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Business Machine
By Brian TownBusiness
Business Machine episodes
- Business Machine 0039 - Dana Oliver
Today on the podcast we have Dana Oliver. Dana is the Senior Director of Research and Development at Medronic Surgical Technology. He is also author of the book "Mantra Design - Innovate, Buy, or Die!"
Mission: To help people become good leaders using the ideas found in his book.
Mistake: He warns against being afraid to fail.
Recommendations:
Quote: "Succesful people aren't afraid to fail; they are afraid to not try."
Book: What the CEO Wants You to KnowEat With: Bill GeorgeTech/App: WikipediaContact: Mantraleadership.com
Legacy: He wishes to be remembered as a good leader who made the lives of many people better while at work and through every day life.
39 min - Business Machine 0038 - Tom LindsayToday on our podcast we have Tom Lindsay. Tom runs a podcast titled SmallBiz Brainiac and is the CEO of Alternative Market Solutions (AMS).Mission: His passion is to relieve the burdens of small business owners from being an employer, and helping them to be relieved from the non-core activities that can take place when running said business.Mistake: He warns against expecting the company to expand and therefore making accommodations to grow the lifestyle with the generated income that is being made at this given moment.Recommendations:Quote: "If you give up a sense of liberty to attain temporary safety, then you don't deserve either liberty or safety." Benjamin FranklinBook: The Creature from Jekyll IslandEat With: Walt DisneyApp/Tech: ZapierContact:smallbizbrainiac.com/contactLegacy: He wishes to make sure his kids are proud of their dad, and that he will be accomplished in what he sets out to do. He also wants to teach them to be kind, productive, and responsible, and for them to carry these traits down to their children as well.47 min
- Business Machine 0037 - Andrea Waltz
Mission- Andrea is very passionate about teaching people how to “go for the no” by overcoming failure, fear, and rejection to get to where they want to be within their business. She also helps people find missed opportunities by expanding their comfort zone.
Mistake- Not keeping enough focus in her dream in order to visualize the end goal.
Recommendations:
Quote- “Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.” -Marabel Morgan
Book- The Four Agreements
Tech/App- PicMonkey
Eat With- Mark Cuban
Contact:
www.goforno.com
Legacy- Andrea wants to be remembered as the person who helped other people pursue their dreams by helping them accept failure so they can become successful.
45 min - Business Machine 0036 - Sharon HaddenToday on our podcast we have Sharon Hadden. Sharon is the Principal Consultant for Social Savvy Consulting Group, LLC, where she assists small businesses and entrepreneurs with public relations, marketing and social media.Mission- To help small businesses run communications as if they were on a big-business scale. Sharon also focuses on strategic planning and training within the company so that she is giving the businesses the proper skills they may use to help themselves succeed within the industry they have chosen.Mistake (Learning From)- She regrets not starting her business sooner.Recommendations:Quote- Marie Forleo: "The world needs that special gift that only you have."Book- The Art of Social Media by Guy KawasakiTech/App- CanvaEat With- Mari SmithContact:- http://imsocialsavvy.com/- https://twitter.com/imsocialsavvyLegacy- She wants to be known as the person who also gave back, and wants to one day be known as the go-to person for learning how to communicate within small businesses.50 min
- Business Machine 0035 - Aron Beierschmitt
Mission- Aron’s mission is to spread his passion of how people share and communicate online. He achieves this by taking the best of the offline world and bringing it online while making it safer and more private for the parties involved.
Mistake(Learning From)- He didn’t have a co-founder in the beginning, which hindered the foundation of his business.
Recommendations
Quote- “Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what is right.” -Isaac Asimov
Book- Creativity Inc.
Tech/app- Slack
Eat w/- Elon Musk
Contact
-contact/promo: www.postly.co [email protected]
Legacy- Aron hopes he's able to move from entrepreneurship to investing in for-profit and non-profit ventures, while also helping transition society to a more automated future.
43 min - Business Machine 034 - Trajan King
Today on the Business Machine we have Trajan King. An entrepreneur since 1995, Trajan has worked with large companies such as Apple, Ebay, Yahoo, and IBM. Currently, Trajan is running Invincible Start-up.
