But it’s kinda funny. You walked in this. That’s one of the best things I was doing. I was a newspaper journalist. You know, talking about industry is going, going, gone.

Vince Quinn [00:12:18]:
Yeah.

Seth [00:12:19]:
But, like, everyone that when they found out who I was, oh, I read your column all the time. I read your stuff all the time. I read your stuff column all the time. I read your stuff all the time. Oh, you’re set. They’re like, oh, you’re so cool. But they never knew what I looked like. And, really, they hear your voice.

Seth [00:12:28]:
Like, wait. Are you Vince Quinn? Like, they hear the voice or they hear the name, and then they’re like, oh, I got oh, I am a fan. But, like, you know, we were both in 2 kinds of media that, like, you don’t get recognized because it’s either writing or verbal. Nothing fit not nothing visual. So

Vince Quinn [00:12:46]:
Yeah. And and it was weird too because I had to do essentially all of the brand building on my own, You know? I wasn’t really, like, getting booked for appearances. I I didn’t have a salesperson that I was regularly in contact with to, like, get endorsements, to have commercials, or, I wasn’t getting major boosts on the social media account. You know what I mean? So it’s like Yeah. I’d I’d build everything and be a voice behind the scenes. You’re doing all this work to keep up with all the teams and do a dynamic 4 hour show. Like, it’s an exhausting amount of work. The hours are brutal.

Vince Quinn [00:13:14]:
You need to be fully committed to it. It’s it’s nights. It’s weekends. It’s over. Like, you burn out.

Seth [00:13:18]:
You burn out.

Vince Quinn [00:13:19]:
And and I completely burn out, and that was part of it. I was miserable, man. Like, I was I was so miserable by the time I got to a certain point in my career. I just, like I and I it was either I continue to do this until, I just got this out, and I’m just gonna will my way there. And even and and do it, you know, still faster than people my age, but, like, I was there. I was ready. I was ready for a full time show. If somebody gave it to me, I could’ve done it.

Vince Quinn [00:13:44]:
I and I would’ve been very confident that it would’ve gone well. But, I had to wait for other people to leave. I was in line. I was behind people that were older than me that had been around longer. They had stronger relationships. There is a political element.

Seth [00:13:54]:
Oh, there’s definitely a political element. Oh, god. Yeah.

Vince Quinn [00:13:57]:
So, yeah, it was like, I can wait around and hope that I get a job in one of these markets that’s close. Like, I could get the national job and and stay there and get a full time national show. I could try to get a job back in Philly. I didn’t wanna go anywhere else. I didn’t wanna move, like, family, fiancee’s family. Like, they’re they’re all here. Why why I don’t wanna go to Cleveland. I don’t wanna go to San Francisco.

Vince Quinn [00:14:15]:
I don’t wanna

Seth [00:14:15]:
I love Cleveland, but don’t get me wrong with that. But, like, you know, it’s not exactly where you wouldn’t need to be. No.

Vince Quinn [00:14:19]:
It’s not it’s not where anything was. So it was like, I’m I’m looking at so this is my future. Right? Like, I’m I’m looking at all this, and I’m like, what what is this future for me really? And, like, if I’ve got this skill set and I I have the work ethic, then I’m gonna figure it out somewhere, and I’ve gotten really far here. And is it is it worth staying here, or should I change lanes? And podcasting, I got connected to at the time, it was this independent podcast studio, and they were just helping really people from the neighborhood that wanted to talk sports or, like, what they did at the bar last night or cultural stuff. Like Yeah.

Seth [00:14:53]:
Fun stuff. You know, podcast. We’re not we’re not NPR here. Yeah. It’s not definitely not NPR. Exactly.

Vince Quinn [00:14:58]:
So they were just, like, providing a studio space for people to do that, and they wanted somebody to come in that had some gravity. So me and another guy from radio got involved with the studio. And once I got in there, I was like, wow. Like, this is this is pretty amazing. I mean, this was, like, 2019. Yeah. And I’m thinking, okay. Well, I know podcasts are going this way.

