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In this episode, Uzair talks to Tabarak Rehman who is attempting to become the first person ever to run 1,400 kilometers across the length of Pakistan to raise awareness around the country's education crisis. His goal is to raise $1 million for The Citizens Foundation, an incredible non-profit that operates nearly 2,000 schools in Pakistan. Tabarak is a New York-based Turnaround & Restructuring Consultant at AlixPartners, who's also super passionate about educating Pakistani students. Through his social media, he has guided hundreds of Pakistani students toward higher education in the U.S., even helping secure over a million dollars in student loans for at least 30 of them. His academic journey started from his boarding high school, Cadet College Hasan Abdal after which he went to IBA Karachi for his undergrad and then Northeastern University in Boston, where he earned his Master's degree. He also holds a CFA Charter. You can support Tabarak's cause here - https://fundraise.tcfglobal.org/fundraiser/384593207740/tabarak-runs-across-pakistan-for-education Follow Tabarak's run here - https://www.instagram.com/tabarakruns/ Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 3:20 Tabarak's journey 14:45 Resources for getting an education in the US 20:30 Running 1,400 kilometers 26:30 Training regimen 32:00 How to help 38:10 Reading recommendations Reading recommendations: - David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell - The Richest Man in Babylon by George Clason - Built to Last by James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras
Every entrepreneur has their formula for success. If you ask a dozen entrepreneurs their secret, many will say you must stand out from the competition. But today's guest has an unconventional secret to industry domination, so tune in to find out if you can apply the same secret to your business. Join Over 5,500 Franchisees and Franchisors in our FREE Private Facebook Community HERE: https://www.facebook.com/groups/franchisesecretsfb?_rdc=1&_rdr Tommy Mello, founder of A1 Garage Door Service, shares his insights on how he transformed his garage door company into a technology-driven business with over $25 million in EBITDA. He discusses why he chose not to franchise his business and the importance of continuous learning and personal growth. Tommy emphasizes the value of investing in the right people and creating a strong company culture. He also talks about his goal to achieve $108-110 million in EBITDA in three years and the importance of hiring the right team to help him get there. He believes in leveraging technology to automate processes and improve efficiency. Tommy discusses the shift in mindset from being a garage door company to a technology company and what accelerated this transformation. He also highlights the significance of knowing and analyzing key performance indicators (KPIs) to make informed business decisions. Tommy shares his philosophy of elevating the industry and helping competitors succeed through the Freedom Event, which focuses on personal and professional growth in the home services industry. Tommy's journey is a masterclass in innovation and leadership, so don't miss out on today's episode of Franchise Secrets. “If I'm gonna make this business worth a lot of money, I gotta elevate the whole industry. If I'm gonna charge the right prices, then I cannot be this lonesome wolf. I needed to invite people in.” - Tommy Mello In This Episode: - Tommy's background and how he got to where he is today - Navigating the different seasons in life - Why Tommy did not franchise his business - How continuous learning and personal growth make all the difference - Hiring the right people to accelerate your growth - Elevating the industry by helping competitors succeed - Freedom Event: Fostering personal and professional growth in the home services industry - Choosing the right vendors and holding them accountable - The Key to Success: Embrace hard work and avoid procrastination Resources:
Today, we shine a light on a critically undervalued yet pivotal element shaping success or failure in business: the business model. With a strategic model, even startups wielding groundbreaking innovations can offer inexpensive solutions while remaining profitable, ultimately evolving into household names. Like our featured brand, MyGuardianDoc, a swiftly expanding virtual health program providing comprehensive medical care for families.Wondering how they achieved this? Joining us to dissect this remarkable achievement are John Korangy, Founder of MyGuardianDoc's parent company, CareClix, and Mr. Charlie Scott, CEO of MyGuardianDoc. Tune in as they unveil the distinctive business model ensuring their profitability. Plus, gain invaluable insights and actionable strategies for revolutionizing product delivery without breaking the bank.In this episode of the Harvest Growth Podcast, we delve into:The significance of fostering an innovative business model in a cutthroat marketTactics for swiftly cultivating brand recognition and engagementThe necessity of defining your business's purpose and mission during the early stagesTools for crafting and delivering top-tier solutions at an affordable rateAnd much more!Bid farewell to second-guessing and uncertainty about your own health. If you're grappling with health symptoms and wishing for dependable medical guidance from specialists, head to www.myguardian.doc for round-the-clock assistance. Access the resources referenced by our guests in today's episode here: ResourcesDr. Deming: The American Who Taught the Japanese About Quality by Rafael Aguayo. Learn MoreBuilt to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras. Learn MoreThink and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill Learn MoreTo be a guest on our next podcast, contact us today!Do you have a brand that you'd like to launch or grow? Do you want help from a partner that has successfully launched hundreds of brands totaling over $2 billion in revenues? Visit HarvestGrowth.com and set up a free consultation with us today!
