Accelerate Your Business Growth

Accelerate Your Business Growth

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Accelerate Your Business Growth episodes

  • COVID-19 Special Episode: GoRemote
    Mastering the work from home reality we are in can be challenging for folks used to going to an office. There are things leaders can do to help their staff thrive in this new environment. Daniel Ramsey, founder and CEO of MyOutDesk joins me to share great insights around this. MyOutDesk is the highest-rated Virtual Assistant company in the marketplace with hundreds of 5-star reviews, and over 12 years of experience, serving more than 5000 clients – including over half of the RealTrends™ Top 10 teams. Daniel just authored a new bestselling book, "Scaling Your Business with MOD Virtual Professionals", with a mission to help small and medium-sized businesses scale and grow.

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    30 min
  • How To Stop Being A Chief Everything Officer
    Spoiler alert: being a ‘hustling’ entrepreneur is the fast track to burnout, plateaued revenue, and boredom. James P. Friel explains how to jailbreak the overhyped grind to become a Visionary CEO.  Extract yourself from day-to-day operations so you can work ON your business and focus on the future. James is an entrepreneur, consultant, and author who helps entrepreneurs systemize, grow, and scale their businesses by getting them out of the day-to-day operations of running their companies leaving more time, money, and freedom. Since leaving his corporate position as Global Head of Digital Strategy for HSBCBank in 2011, James has simultaneously run multiple seven-figure companies and consulted with CEOs, entrepreneurs, and executive level staff at companies ranging from Fortune 500 corporations to smaller.
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    31 min
  • 5 Common Problems (and Opportunities) Businesses Have
    The business world has no shortage of baggage holding back growth. Micah Rowland joins me to talk about five of the most common problems businesses face today, and how you can turn those into growth opportunities.
    Micah isn’t your everyday builder. Maybe because he doesn’t build homes, cabinets, or even the software that he built during the earliest stages of his career. As Chief Operating Officer of Fountain, Micah builds people, teams, and processes that have taken multiple companies from 50 to 300 people and beyond, and $5 million to $35 million in revenue.
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    39 min
  • Special COVID-19 Episode: Understanding the Small Business Funding Programs
    Today I’m joined by Gerri Detweiler from Nav to talk about the funding programs for small businesses being offered by the government. Gerri breaks down each program, who’s eligible, and how to go about applying.
    Gerri is a leading, nationally recognized financing and credit expert, with more than 20 years of experience. During the 2008/2009 financial crisis, Gerri was interviewed hundreds of times, providing insightful expertise and actionable advice for traversing the turbulent landscape and unknown change. Today, she serves as Education Director for Nav, the trusted financing partner of over 1.2 million businesses, where she gives Nav’s customers certainty in an uncertain world through expertise and actionable advice.
    Visit the Nav website to explore blog posts, gain information, and stay on top of your business’s financial picture. Of particular interest right now are: information on the loans/grants available through the sba, how to apply for the sba disaster loans, how to apply for forgiveness for PPP loan, and faqs around self-employed benefits.

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    42 min
  • Fire Up your 5X Deal Engine
    Lisa Magnuson shares valuable insights about what 41 Sales VP's have to say about their greatest challenges, especially when it comes to building a 5X deal engine. She’ll answer some questions like: Why is pre-call planning one of the most powerful tools in a seller's arsenal? Are 'War rooms' the norm in your company?  If not, find out why they should be.
    Lisa has walked in the shoes of sales leaders, including small business owners.  She was an award-winning sales manager and led the charge as a Sales VP for several sales organizations across a variety of geographies, including executive positions with two Fortune 50 companies. Lisa is a published author of countless articles on sales topics ranging from pre-call planning to landing TOP Line Accounts™.  She is the author of multiple award winning books including her latest book, The TOP Sales Leader Playbook: How to Win 5X Deals - Repeatedly. Download the Pre-Call Sales Plan at Topline Sales.
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    43 min
  • Profit Platform
    The Cogent Analytics Profit Platform is comprised of the 4 interconnected pillars that directly contribute or detract from a businesses profitability. The four pillars include Business Development, Organizational Engineering, Operations, and Measurement. Rob Braiman, CEO and Founder of Cogent Analytics will discuss how Cogent Analytics uses the Profit Platform to help small to mid-market businesses across America become more profitable.
    Rob has a long-standing reputation as an entrepreneur. He has spent 15 years working directly with business owners to improve strategic planning, operations, growth, and business development. Rob formed Cogent Analytics with the specific intent of bringing tools of better management, organization, and profitability to Main Street America’s small to mid-sized businesses. Rob has personally engaged with over 1900 businesses across the United States, working to further the interests of other business owners like himself.
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    46 min
  • Special COVID-19 Episode - 5 Steps For Dealing With Crisis In Business
    Stephen King joins me for another special episode of Accelerate Your Business Growth. He’s sharing some great insights for dealing with today’s business challenges. GrowthForce is providing a webinar that goes into greater detail on these steps.
    From bootstrapped tech founder to billion-dollar executive to non-profit fundraiser, Stephen brings a unique combination of vision, foresight, and experience to the world of CPAs. Regarded as one of the accounting industry’s top thought leaders, he’s currently serving as President and CEO of GrowthForce, one of the nation’s largest cloud-based accounting services.
     
     

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    34 min
  • How To Attract Candidates
    We are in a very competitive job market. Unemployment rates are at a 50 year low. And more and more businesses are having difficulties recruiting the right talent. In this episode Atta Tarki will discuss how businesses can attract the right talent when "post-and-pray" job ads are no longer working.
    Atta is the author of the book Evidence-Based Recruiting and the CEO of ECA, a data-driven executive search firm helping private equity firms with their talent needs. Prior to founding ECA, Atta worked 6 years as a management consultant.
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    37 min
  • Special COVID-19 Episode: Survive This Crisis
    Randall LaVeau and Greg Shepard share valuable tips and ideas for guiding your business through the COVID-19 pandemic. They are also offering a free webinar series titled, Entrepreneur Crisis Management – COVID-19. In this series they will provide information and resources specifically for entrepreneurs and small businesses who are being impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Randall is a “Growth” expert with nearly 20 years of Sales, Marketing and Support leadership roles. As Chief Marketing Officer, Randall guided Magento Commerce to a $1.8B exit. He has also experience in business management consulting as a Practice Lead at SBI (Sales Benchmark Index) leading hi-tech companies though growth transformations. Greg is a Serial Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker, and Angel Venture Capital Investor with a legacy of building and running sustainable growth businesses. Driven by a transformational leadership style, Greg has spearheaded multiple company exits throughout his career.

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    40 min
  • Conquer Your Fear Of Public Speaking
    If you’re a business professional or an entrepreneur wanting to supercharge your career or business, become financially prosperous, and make a huge impact in the world, this episode is for you. Victoria Lioznyansky will show you how to finally stop feeling like an imposter and to step in front of any audience with confidence, passion, and brilliance.
    Victoria teaches introverted entrepreneurs and business professionals how to overcome their fear of public speaking and become confident, compelling, captivating speakers.
    After moving to the US two decades ago with limited English, Victoria overcame her crippling fear of public speaking to build several businesses, teach in a variety of industries, and speak in front of small and large audiences. She appeared on Fox News and have been featured in numerous publications, including CBS Houston and BizWest Media. Enjoy a free masterclass on overcoming the fear of public speaking.
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    59 min

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