Chris Deaver is co-author of Brave Together (McGraw-Hill), featured in The Next Big Idea Club (with Malcolm Gladwell and Adam Grant), as INC.'s Top 5 Books for Transforming, Business, in Big Think, and Forbes.
Top 3 Value Bombs
1. The future is not self-made, its shared.
2. The key is to be brave together . Work harder, work smarter but work creatively together with others.
3. Culture is the perpetual motion machine that creates continuous growth. It’s the people with the brain thrust that builds incredible things together.
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Jeremy Swift is founder and CEO of Cordial. Cordial is a cross-channel messaging platform that is changing the way marketing & technology teams engage their customers. Before founding Cordial in 2014, he was a founding member of BlueHornet, a first-gen email marketing SaaS company that he sold to Digital River in 2004. He has spoken at leading industry events including DMA, eTail, Shop.org, OMMA and Mediapost.
Top 3 Value Bombs
1. In business, it really helps to build an authentic and transparent culture.
2. Its all about building trust and confidence with the customers. To go Robin Hood is to deliver , keep and build that trust with a marketer on a brand that they are selling to.
3. The key to hyper-personalized customer experience is the customer data which is the single source of truth.
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Steven Montgomery, Founder and CEO of ResiBrands, is transforming "boring" businesses into powerhouses. From college dropout to leading the nation's fastest-growing home service franchises, he's revolutionizing entrepreneurship with ResiBrands.
Top 3 Value Bombs
1. There are thousands of decisions to make when you start a business and it can be overwhelming. Franchising gets rid of those decision making and allows you to jump at 1 rather than starting from 0.
2. Franchising is big and large scale and it allows consistency. You can build your business faster with franchising than building your own brand.
3. Franchising is great but it is not for everybody especially for people who are more creative and who wants to build their brand in their own way.
Check out Steven’s website - ResiBrands
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Julie Morey is a social worker, mom and entrepreneur, inspiring others by sharing her journey from divorce to choosing single motherhood to pursuit of financial freedom.
Top 3 Value Bombs
1. Travelling can change your perspective, meet new people and learn a lot things.
2. Many studies show that its about the type of home environment , support, love and lack of conflict that determine the success of a child.
3. You are in charge of your happily ever after. You have the power to create and design your life and never letting it pass you by.
Look out for Julie’s book on Amazon - Travel, Sex and Trainwrecks
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John Fancher is an author, copywriter, marketing consultant. and part-time pastor. He is Perry Marshall's "left-hand man" and the co-author of new book "Memos from the Head Office."
Top 3 Value Bombs
1. To be successful, and you have to stop thinking about problems deliberately.
2. Declutter and eliminate the destructions that you carry around every day and make time to start listening to The Muse.
3. Technological advances have made it harder to connect with yourself, friends, family, and your higher power as you choose to define it. Make a way to have a deeper connection with The Muse.
Check out John's book - Memos from the Head Office
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From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant.
Michael Unbroken is an entrepreneur, best-selling author, speaker, podcaster, coach, and advocate for adult survivors of childhood trauma.
Top 3 Value Bombs
1. Asking for help does not equate to weakness. Asking help from others will help you grow and succeed.
2. Human connection is imperative to build a community.
3. You are not alone. The difference between success and failure in your life is to start asking for help.
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Alex Lieberman co-founded Morning Brew, a multi platform media company that delivers quick and insightful updates about the business world every day of the week from Wall St. to Silicon Valley. They started making newsletters back in 2015 and now they have over 4.5 million subscribers!
John Lee Dumas (JLD) is the founder and host of Entrepreneurs on Fire, where he interviews the world’s most successful and inspiring entrepreneurs 7 days a week . The company was launched 12 years ago and is now nearly 4,5000 episode in - and counting! It has over a total of 175 million listens and is part of the HubSpot Podcast Network.
Top 3 Value Bombs
1. Avoid pod-fading by consistently producing the right content over time to serve your audience in a meaningful way.
2. Podcasting is the most intimate channel to build an audience.
3. Choose the hard way when creating your niche; the higher the barrier, the lower the competition.
Morning Brew - delivers quick and insightful updates about the business world every day of the week from Wall St. to Silicon Valley.
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James Webster is the founder and Executive Chairman of ROK Financial, and co-chairman of the SBFA. He and his team have helped business owners obtain more than a billion dollars in financing.
Top 3 Value Bombs
1. Team is everything and without it , you don’t have a business.
2. Staying in tune with your competitors is crucial and is something that can keep you in the business, grow your business and maintain where you are in the industry.
3. Work hard, do the right thing and success will follow.
Small Business Funding - ROK Financial
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Neal Schaffer, an innovative Fractional CMO and digital marketing pioneer, just published his 5th book, Digital Threads, the definitive digital-first marketing playbook for entrepreneurs and small business.
Top 3 Value Bombs
1. SES is the best way to simplify and be effective in digital marketing.
2. It is important to have some social proof and credibility before you engage with influencers. Content is the currency of digital media.
3. As an entrepreneur, your time is valuable and you need to be focusing on your core expertise. It is wise to outsource the right people to help you become successful in your business.
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Eric Bandholz, founder of Beardbrand, revolutionized men's grooming with a focus on beard care, challenging corporate stereotypes and fostering a community for bearded gentlemen.
Top 3 Value Bombs
1. The key to success is learning that you are the person who define what success is and building your life based on what you find valuable.
2. In the end, the things that you are going to look back on the journey is the relationship and not the revenue.
3. Daily affirmations are a great tool to use to really define what success is to you.
Listen to Eric's podcast - Ecommerce Conversations Podcast
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