Are you looking for ways to bring your company's purpose to life and drive business performance? Join us with Haley Rushing, Chief Purposologist of The Purpose Institute, as she shares her experience on activating an organization's purpose through action and tools like key PURPOSE indicators. Get insights as Haley shares case studies from purpose pioneers such as First United Bank. Learn strategies for measuring impact, overcoming common roadblocks, and building purpose as a muscle across your organization. Tune in to get inspired and be equipped to fulfill your purpose in a way that benefits all stakeholders–only here on Listen Loudly. Show Notes Haley Rushing - Chief Purposologist and co-founder of The Purpose Institute. The Purpose Institute - helps organizations discover, articulate and bring to life their deeper purpose in the world First United Bank - a family bank in every sense of the word. A family-owned, family-operated, built on family values, and serves multigenerational customers who are treated like family Spend Life Wisely - is a progressive and innovative community banking organization and is categorized as a "Super Community Bank." Built to Last by James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras - a book of luminescent importance among books about successful companies/organizations. Conscious Capitalism by John Mackey and Rajendra Sisodia - a book about recognizing businesses as a subset of society and society as a subset of the planet and requires conscious leadership at all levels Firms of Endearment by David B Wolfe, Jagdish Sheth, and Rajendra Sisodia - a book about gaining ‘share of heart, not just share of wallet'. It's about aligning stakeholders' interests, not just juggling them. Resources Door No. 3 Website Door No. 3 LinkedIn Door No. 3 Instagram Listen to The Empowered Challenger Podcast with Prentice Howe Connect with Prentice Howe on LinkedIn Connect with Bethany Cranfield on LinkedIn
Às vezes vemos sinais de que deveríamos desistir de uma empreitada. Em vez disso, nos agarramos mais ainda ao objetivos, com as dificuldades só servindo para reforçar a fé não em uma força divina, mas de que somos capazes de cumprir o objetivo. Como se o motivo de fazer algo fosse o objetivo em si.Livro: No ar rarefeito por Jon KrakauerFilme: A Cidade Perdida de ZA Cidade Perdida da Bahia: mito e arqueologia no Brasil ImpérioO Manuscrito 512 na íntegraLivro: Feitas para durar: práticas bem-sucedidas de empresas visionárias por Jerry I. Porras e Jim CollinsCurso: Hábitos: da produtividade às metas pessoais, com 15% de desconto (por tempo limitado) na Alura.
As we highlight another “Great Place to Work,” we are joined by a repeat guest on the podcast. He is using metrics with his team members and implementing the principles he has learned to recruit and retain A-players for his business. Along with the normal business challenges, he is seeing success and big changes since working with us at Tap the Potential over the past year. Rob Minnick is CEO and president of Minnicks, Inc. and Minnick Training Center. He has 39 years of experience in the heating and air conditioning field, especially in mechanical design and building performance for owners. Rob decided to concentrate on the family business because he loves what he does, it allows him to meet people, and he enjoys a challenge. Rob earned his certifications from the State of Maryland Air Conditioning Contractors of America, Building Performance Institute, Residential Energy Service Network, US Green Building Council, and National Comfort Institute. In addition to his heating and air conditioning work, Rob is active in many associations. He lives with his wife, Dawn, in Burtonsville, Maryland, and they have three children, one granddaughter, and a dog. When not working, Rob likes to spend time with his family, play the drums, travel, and play golf. Join us to learn how Rob is putting systems and metrics in place to hire A-players and create a work environment where they want to stay! Profit by Design is a Tap the Potential Production in collaboration with Small Business Consulting Group. Show Highlights: Highlights of Rob's wins and successes over the past year How Rob supports his team in reaching the goal of getting 150 hours of training for 2022 What makes an A-player? (A REAL one–not just someone who presents themselves to be one in the interview process!) How Rob has faced his biggest challenge with employees that had to be let go, reducing his workforce by about half during 2021 How Rob has had to step into new roles and responsibilities because of his low staff numbers How Rob is making his business stronger through his interview process and marketing How Rob's Pumpkin Planning is helping him differentiate his business and stop competing on price COVID consequences: The struggle to find technicians and create a payment plan that works How Rob is using what he has learned through How to Hire the Best and The Game of Work by Charles A. Coonradt Words of wisdom about Rob's immutable laws and how he uses them in the interview process How Rob is implementing what he's learned to create an environment where A-players want to work Connect with Rob: Minnicks and Facebook Books mentioned in this episode: Built to Last by Jerry I. Porras and Jim Collins Who: The A Method for Hiring by Geoff Smart and Randy Street The Game of Work by Charles A. Coonradt How to Hire the Best by Sabrina Starling, PhD Links and Resources: Learn more about the next How to Hire the Best course. It starts in April! New! Now Available!! The 4 Week Vacation book with bonuses! Download Dr. Sabrina's Introductory Training: How to Make Your Time Worth $10,000 an Hour Join Dr. Sabrina in our Entrepreneurs Take Your Live Back! Community