Vince Quinn [00:15:15]:
I’ve been involved in podcasts at this point for, like, 7 years. I’ve hosted shows pretty much throughout my entire podcast my radio career. I was hosting podcasts. And I’m like, here’s a studio. This is more or less an untapped market. There’s a ton of potential, and I know what I’m doing. Like, go going

Seth [00:15:30]:
through That’s key. And a lot of time people get get far on podcast not knowing what they’re doing yet. Yeah.

Vince Quinn [00:15:35]:
Yeah. So I like, for me, it it was almost like going from a 4 hour show and having to plan that and know all this different stuff with all news. Right? So everything is sand through your fingers. There’s not a whole lot of permanence to anything. You’re always needing to update on the moment. And to go and change gears where I could help, like, business owners and things develop a podcast.

Seth [00:15:54]:
You’re a little more evergreen. Yeah.

Vince Quinn [00:15:56]:
Yeah. I honestly, it felt like going from running a marathon every day to running a 5 k. Like, it was a it was a completely different world. It was so much easier. I was so built for it, and it’s it’s modern. So it’s like it eventually, it just became a a completely obvious decision.

Seth [00:16:11]:
So how did you get into SPX productions, which is you’re the cofounder and career director for? Like, the little plug like the little plug? Hey.

Vince Quinn [00:16:19]:
Yeah. Thank you. Very, very thankful. So, yeah, what happened was I was at this other studio. Right? So this in this other independent studio.

Seth [00:16:26]:
I

Vince Quinn [00:16:26]:
was getting my feel for things there, and then it just got to a point where I didn’t like the approach of it. I thought things were falling apart. The guy that it was partnered with like, it wasn’t it wasn’t working out. Right? So it got to a point where me and some of the other people that were running the place decided we’re gonna go out and start our own thing. And when we did, we took every single client with us. They all came because, like, we we were doing the work. We had you know what I mean? You were

Seth [00:16:47]:
the known quantity. And, like, it was

Vince Quinn [00:16:49]:
like credentials. And taking

Seth [00:16:51]:
it, but they’re like, we wanna go with Vince. Sorry.

Vince Quinn [00:16:54]:
Yeah. So it was it it’s just what it was. You know? And, like, I I deserved it. I earned it. You know what I mean? Like, yeah. I was I was there. I put in the work. I I have the experience, and I I gave you know, can I curse on the show? I almost did.

Seth [00:17:06]:
I’ll curse all you want.

Vince Quinn [00:17:07]:
Alright. I I gave a shit about the people I was working with.

Seth [00:17:09]:
You know what I mean?

Vince Quinn [00:17:10]:
Like curse

Seth [00:17:10]:
you’re gonna give?

Vince Quinn [00:17:11]:
I just wanted to curse. I mean, I could I like your mentality there. I wanna know what curses are in your book then. But beyond that, so, like, I we we did all that. And and from there now, I’ve had a couple of years, like, level up the kinds of clientele, refine all the processes, get more people on board.

Seth [00:17:29]:
I like it.

Vince Quinn [00:17:29]:
It it it’s been a lot of experimenting and building, but at least I’m in control of it now, which is something I didn’t have for the longest time in in my life and career. Yeah. And so to be able to

Seth [00:17:38]:
shape this business I mean, you’re at the right you’re at the right time in your life where I just wanna circle to me. I started right before I got married. Best time to start a business, 2008. But the idea is, like, you you start your business before you have kids, before you, you know, right when you’re getting married, you know, you you I mean, obviously, your future wife’s into this, thinks this is a good thing for you to do, supports you through it, and that’s a big thing.

Vince Quinn [00:18:01]:
Big time.

Seth [00:18:02]:
I mean and now and now you’re helping entrepreneurs and figuring out the podcast thing and helping people, you know, how to go about doing podcasting, how to do it if you wanna do it weekly. You know, you know, what they should do to get it right. You’re also helping produce their damn podcast, which because not everyone’s crazy like me who wants to do everything. Like, I I like having hit my hand, you know, on everything, and I’m gone to a point where I’m proficient enough where I can get everything done relatively quickly. I mean, I don’t edit unless there’s a massive gaffe. Mhmm. Because, again, we’re not Terry Gross. We’re not Terry Gross.

