In this episode of The MVP Podcast, Mitch Gibson sits down with Tamron Manning, Founder and Owner of Integrity Insurance Group in Lexington, Kentucky to discuss the highs and lows that he has experienced as a start-up agency owner in the last 3 months. Tamron opened up the doors at Integrity Insurance in October of 2021 and has hit the ground running. This guy is going places!
Episode Highlights:
- Tamron shares some of the most difficult challenges he faced when he started his business at 27. (2:26)
- Tamron shares some of the things he would have changed when he was just starting the agency. (4:47)
- Tamron recalls a moment when he was just starting and felt like he was in a captive situation. (7:56)
- Tamron shares some of the software he uses for his video proposals. (14:51)
- Tamron tells us that he has not yet integrated with any of the Tech companies but is currently in the process, to provide more customer satisfaction. (23:19)
- Tamron shares what he thinks are the best referral partners for the business. (28:57)
- Tamron tells us the common struggles that he is currently facing as an agency owner. (34:07)
- Tamron shares what his mental mindset was to proceed in building and starting his career. (40:31)
- Tamron gives us the reason why he loves the insurance industry. (45:40)
- Tamron shares his favorite color and his favorite flavor of ice cream. (49:35)
- Tamron shares that his favorite place to go that he has never been would be Australia. (51:16)
Key Quotes:
- “You need to learn from these people, and listen to them and then practice roleplay. Some people roleplay. You need to do that kind of stuff to be good for the game.” – Tamron Manning
- “If you spend your whole time planning and waiting for that perfect time or waiting for your savings account to hit this amount. You’ll never do it, man.” – Tamron Manning
- “Figure it out as you go, fail as many times as you can. And you’ll find, I promise you’ll figure it out. If you keep failing enough. And you learn from that and you do it again.” – Tamron Manning
Resources Mentioned:
- Tamron Manning LinkedIn
- Integrity Insurance Group
- Reach out to Mitch Gibson