Episode 86: 2021 Year in Review In this episode Vanessa takes a solo tour through the past year, looking at some of the big public events as well as some private lessons learned. She remembers the election of Raphael Warnock as the first African-American to represent Georgia in the Senate, the ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline, the U.S. departure from Afghanistan, and the victory of her hometown Atlanta Braves in the World Series. She also shares some of the challenges she personally overcame and some of the tips and strategies Asfalis Advisors used to move forward as a company this year. In this episode, you will learn: • The necessity of defining and living by your core values. • The difficulty and value of apologizing. • The perils of micromanaging. • The importance of identifying people you can trust and then trusting them. • The benefits for a leader of setting a one-year plan, a three-year target, and a “Big Hairy Audacious Goal™” 10-year goal (coined by Jim Collins) Vanessa also thanks her listeners, subscribers, and guests and wishes everyone a happy and safe new year. [LINKS MENTIONED] CNN.com 2021 in Review: Fast Facts: https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/19/us/2021-in-review-fast-facts/index.html [BOOKS MENTIONED] “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies,” by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras “Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business,” by Gino Wickman Disaster Recovery Journal: Register for DRJ's weekly (Wednesday) webinar series at https://drj.com/webinars/up-coming/ Register for DRJ Spring 2022: Resiliency Transformed at http://www.drj.com/spring2022 Asfalis Advisors: • https://www.asfalisadvisors.com • Apply to be a guest on the podcast: https://www.asfalisadvisors.com/decoded/ • Download the 5 Step Crisis Strategy: https://www.asfalisadvisors.com/services/ Connect with the podcast! • Please take part in our podcast listener survey at: https://forms.gle/XDuYPcFjXaydkEXV6 • Email us at podcast@drj.com • Podcast Website: https://drj.com/decoded/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/BRDecoded • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/business-resilience-decoded/ Vanessa Mathews, host Vanessa Mathews is the founder and chief resilience officer of Asfalis Advisors, where they are focused on protecting the legacy of the leaders they serve through business resilience. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Mathews developed global crisis management and business continuity programs for government and private sector organizations to include Lowe's Companies, Gulfstream Aerospace, and the Department of Homeland Security. • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessa-vaughn-mathews-mba-cbcp-70916b4b/ • Book Mathews as a speaker: https://bit.ly/VanessaMathews • Asfalis Advisors: https://www.asfalisadvisors.com/ Jon Seals, producer Jon Seals is the editor in chief at Disaster Recovery Journal, the leading magazine/event in business continuity. Seals is an award-winning journalist with a background in publication design, business media, content management, sports journalism, social media, and podcasting. • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonseals/ • Disaster Recovery Journal: https://drj.com/
Shelly Lefkoe is a co-founder of the Lefkoe Institute, a San Francisco Bay Area firm whose mission is, “To significantly improve the quality of life on the planet by having people recreate their lives and live as the unlimited possibilities they are.” Shelly has had the privilege of helping thousands of clients worldwide rid themselves of a wide variety of problems including phobias, relationships that never seem to work, violence, procrastination, unwillingness to confront people, health and wellness issues, and sexual dysfunction. Tyler and Shelly's discussion focused on the power of beliefs and how to eliminate the limiting ones. Shelly walked Elevate Nation through an "I'm not good enough" belief exercise, explaining the environment's impact on us, how we discover beliefs through verbalization, weighing interpretations, and the source and impact of meaning. They also discussed the underlying causes of the fear of public speaking. Don't wait to understand why and how beliefs are running your life! Connect with Shelly: Website: recreateyourlife.com Instagram intagram.com/shellylefkoe LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shellylefkoe/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LefkoeInstitute The following books were mentioned in the show: Success Built to Last by Jerry I. Porras, Stewart Emery, Mark Thompson Skyrocket your financial and personal success with a substantial competitive edge gained through Elevate High Performance Coaching Academy! Your opportunity for business and profound life transformation is now. Learn more about the program and watch the free masterclass here: https://elevatecoachingacademy.com/ Sign up for the Elevate Nation Newsletter! Receive exclusive personal and professional growth tools, tips from Tyler, what Tyler's reading, the latest news from Elevate Podcast, real estate investment news, and opportunities from CF Capital and The Chesser Companies! Apply for coaching with Tyler! The world's top performers in any field have a coach to help them achieve drastically greater results and in less time. The most successful real estate investors are no different. To apply for a results coaching session with Tyler, visit coachwithtyler.com. This episode of Elevate is brought to you by CF Capital LLC, a national real estate investment firm that focuses on acquiring and operating multifamily assets that provide stable cash flow, capital appreciation, and a margin of safety. CF Capital leverages its expertise in acquisitions and management to provide investors with superior risk-adjusted returns while placing a premium on preserving capital. Learn more at cfcapllc.com Follow us! Website: elevatepod.com Twitter: twitter.com/elevatepod1 IG: instagram.com/elevatepod Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/elevatepodcastcommunity LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/elevatepodcast