Seth [00:18:36]:
We’re not, you know, for Philly, Marty Moskoween. You know, we’re not we’re not he’s like, you know, NPR National Public Radio. No. We’re supposed to be showing the fat, shooting the shit. There’s the shit word. You know? And and honestly, not giving you a fuck. You know? There’s there. I got the explicit tag finally.

Seth [00:18:55]:
But I mean but that’s the thing. Like, you don’t give an f. You don’t you you have fun. You do it. And, you know, if it’s your business, you don’t curse as much maybe or you curse a little bit, whatever. It’s the dynamic of the show and have fun with it. So here’s the question. What since you’ve done the corporate grind I mean, you have done the corporate grind.

Seth [00:19:13]:
If anything knows about the grind, it’s that what’s the best thing about being an entrepreneur in your mind?

Vince Quinn [00:19:18]:
Freedom. It it’s opportunity to to choose your own destiny and and live with the consequences of it. Right? Because, like, I think that’s that’s one of the biggest things. I think it is easy for so many people to be in a corporate environment and look at the things that are going wrong and just complain about those things. Right? Yeah. But but not have the answers. Right? It’s it’s just to complain about the state of the thing that you don’t like. But but when you’re confronted with, okay, this situation is not good enough.

Vince Quinn [00:19:41]:
It needs to be fixed, and I’m not fixing it properly. Like, it forces you to get better or die. And, like, I refuse to die. So it’s it’s okay. Why don’t you I I it’s it’s everything, man. I think it’s one of the most essential parts this. Like, you have to be willing to take an emotional beating all the time. You you can’t you you’ve gotta have some level of in your ego being willing to admit that you’re wrong and know that you need to adapt and find answers.

Vince Quinn [00:20:04]:
So, like, with that being the case, I mean, all all the different sources of information that I’ve had to find and the answers that I’ve been able to get. And and with that experience, the confidence I can have going into all these different situations. Like, I have gotten so much better as a person. Right? Like, I’m just so much sharper. I’ve got so much more wisdom, essentially. And You’re only 34 and

Seth [00:20:25]:
you’re a lot of wisdom. I mean, that’s let’s think about that for a little bit. I mean, it’s kind of ridiculous that you’re 34 and you’ve already burned out once. Yeah. I got well, I was 34. I burned out once in journalism. So I guess it’s kind of we’re on the same track with that. But, I mean, when you think about it, you know, I mean, you’re old you’re older and wiser beyond your years because you’ve done the corporate grind.

Seth [00:20:44]:
Now on on the flip side, what keeps you up at night? What what’s the what’s the scary thing about being an entrepreneur?

Vince Quinn [00:20:50]:
God. I mean, it’s it to start, I’m doing a bootstrap in this business, man. It’s money. Right? It’s, like, it’s it’s all the time. Right? I’ve gotta 1, I gotta take care of my clients. I gotta make sure that I’m doing a good enough job that they stay and they are happy. I’ve gotta figure out improvements to that service. If my pricing isn’t right, I’ve gotta update that in figuring out those models and running through charts and checking all my finances, updating bank accounts to get better yields or changing the credit cards.

Vince Quinn [00:21:13]:
After

Seth [00:21:14]:
the wedding.

Vince Quinn [00:21:15]:
Yeah. Going through the wedding. I’ve gotta make sure that, contractors and all that are helping me out right now. Like, I’m taking care of them. I also wanna get those people to be full time eventually. Like, how do I start budgeting for that? And what are the what are the additional costs that are gonna be in place? So, like, there’s there’s so many things around money all the time, and, of course, it keeps me up because it’s it’s the lifeblood of everything, and it’s why I do this. Right? Like, ultimately, talking about freedom and all that, you wanna make enough money that you’re you’re not sweating those things all the time, and you have freedom. And, like, I’m not worried about, oh my god.

Vince Quinn [00:21:47]:
I need, like you know, in radio, I was taking every overnight shift that they gave me. I was working every holiday because I needed the money. And there there wasn’t enough money in that business unless you’re a full time job to say no. So it’s like, I’m gonna take that shift. I’m I don’t I don’t care what the cost is, like, because it it was a major cost, right, personally. Like, all the things I didn’t attend or left early or whatever, like, just my sleep burning out, emotional, like, all that. It it all went because I just wanted to take the check and to build up some kind of independence where I don’t have to do that. I’m comfortable.

