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Highlights today include: 2023 DANVILLE SUMMIT, Fagerhult's H1 Results (Jan-Jun 2023), Book Review: Flipping the Switch with Cole Zucker and Guillaume Vidal, Quoizel Begins new Chapter as a Standalone Company, Moonlighting 2023 – Call for Artists! New Zhaga Taskforce Formed for Round Shaped LED-Modules.
The Wine Thieves make their way to the Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence appellation and chat with winemaker Philippe Bru of Château Vignelaure about ageworthy rosé, the importance of altitude and evidence of 2,600 years of wine history in Provence. Take a virtual stroll through quintessential Provencal town of Aix-en-Provence while picturing the landscapes of Cezanne and Hemingway's favourite watering holes. We'll talk about cabernet-syrah blends, how to properly pair Bouillabaisse with wine and the importance of sustainability in this multi-faceted region. Guillaume Vidal of Château La Coste also drops in to tell us about making uncomplicated, organic rosé, aromatic compounds and a holistic aesthetic.
Cole Zucker is the Co-Founder and former Co-CEO of Green Creative, a company that offers a comprehensive line of high-performance LED lighting solutions that have been widely adopted by some of the largest companies in the world. After graduating from college, Cole moved to Shanghai, China where he met his business partner, Guillaume Vidal. In 6 years, they took the company from $0 to $60 million in revenue and eventually decided to sell the business. Cole and his wife Katie have since started a new venture, influencer platform Hey Hero, offering a solution for people who want a better way to communicate directly with influencers—and for influencers who want to better monetize that connection. Platform users can search for their favorite influencers and ask questions or request personalized recommendations for a fee. Then influencers can accept the offers, and respond on their own time—via video, voice chat, or text. Connect with Cole Zucker Green Creative Green Creative on LinkedIn Green Creative on Facebook Green Creative on Twitter Hey Hero Hey Hero on Facebook Hey Hero on Instagram cole@heyhero.com Some of the Topics Covered by Cole Zucker in this Episode How Cole and his business partner Guillaume Vidal started Green Creative in Shanghai Why Cole moved to China after college Cole's entrepreneurial spirit and inspirations Cole and Guillaume's napkin business plan Figuring out roles and responsibilities as co-founders and co-CEOs Getting Green Creative off the ground and the challenge of getting their first customers How Cole was eventually able to move past door-to-door sales How their product development and manufacturing evolved How learning from mistakes led to growth Building out a team Standing out against the competition by becoming fast integrators The process of deciding to sell the business What Cole would've done differently looking back Deciding to start another business and what is Hey Hero The customer discovery process for Hey Hero Cole's book recommendations How Cole recharges Cole's advice for entrepreneurs Links from the Episode The Outsiders by William Thorndike
Hey everyone, in today’s episode I share the mic with Guillaume Vidal and Cole Zucker, co-founders of Green Creative, which provides high-performance LED lighting solutions to some of the largest companies in the world. Tune in to hear Guillaume and Cole discuss the turning point that enabled Green Creative to go from $300K to $40M in sales in 5 years, the secret to their successful customer acquisition, how they base their commission structure, and why you should never underestimate industry relationships. Click here for show notes and transcript. Leave Some Feedback: What should I talk about next? Who should I interview? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect With Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @ericosiu
Segment 1: Guillaume Vidal is Co-Founder and Co-CEO of GREEN CREATIVE, an LED lighting manufacturer. Vidal started the business with Cole Zucker in 2010 following their chance encounter in Shanghai.Segment 2: Dr. Jamie Reynolds is recognized on an annual basis as one of the top orthodontists in metro Detroit. He is the author of the book World Class Smiles Made in Detroit.Segment 3: Dr. Christopher Croner is a Principal with SalesDrive, LLC, a firm that specializes in the selection and deployment of high-performing salespeople. Dr. Croner is co-author of the book, Never Hire a Bad Salesperson Again, detailing his research and practice in identifying the non-teachable personality traits common to top producers.Segment 4: Joey Coleman helps organizations retain their best customers and turn them into raving fans. He is the author of the new book “Never Lose a Customer Again”.Segment 5:Barry Moltz shares how to get your business unstuck.Sponsored by Nextiva.