We all have a superpower, but we don’t always know what it is, how to use it, or even when to use it. But when you get this right, and learn to harness your superpower, your impact becomes exponential. Meet Fran Maier, serial entrepreneur, known for growing iconic businesses like TRUSTe and Match.com. Fran shares how her superpower as a brand builder made her such a huge success and helped her create global impact. Fran is now the CEO of BabyQuip and her superpower as a brand builder has already made the company the leading baby gear rental service for traveling families. Fran is a legendary entrepreneur and has won numerous awards and accolades. She was honored by the Stanford Graduate School of Business with the Jerry I. Porras Latino Leadership Award, named one of “100 Most Influential Women in Technology” by Hot Topics. San Francisco Business Times named Fran among the 150 Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business and AlwaysOn named her among the Top 25 Women in Tech to Watch in Silicon Valley. In this episode, Fran shares why it’s important to know your strengths and take ownership of what’s in your control. She also reveals the lessons she has learned in her career and the principles she follows as a leader. Fran is applying all of these principles as she leads BabyQuip in changing lives and improving the way families travel. Highlights: [02:47] Fran’s superpower [05:54] The story of Match.com [09:04] Keeping brand values in alignment with business decisions [10:40] Defining company culture [13:07] Biggest lessons learned [18:39] The pros and cons of being early to market [20:23] How does BabyQuip serve the community [30:47] The effects of the pandemic on BabyQuip [33:41] Empowering women as independent business owners [37:17] Who should female entrepreneurs listen to for advice [41:20] Lesson learned from working with investors [42:38] Taking ownership of what’s in our control [46:35] Vision for BabyQuip [48:02] The question brand builders should be asking Quotes: “Be confident and allow yourself to be vulnerable and ask for help.” – Fran Maier “Always be open to listening to everyone’s advice, but have the conviction to decide for yourself.” – Fran Maier About Fran Maier: Fran Maier is CEO and Founder of BabyQuip, the leading baby gear rental service for traveling families and now offering local cleaning services too. She is a serial entrepreneur and brand builder with over 25 years experience in B2C and B2B internet businesses. She is best known for her 10+ years leading TRUSTe (now TrustArc), the leading privacy trustmark and compliance provider, and as Co-Founder and first General Manager of Match.com. Fran speaks widely on several topics relating to women in business, including opportunities for women in the collaborative economy, addressing the lucrative family travel segment, women in entrepreneurship and on boards. She serves as an advisor to many start-ups including Portfolia, Women’s Start-up Lab, Sign-up.com, Kango, and Dabbl. Fran is featured as an expert in the documentary film about entrepreneurship entitled “She Started It.” With Emmy Award winning journalist Kym McNicholas, she hosted a radio show/podcast called "Female Seeking Start-up" which featured interviews with female entrepreneurs. In 2016, Fran was honored by the Stanford Graduate School of Business with the Jerry I. Porras Latino Leadership Award. In 2015, she was named one of “100 Most Influential Women in Technology” by Hot Topics. In 2011, San Francisco Business Times named Fran among the 150 Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business and in 2010, AlwaysOn named her among the Top 25 Women in Tech to Watch in Silicon Valley. She served on the board of GE Capital Bank until it was sold in 2016. In addition, she is a Member of Women Corporate Directors and is former Chair of the Steering Committee for Stanford Women on Boards. In 2012, Fran completed the Stanford Rock Center for Corporate Governance Director's College. Fran holds a BA and MBA from Stanford University. She lives in San Francisco and Santa Fe and is the mother of two grown sons. Links: Website: https://www.babyquip.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/franmaier/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/franmaier
In this video I will talk about the Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies book by James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras. This book was for CEOs on how to build great companies that can outlive you, and continue to prosper over long periods of time, through multiple product life cycles and multiple generations of active leaders. Twitter: https://twitter.com/AttilaonthWorld YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCADpTO2CJBS7HNudJu9-nvg
