Jimmy Coleman

I had a bit of a public failure recently. 600+ hands raised wanted to buy a product I was building. Textbook worthy gtm strategy fired up. Group feedback calls with interested users. Then, 3 days before launch I got a call from my business partner telling me it is basically illegal. It was built to help Catholic teams have improved go to market strategies and the Catholicity of it violated privacy laws. Not because it was bad by nature, but since others could use it for harm laws were made against it. So on launch day, instead of informing hundreds of hand raisers they wanted was ready I told them we had to pull the plug. Giving love to a vision, then trashing it is frustrating, sad and a little embarrassing. However, If this is my cross, I won the lottery. Please don't pity me and my first world problems. I haven't met anyone who has trust in God's will and isn't open to failure. Discerning what's next. Ultimately, I want my own product to drive a ridiculous amount of traffic to. Meanwhile, at X Cathedra we are helping my consulting clients with their growth. And for that email list of 600 Catholics who are hungry for business growth? I went to my go to vendors/services and negotiated discounts for list to use. Here's a peak at the first two I am sharing: Email 1: 25% off my #1 ad vendor that no one seems to be using. Just referred a client last week and they got 470 leads in 24 hours. Email 2: $203 off a service that enriches your email list to get their approximate wealth status. Maybe God is pushing me to continue to grow that newsletter. Feel free to reach out if you'd like to be added. Thanks for all the support everyone. Stay tuned, should be fun 🙂

I’ve had a lot of people reach out recently asking for help automating their lead generation. To save me time and you money, I might host a couple group trainings if there’s enough interest. If you’re one of these people just vote below.

Does anyone take their kids on business trips? When it’s fair game vs not. How to make it productive and fun? Different rules if it’s a networking conference kind of thing vs more of a private thing? I’ve said “no” to pretty much every trip opportunity for about 5 years in order to prioritize time with my family. On the other hand, endless virtual meetings burn me out. Here’s the upside: - My children witnessing actual work has more value than the classroom. - who need lead magnets and sales funnels when you you have an adorable child of God as your wingman? Any thoughts?

As X Cathedra builds a suite of growth products to help Catholic's win in business, we are intentionally building a network of affiliates who would like to make meaningful income sharing these tools with with their network. If you know people who either already have the network or who are ready to hustle(or both) feel free to tag them or have them reach out. Thanks. God Bless.

“I love you more than accidents. I love you more than whoops. I love you more than coffee spills or broken cups or books. I love you more than messes, more than any glass or bowls. You are irreplaceable, more valuable than gold.” This is a song my wife sings to our children regularly and it accurately captures one of the biggest lessons I’ve had to learn after having 4 children in less than 5 years: Assess what actually matters, let go of the rest. In order to have capacity for the best things, I’ve had to detach myself from things I held onto but didn’t know why. Which ultimately led me back to what matters most - my relationship with God. #Makebabies