Vince Quinn [00:22:17]:
I can relax. I’ve got a future, and I built that. Like, that is everything.

Seth [00:22:21]:
That is incredible. Yeah.

Vince Quinn [00:22:22]:
So, you know, that’s that’s the whole focus all the time. So it keeps me up for sure. And, you know, it’s because it’s, I mean, it’s just fundamental. You you have to take care

Seth [00:22:30]:
of it. So, no, what is the most important thing to carry with you all the time?

Vince Quinn [00:22:35]:
Oh, man.

Seth [00:22:36]:
That good isn’t that a good one? I love that one.

Vince Quinn [00:22:38]:
Yeah. An open mind. I I think to to everything. Right? Like, approaching different people. Like, here’s my thing. Right? I try to I’d like to believe that I can see people. Like, when they’re presenting me with something, I can understand what they’re talking about, where they’re coming from emotionally, how they feel the right way to engage with them to connect. Right? And I think there’s so much listening involved in being able to do that.

Vince Quinn [00:23:04]:
And, like, as a good listener, I get places with people. I build good relationships, and I like doing it. You know? So Mhmm. Having that kind of mindset of, like, okay. What is this thing not going in judgmentally just like, what is happening here? Who are you? What are you about? Tell me about this. How can I learn more, and how can I be more supportive to that? What what does what I do, you know, how does it align, or how does it not align? Right? Because Absolutely. If they’re not the right fit, I am good on the idea of, like, you’re not the right client for me. Like, you should go over here.

Vince Quinn [00:23:33]:
You should talk to this person. They’re great. Yeah. I don’t know who the answer is.

Seth [00:23:35]:
Provide them a referral. Yeah. It’s perfect. Yeah.

Vince Quinn [00:23:37]:
Yeah. So, like, going in with that idea of it’s not just, like, hammer and nail and this needs to be that. It’s like, okay. Let me just understand what this is, and and that can be not just with the sales stuff and and interacting with people and networking and things like that, but it just goes to the day to day operations of your business and how you could be better. It’s it’s how how do you do things at home better? How am I a better cook? How am I a better fiance and future husband? How how do I clean up

Seth [00:24:00]:
You can use that. You went from boyfriend to fiance, and then you gotta change it to husband. You still screw up. It’s gonna be fun.

Vince Quinn [00:24:06]:
Yeah. It’s it’s gonna happen for sure. And and that’s the thing. But it’s, like, I I know all that stuff, and I can appreciate that stuff and have an open mind about it. I try not to destroy myself with it. And it’s just how do I get better, and what are the ways to receive that information? And that it it’s just having an open mind at the end of the day.

Seth [00:24:22]:
Love it. So, Vince, best place for people to get in touch with you is sbxproductions.com/contact. You know, I mean, you’re on LinkedIn. You’re around. But, like, best thing to just reach out to them via there, you know. That’s a great place. Vince, this has been such a pleasure. It’s been so much fun.

Seth [00:24:38]:
Because as you’re a younger version of me. God forbid. I feel bad. That that was not meant to be an insult. It may have come out like 1. But, you know but, like, literally, you’ve same kind of trajectory, like, you know, did the journalism thing. You did the radio thing, you know. It did left left college.

Seth [00:24:54]:
I was like, what the hell am I gonna do with myself? Like, I

Vince Quinn [00:24:57]:
I’m still not I’m

Seth [00:24:58]:

43. I’m still trying to figure that shit out. It’s like that’s constantly evolving, you know. That’s what it is.

Vince Quinn [00:25:04]:
Yeah. I mean, it’s that’s the thing. Right? It’s just like the the world changes. I mean, look, when I got out of college and what the media landscape is from 2012 to now, it’s radically different. So, like

Seth [00:25:13]:
Oh, it’s totally different. Oh, god.

Vince Quinn [00:25:16]:
The whole world’s changed. So it’s just like you you have to be able to to adapt to that kind of stuff. And if you’re not going to, like, it’s obvious, but you do get left behind. And I just I refuse. So it’s like, what is that modern thing? How do you adapt? How do you find that next thing? And I’m just always hunting for it and keeping my eyes open.

Seth [00:25:31]:
Love it, buddy. And we’ll see everyone next week.

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