Guillaume Vidal fait parti de ces profils rares qu’on ne rencontre pas assez à Shanghai et jamais il n’aurait cru arriver ou il est aujourd’hui en se lançant dans la fabrication de LED en 2010 et passer les 65 Millions de dollars de CA 7 ans plus tard… Le chemin a été mouvementé et c’est ce dont nous parlons dans ce nouvel épisode de BackStage. En écoute dès maintenant -> https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/backstage-by-nextstep/id1315210696?mt=2
Do you dream of building something BIG? Today we’re sharing the story of two young men with a dream, Cole Zucker and Guillaume Vidal, who are disrupting the lighting industry with their new business, Green Creative Lighting. They are taking on companies like Philips and GE by offering high-performance LED solutions – and winning. Cole and Guillaume were only able to accomplish this so quickly, because they established clear goals, took massive action, and focused on forming the right relationships so that they could recruit the right people into their world. The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode: Out of everything that you’ve heard in this episode, what’s the ONE thing you can do that will make everything else easier or unnecessary? What’s the ONE action you can take that will guarantee the time you invested in this episode will have an amazing return on the investment of your time? In this episode you will learn... [8:00] Why speed to implementation and execution is so critical for small businesses. [13:00] How you can build strong business relationships. [15:10] Why you need to resist shiny object syndrome when scaling a business (and what happens when you don’t). [19:40] How assembling the right team will allow you to stop focusing on the day-to-day and start focusing on the vision. [21:30] How you can make finding people a priority. Links & Tools From This Episode Learn more at gc-lighting.com Connect with Cole on LinkedIn Connect with Guillaume on LinkedIn Will you help us get to know you better? Go to the1thing.com/podcastquiz Get more support & accountability: Join the Living Your ONE Thing Community -- Get your FREE audiobook copy of Shoe Dog or Total Recall! If you enjoy listening to podcasts, you probably also enjoy listening to audiobooks, and that’s why Audible is sponsoring this episode. If you go to audible.com/onething, you can create a free account and get a free credit for your first book, which could be Shoe Dog or Total Recall. We are HIRING! We are hiring an amazing Community Manager, and we would love for that person to come from this community. If you are someone, or know someone, who loves to create amazing content, engage with a community, and wants to manage all of the content for the business, please go to the1thing.com/jobs. -- Production & Development for The ONE Thing Podcast by Podcast Masters
Cole Zucker started his entrepreneurial journey buying a one-way plane ticket to Shanghai China just after he was fired from a job that he hated in New York. Everything he owned was shoved into 2 duffel bags, he had $3,000 to his name and he knew no one in the city and didn't speak the language. After landing a job at a lightbulb manufacturing company, he recognized a market that was primed for disruption. That market was the LED lightbulb market. This conversation takes us through the early development days and of Cole being homeless in San Francisco chasing down lighting trucks for leads with nothing but a box of lightbulbs and a big idea. 7 years after hitting the streets of San Francisco, Cole is the C0-CEO of Green Creative that he founded with his partner Guillaume Vidal, a $60 million LED lightbulb manufacturing company with 80 employees across the U.S. and China. [caption id="attachment_2937" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Guillaume Vidal and Cole Zucker, photo credit Timothy Archibald for Forbes.[/caption] In this episode we discuss... Being the worst in his training class at the first job he ever had. Getting fired from his first job within a first year for poor performance. Buying a one-way ticket to Shanghai China. Landing in China with 2 duffel bags, $3,000 and not knowing anyone or the language. How he landed a job at a lightbulb manufacturing company. Recognizing the pending disruption in the lightbulb industry with LED lightbulbs that started his entrepreneurial journey. How him and his partner developed their first Minimum Viable Product...that looked terrible but worked. Living out of his car and on people's couches to save money while cold-calling business selling his new product. Show Notes Green Creative website: gc-lighting.com Twitter @GCLightingLED Facebook @GreenCreativeLED Sponsors PrintDirtCheap.com – Rockstars in printing with over 30 categories of printing products doing it FAST and doing it CHEAP. Use promo code ‘LIFEHUNTER’ for $10 off of your print job or request a free sample of their work. Check out clickplacement.com to design your search engine marketing strategies and launch an epic PPC campaign. Support the Go Hunt Life show by making a donation to help keep the life hunter stories coming at Patreon.com/gohuntlife