mag. Edita Krajnović, direktorica podjetja Mediade; inovatorka in neprestano v vlogi motivatorja sprememb Mag. Edita Krajnović je direktorica v podjetju Mediade.Poklicno pot je začela kot asistentka za poslovne finance na Ekonomski fakulteti v Ljubljani, kjer se je uveljavila tudi kot nosilka izvirnih in učinkovitih strokovnih seminarjev za podjetja. Strokovni izziv jo je vodil v poslovno prakso, kjer je najprej kot direktorica trženja in nato kot izvršna direktorica poglabljala področji trženja in managementa. V podjetju GV Revije (izdajatelj Gospodarskega vestnika) je vodila prodajno ekipo z ambicijo: postati najboljša ekipa oglasnega trženja v Sloveniji. Ekipa se je dveh letih uvrstila med tri najboljše ekipe v Sloveniji. Za izvirno publikacijo Podjetniki v podjetju, namenjeno razvoju kulture inovativnosti in talentov, je v soavtorstvu leta 2006 prejela bronasto priznanje GZS OZ Ljubljana za inovacijo. Je vodja metodologije Zlata nit: izbor zaposlovalca letain Gazela: izbor najboljših med najhitreje rastočimi podjetji. Avtorica vrste strokovnih člankov na področju vodenja sodeluje tudi v izvršnem uredništvu MQ revije Združenja Manager in vodi delovno skupino za sodobno voditeljstvo. Je soustanoviteljica projekta Inženirke in inženirji bomo, ki srednješolce navdušuje za inženirstvo, tehniko, naravoslovje in inovativnost. V letih 2012 in 2013 je s skupino Formamas postala dvakratna svetovna prvakinja v show dance-u. Več o Editinih izjemnih projektih si lahko preberete na: · Inženirke in inženirji bomo https://www.inzenirji-bomo.si/ in tudi Inženirka Leta https://inzenirka-leta.si/ · Gazela https://www.dnevnik.si/gazela/o-projektu · Zlata nit https://www.dnevnik.si/zlatanit Naj quote: Nič posebnega nisem naredil, sam na iste stvari sem pogledal drugače kot vsi ostali pred menoj (Einstein). Naj knjiga: Built to Last: Successfull Habits of Visionary Companies (Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras). In seveda: Palčica (Michel Serre). Pa tudi: Tvegati lastno kožo (Nassim Taleb). Naj serija: različne detektivske serije. Hobiji: rekreativni tek, yogalates pri Mojci Randl, knjige, ples, delo z mladimi. Najljubša hrana: vse izpod kuhalnice hčerke Aleksandre, ki ima neverjeten smisel za kuhanje. Najljubši podjetnik: (Pre)dolga lista, veliko je ljudi, ki jih spoštujem in občudujem in sem vesela, da lahko z njimi sodelujem in se učim od njih. Naj app:Sportstracker, WhatsApp Trije nauki: · Opazujte (inoviranje). · Poslušajte (komunikacija). · Bodite zgled (vodenje). *Slovenian Research Agency, Program P5-0364 – The Impact of Corporate Governance, Organizational Learning, University of Ljubljana, School of Economics and Business, Slovenia.
In today’s episode we’re throwing it back to one of Jim and Tyson’s top ten episodes: Burning the Boats. Jim and Tyson talk about the importance of being committed to your project. Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conqueror. He was trying to conquer Mexico with only 600 men, and when he got there and saw how huge the enemy was he realized that the only way they were going to do such thing was if his army knew that there was no way back, no turning back. So he burnt the boats. He is the first person to conquer Mexico. Commitment. Commit to your firm. Running and building your own law firm is hard, so if you’re going to be half in, in the long run you’ll do yourself and your client a disservice. If you are not committed to building a well oiled machine that functions properly and that all the things that a healthy law firm needs to do, you can’t double in this, you can’t be half in. If you don’t have work to do, you need to be generating work. It is not OK to stay at home half of the day because you don’t have any work. Work hard, get clients. Hussle. Hacking’s Hack: A podcast and a blog: http://www.lessdoing.com/, dedicated to outsourcing and finding people to do tasks for you and to make your life more automated. More optimized. Tyson’s Tip: Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (Harper Business Essentials), by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras. (Harper Collins Publ. USA, July 1st 2004) The Maximum Lawyer Guild community is live! For membership details and all the member benefits head on over here. To keep on maximizing your firm, stay connected! Join our Facebook Group Like us on Facebook Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow us on LinkedIn
In diesem Podcast berichte ich von etwas, das mich in dem Buch "Built to last - Successful Habits of Visionary Companies" von Jim Collins und Jerry I. Porras sehr beeindruckt und überrascht hat. Es ist bereits 1994 erschienen und handelt von visionären Unternehmen, also Unternehmen, die - ihre Branche anführen, - von ihren Konkurrenten bewundert werden, - eine lange Erfolgsgeschichte geschrieben haben, - verschiedene Produktlebenszyklen durchlaufen haben, - durch mehrere Generationen von Führungskräften beeinflusst wurden, und - die die Welt nachhaltig verändert haben. Die Autoren vergleichen jeweils Pärchen von anfangs sehr ähnlichen börsennotierten Unternehmen, die sich unterschiedlich entwickelten. Sie vergleichen diese anhand von öffentlich zugänglichen Daten und werten diese quantitativ aus. Hier die untersuchten Unternehmenspärchen: Visionär vs. Vergleich - 3M vs.Norton - American Express vs. Wells Fargo - Boeing vs. McDonnell Douglas - Citicorp vs. Chase Manhattan - Ford vs.GM - General Electric vs. Westinghouse - Hewlett-Packard vs. Texas Instruments - IBM vs. Burroughs - Johnson & Johnson vs. Bristol-Myers Squibb - Marriott vs. Howard Johnson - Merck vs. Pfizer - Motorola vs. Zenith - Nordstrom vs. Melville - Philip Morris vs. RJR Nabisco - Procter & Gamble vs. Colgate - Wal-Mart vs. Ames - Walt Disney vs. Columbia Von den Ergebnissen hat mich ein bestimmtes ganz besonders überrascht, weil sich in diesem Punkt etablierte, über 100 Jahre alte visionäre Unternehmen gar nicht von heutigen Start-ups unterscheiden. Ich wünsche Ihnen viel Spaß beim Zuhören und erfolgreiche Prüfungsprozesse!