Mission:
Trajan advises entrepreneurs to successful launch their start-ups and take action on their ideas. In 10 years, Trajan hopes he is doing something similar to what he is doing right now.
Learning From Our Mistakes:
Not testing assumptions right away.
Spending to much time doing market research.
Recommendations:
Quote — “Succesful people do what they have to do when they have to do it; not what they want to do, when they want to do it.”
Book — The Richest Man In Babylon by George Clason
Eat With — Elon Musk
Contact:
Twitter— TrajanKing
InvincibleStart-up.com
Legacy:
A great family, and building a network of entrepreneurs. As well as play a part in the success of entrepreneurs.
57 min - Business Machine 033 - Zac Johnson
Today on the Business Machine we have Zac Johnson. Zac is an entrepreneur with over 20 years experience in the world of online marketing and blogging.
Mission:
Through his blogs at ZacJohnson.com and blogging.org, Zac consults and releases tips on how to successfully advertise online. In 10 years, Zac hopes to run his business the same as he is today and continue to add value to people.
Learning From Our Mistakes:
Stay focused on what is working at the time. Don't pursue other interest when one project becomes difficult.
Recommendations:
Quote — “Your 100% in charge of your life, quit bitching.”
Book — Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson
Eat With — Shaquille O’Neal
App/Tech — WordPress
Contact:
ZacJohnson.com
blogging.org
Legacy:
Known as a great person who has helped others and provide value long after he is gone.
37 min - Business Machine 032 - Cole Hatter of Thrive
Today on the Business Machine we have Cole Hatter. Cole is an entrepreneur, investor, author, and award-winning speaker.
Mission:
Coles greatest passion is giving a platform to educate and helping others. In 10 years, Cole will be producing movies, continuing Thrive, traveling and spending time with his family.
Learning From Our Mistakes:
Cole states that a mistake he notices other entrepreneurs make when starting a business is being confused on the difference between busy and productive. If you are busy with your business without obtaining revenue you are not being productive.
Recommendations:
Quote — “The truth is that you can spend your life any way you want, but you can spend it only once.”
Book — Thinking For A Change by John C. Maxwell and Whats The Secret? by John DiJulius
Tech/App — Google Calendar
Eat With — Henry Ford
Contact:
AttendThrive.com
AttendThrive.com/Friends
Social Media— ColeHatter
Legacy: That his time made a difference and mattered to others continuing even after he is gone.
53 min - Business Machine 031 - Bill Parravano
Today on the Business Machin ewe have Bill Parravano. Bill is known as the “ The Knee Pain Guru”. He has over 26 years of martial art and body work experience understanding movement and tensions patterns that lead to physical pain.
Mission
Bill’s mission is to help individuals with knee pain by pain pattern interrupts. This method relaxes the body to release pressure on the nerves without drugs, shots, or surgery. In 10 years, Bill hopes to see practitioners and clinics utilize his method for knee pain.
Learning From Our Mistakes
A mistake Bill learned was being over-productive and not taking a break during the day. This created stress that hurt performance later in the week.
Recommendation
Quote: “Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.”
App/ Tech: Active Campaign
Book: Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
Contact
TheKneePainGuru.com
Quick Free Assessment
Legacy
“Pain is just an illusion”
That people will think about pain differently and be better equipped to fix their pain.
53 min - Business Machine 030 - Jason Treu
Today on the Business Machine we have Jason Treu.
Jason Treu is a nationally recognized, business and executive, coach, sales trainer, and Amazon Best Seller author of Social Wealth. He is also owner and CEO of Be Extraordinary.
Mission
Jason’s mission is to help his clients build communication skills, increase performance, customer retention, and how to influence people. In doing so, he helps his clients move past hurdles to put excitement, passion, and drive back into their lives.
Learning From Our Mistakes
A mistake Jason learned from was working with another business partner and not focusing on building his own personal brand.
Recommendation
Quote: “What's the greater risk? Letting go of what people think - or letting go of how I feel, what I believe, and who I am?”
Book: Rising Strong and Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
Eat With: Richard Branson, Larry Ellison, Mark Cuban
App/Tech: Google Calendar
Contact:
BeExtraordinary.tv
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