Steve Jobs was one of the primary creative forces behind Apple and their success at becoming one of the most important companies in the world. There is something to learn from how he impassioned his coworkers to buy into the vision of what Apple could be. He was never afraid to fail and learned to change in the process. Check out Nathan and Russ on the second episode of Leading Good as they discuss why politics needs a Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader by journalists Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras Force For Change: How Leadership Differs from Management by John Kotter The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done by Peter Drucker
When you’re just launching a new startup company, one of the first things many entrepreneurs begin to think about is how to find funding from investors and financial partners. But, the problem of getting a “yes” from investors often arises due to a few key components that entrepreneurs have mistakenly overlooked. My guest today is Lauren Flanagan, Founder and Managing Director of Belle Capital USA. She is also the CEO of a strategic advisory firm called SCIO Corp, a company that helps early stage companies prepare to scale, raise capital, and achieve successful exits. I’ve known Lauren for a little over a year and she is filled with knowledge, insight, and understanding of the complexities within the investing industry, as well as the challenges that many startup businesses and entrepreneurs face when searching for outside funding to take their business to the next level. Lauren joins me on the show today to share her knowledge and insight about some of the key components you should consider before presenting your business or product idea to potential investors, why not all businesses need outside funding, and why building a competent team around your idea is a critical part of showing investors the value of your proposition. “It’s important that you do as much diligence on your partners as they are going to do on you.” – Lauren Flanagan This Week on the Your Money, Your Business, Your Life Podcast: How to know when to begin raising capital and outside funding How to tell when your product is ready to present to financial partners and investors Why you need the right advisors – and the type of advisors you should consider How to prepare for outside funding The importance of creating, protecting, and sharing intellectual property within your plan 5 Value Proposition Questions to Ask Yourself: Who’s going to buy and why? What is the burning problem you are solving? How big is that market? What is the competition like? What is your strategic or competitive advantage? Mentioned in This Episode: Built to Last book by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras Good to Great book by Jim Collins Connect with Lauren Flanagan: Belle Capital USA Email: lflanagan@sciocorp.com
It's impossible to describe Phil America's work, and that fact is very important to him. Our host Jacob Patterson and Phil are from the same working man's town in NorCal, and they relate on many topics. Because of that, this podcast gets deeper than any we've done so far. Discussing what it means to be an American and an artist at the same time is what we are all doing nowadays, but it's something over which Phil has been obsessing for years. And that obsession expresses itself in many ways, oftentimes illegally. 0:00 - Intro 6:02 - What do you do? 6:19 - Not being exclusively stuck in a box 6:50 - Are you still a graffiti artist? When did you start? 7:32 - What were the first trashiest tags you were putting together? Did you use pens or spray cans? 9:02 - Was this the first art you did period? 9:14 - Art VS. Vandalism 12:02 - Phil explains what his favorite type of art is 14:02 - Social media echo chamber 14:42 - Do you consider yourself on the other side of people who are putting up gang graffiti? 16:02 - Calling social media activism when it really doesn’t do much 16:42 - At what point after 13-14 years old did you start writing things on the walls that you wanted people to see (with a social agenda)? 18:32 - You started sharing photography and publishing books; when did that start and what was the thought process behind it? 19:42 - Learn more about who Jean- Michel Basquiat is at http://basquiat.com 21:02 - Street art and the media are two different worlds. Do you think there are more areas now where these two worlds combine? 22:22 - “Graffiti is the only art form that was created by the youth.” 23:16 - What came next for you after tagging? 23:42 - Phil gets into detail of who graffiti train painters are and what they do 25:47 - When did you find your interest in graffiti train painters? 26:19 - Were you in a crew In Sacramento? 26:32 - When did you take the step of being an artist instead of just painting trains? 28:22 - https://streetartnews.net/tag/montana-gallery http://www.crewest.com 28:52 - How Phil realized he was more than just a Graffiti artist and a photographer 29:24 - Why did you choose to go to Europe? 29:32 - Phil’s published books http://philamerica.com/published-work/ 29:55 - Phil goes into detail about realizing he does not want to restrict himself to only photography 31:18 - Is your graffiti work documented somewhere? 33:07 - You say that these graffiti artists don’t care about anything other than getting their respect at the same time you personally don't care if you suck or if you are good— you care a lot about the culture and getting in there to document them. When did this shift change from you painting to caring more about the culture? 35:07 - Where did you go to prison and for what? 36:32 - People viewing you through a lens of being straight white male 37:44 - An Interpol notice is an international alert circulated by Interpol to communicate information about crimes, criminals and threats from police in a member state (or an authorized international entity) to their counterparts around the world. 39:32 - Principle and conviction 39:52 - Did you make work in prison, if so what kind? 40:42 - Project in Thailand white ambition http://publicdelivery.org/white-ambition/ 41:42 - The caste system in India is a system of social stratification which has pre-modern origins, was transformed by the British Raj, and is today the basis of reservation in India. It consists of two different concepts, varna and jāti, which may be regarded as different levels of analysis of this system. 44:22 - Project in Thailand http://publicdelivery.org/slum-vacation/ 45:12 - What was the first thing you did when you were in Bangkok since you didn’t take your camera? 46:29 - Phil touches on how he got in touch with the mafia in Thailand 48:00 - In Thailand the Thai people look down upon the slum people. Phil managed to find away that connects the both of these worlds. He placed both sides together in hopes of sparking conversations between the two in which he succeeded. His only hope is that this will lead somewhere in the future. 49:22 - Do you think there was some sort of difficulty while trying to express this project truthfully since you are a white american? 51:00 - Phil questions why it was okay for him to go to a higher part of the town but not the slum part of town 52:22 - “The language of art” http://tedxsacramento.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucv6PJPIyB8 54:22 - How shortly after this project did you get arrested over there? 55:02 - What was it like being a white dude and coming out on the newspaper while in jail? 55:53 - How long were you in jail for? 56:53 - Phil explains how going to jail influenced him 59:12 - “If my mom can’t understand it get the fuck out of my face!” 01:01:52 - Phil is able to have conversations with people that he sees are voiceless, in a certain realm. He does not make his art work to them, he makes it for them. http://basquiat.com https://www.google.com/search?q=jean+michel+basquiat&biw=1040&bih=691&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwiC45Wz4v_RAhUXzGMKHcY4BP0Q_AUIBigB 1:03:47 - What was the moment you were like okay i’m going to prison? 1:04:00 - Phil taught at a school in Thailand, and by doing this him and his team helped thousands of people out of poverty. 1:05:42 - Did you get to call anyone from back home to let them know you were getting locked up? 1:09:32 - At what point did you decided to start calling yourself Phil America, how does it make you feel when you are called that? 1:11:42 - Taking American for granted 1:15:12 - Separating and using different names for different creative projects. 1:16:36 - Listen to Shelley’s podcast episode #5 and find more of her at Instagram.com/shelleyhol 1:17:07 - Creating a story for the name you chose 1:19:17 - How have you moved up from each project you’ve done- from graffiti to photography etc 1:20:32 - Using the best language people will understand to get messages across 1:22:07 - What was the first instillation you did, was it in Europe? 1:22:42 - “Pictures are not worth a thousand words.” 1:24:02 - Phil’s thoughts on only creating art that is powerful 1:24:32 - Do you have ideas that are aesthetic? 1:28:01 - http://www.artsdistrictneworleans.com 1:29:07 - Where do you draw the line when people are emailing you trying to take advantage of your connections etc? 1:31:42 - Phil gets into depth about how the people he wants to help are the ones who aren’t asking for help. 1:33:42 - Jacob and Phil’s thoughts on not putting your name on every project you do, or the help you give. 1:35:12 - Shelley Holcomb http://www.curate.la instagram.com/curate.la instagram.com/shelleyhol 1:35:52 - Building relationships with sponsors 1:38:52 - Jacob speaks about how instillation art is important. In today’s society people are drawn to art that they can snap a photo of to post on Instagram while tagging their friends which is good exposure for the artist. 1:40:22 - The language of art 1:41:30 - Built to Last by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras https://www.amazon.com/Built-Last-Successful-Visionary-Essentials/dp/0060516402/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1486526265&sr=8-1&keywords=built+to+last+book 1:43:42 - Jacob and Phil’s thoughts on Millennial's having a complicated relationship with work and the American Dream. 1:44:50 - “Who does the most work, the best work the hardest work and who's the most clever.” 1:46:36 - Good is a subjective term hard work is not- to Phil working the hardest does not mean it is the best work but at the end of the day it is something he respects. 1:48:56 - Understanding a process Vs time 1:49:27 - See more of Phil’s art instillation of sneakers made into a flag http://philamerica.com/a-transparent-truth/ 1:52:02 - What it means to be an artist and an american at the same time 1:53:22 - Super bowl rant/Tom Brady/Lady Gaga. 1:56:27 - See the trailer for the dance show by Daniella Agami https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbgMSUmv31g 1:58:01 - Jacob gets into detail on a collaborative idea that both him and Phil hope to create. This project will involve sections of the border between Mexico and America; making references to politics. This piece can help for a mediative inspection of those ideas 2:07:22 - Phil speaks about Donald Trumps idea of creating a wall and how it is not something new that does not exist. This wall specific wall already exists and Phil believes people are critical of the idea of walls, not this wall. People are against the idea of keeping people out of somewhere when they are just looking for a better life. 2:08:42 - The American Dream, how it’s fallen, the mistaken angle in the belief that we can “Make America Great Again” – case in point, Americana: “From the mid through late 20th Century, Americana was largely associated with nostalgia for an idealized life in small towns and small cities in America around the turn of the century, from roughly 1880 to the First World War, popularly considered "The Good Old Days".[10] It was believed that much of the structure of 20th Century American life and culture had been cemented in that time and place” The zeitgeist of the idealized period is captured in the Disneyland-style theme parks' Main Street, U.S.A. section (which was inspired by both Walt Disney's hometown of Marceline, Missouri and Harper Goff's childhood home of Fort Collins, Colorado),[12] as well as the musical and movie The Music Man and Thornton Wilder's stage play Our Town.[10] Especially revered in Americana nostalgia are small town institutions like the barber shop,[13] the drug store/soda fountain and ice cream parlor,[14] 2:10:42 - Your name has defined you and your work; with this crumbling American dream how do you reconcile this 2:13:14 - Phil explains what his idea of the American Dream means, “It’s a feelings it’s an emotion its something you can’t bottle up. America is a place where you are allowed to dream.” 2:16:52 - Americans taking what they have for granted 2:21:54 - If the way you are trying to communicate your message makes it so there is no receiver, from that point longer it is no longer a message because it wont get to the receiver. 2:22:59 - Kafka’s “Metamorphosis” and the idea of being worthless to even your family if you are unable to do good work – a reflection of American ideals from a German author 2:23:42 - Phil’s comments on street art - how putting a label/placing it in a box immediately takes away from what the person is saying from viewing it through a specific lens. 2:27:22 - What are you working on next? Find more about Phil America at: http://philamerica.com https://www.instagram.com/philamerica/
Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conqueror. He was trying to conquer Mexico with only 600 men, and when he got there and saw how huge the enemy was he realized that the only way they were going to do such thing was if his army knew that there was no way back, no turning back. So he burnt the boats. He is the first person to conquer Mexico. Commitment. Commit to your firm. Running and building your own law firm is hard, so if you’re going to be half in, in the long run you’ll do yourself and your client a disservice. If you are not committed to building a well oiled machine that functions properly and that all the things that a healthy law firm needs to do, you can’t double in this, you can’t be half in. If you don’t have work to do, you need to be generating work. It is not OK to stay at home half of the day because you don’t have any work. Work hard, get clients. Hussle. “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” (Jim Rohn) Be in a law environment. Be around succes, around inspiration and motivation. Hacking’s Hack: A podcast and a blog: http://www.lessdoing.com/podcasts/, dedicated to outsourcing and finding people to do tasks for you and to make your life more automated. More optimized. Tyson’s Tip: Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (Harper Business Essentials), by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras. (Harper Collins Publ. USA, July 1st 2004) The Maximum Lawyer Podcast. Partner up, and maximize your firm.
When James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras wrote their hugely popular 1994 book Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies they began by stating clearly that they did not mean to write about visionary leaders. Their goal was to find visionary companies -- the crown jewels of their industries -- and discover what made them extraordinary. Then questions arose about the extent to which the principles of Built to Last might apply to individuals. That sparked another investigation that has now led to a follow-up book Success Built to Last which will be published by Wharton School Publishing later this year. Mark Thompson and Stewart Emery co-authors with Porras of Success Built to Last spoke with Knowledge at Wharton about their book. In addition the authors are conducting a global survey on how people think about success; a link to the survey can be found at the end of this interview. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.