Amelia Lin is the CEO and Co-Founder of Saga. The app that records family memories for you and future generations to come. While we're getting ready for the new season with our new name, EDGE, we're hitting rewind and going back to July 10, 2021 with our first espisode where Amelia joined us to share how she went from working with laser diffraction in a lab to getting a marketing job at a tech start up in Silicon Valley. Then to running email and web marketing campaigns and becoming a product manager. And taking that experience to become an Entrepreneur and CEO of a tech start-up and raising over $1 million in her first try.

Check out her tips and then go back and listen to the full episode to hear Amelia's story where she shares lessons she learned that you can use to help grow your business.

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Your health is one of the biggest assest you have when building a business. Take care of your health and you can do things you never throught possible. Neglect your health and your business will pay a price and you will likely not make as much money as you could.

This happens for a lot of reasons, not just because of your own health, but because as a leader you set the example for your whole team.

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Seven sales statistics will help adjust your expectations about selling and help you build a playbook with your sales team to sell more. 

In this episode:
How how many follow ups it takes on average to get a sale.
 
How many attempts it takes to to reach a prospective customer.
 
How many follow up calls it takes to make a sale and then this one thing happens.
 
35-50% of sales goes to the sales people that do this one thing. And it's not hard!
 
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We're changing the name of this podcast to...
 
 Listen to this episode to learn what our new name will be, why we're changing it and all the lessons we learned that can help you when coming up with a name for your business or your new product. And...
 
 How we got our slogan wrong, why it's wrong, what we're changing it to and what you can learn from these mistakes to make your business better and more successful.
 
 Listen to this episode to learn about picking a name and slogan for your business.

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The 7 benefits from the experiment I did on myself from quitting caffeine. 

The benefits from quitting will inform and inspire you to quit drinking caffeine. 

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Having a business partner can range from the most amazing experience to the worst ever. The difference between the two outcomes heavily depends on open communication and understanding one another.

Getting to this place is hard because it can be really uncomfortable. But...

The uncomfortable feeling you have up front asking questions and getting to know one another better far outweighs the pain you'll both feel down the line because you were not aligned. 
 
 One of the top reasons businesses fail is because of co-founder disagreements. That's a shame because it can be avoided. 
 
 Note, this episode is for start ups and existing businesses alike. The reason is because many business partners have been in business together and never asked these questions.

There's no better time then now!
 

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Jim Hemerling is a leader in Boston Consulting Group’s (BSG) People & Organization and Transformation practices, as well as the firm's behavior and culture topic. 

With over 25 years of experience as a senior advisor, Jim has widespread experience leading large-scale transformation programs and cultivating high performing cultures. His work goes beyond short-term results to bring holistic, sustainable performance to organizations. Jim's approach to transformation—putting people first—focuses on energizing and empowering employees while enabling leaders to be both directive and inclusive. 

In the new book he's co-authored with Arindam Bhattacharya and Nikolaus Lang titled Beyond Great, they explain how businesses must do more in this volatile, bewildering time than just be great. You have to go beyond great, building sustainable business advantage benefiting all stakeholders, not just shareholders. How?

Business leaders have to adopt a radical new playbook—one that helps their companies become resilient in the face of even the most volatile situations.

Jim and Brandon talk about a few of the nine strategies in the book, go over case studies how companies have used these strategies and talk about how you can apply them to your business. 

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One of the top reasons businesses fail isn't because they don't have a great product, service, a big market, or even a product distribution problem.

It's because of co-founders disputes. Said another way, the co-founders don't get along and the company goes to hell in a handbasket. 
 
 Don't let that happen to you and your co-founder(s). Understand and follow the three dynamics outlined in this episode for a successful relationship with your business partners that leads to a successful business.
 
 Topics covered in this episode: start up, early stage company, later stage company, founding a company, business owners, business partners, relationships, business relationships
 

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Becoming a better listener will surly make you a better business owner, boss and more likable. That all translates into more sales and profits for your business.

In this episode Brandon breaks down five skills with tips on how you can get started becoming a better listener today.

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Beccas shares how she went from managment consulting, to getting her MBA, doing an internship at Facebook, getting an offer, turning it down and going all in on Piedmont Pennies. 

We talk about if spending the money on an MBA is worth it and do you need it to be an entrepreneur. 

She also shares her lessons learned along with some other insights about business. 

You'll come away with lessons you can apply to your business.

About Becca Jordan Wright

Becca is the Founder and Owner of Piedmont Pennies, North Carolina's handcrafted cheese snack.
 
 Born and raised in North Carolina, with a corporate background in Management Consulting and Big Tech, Becca's love for hospitality and food was finally realized when she launched Piedmont Pennies D2C in September 2020 during the global COVID-19 pandemic.
 
 Becca's goal was to provide her community a way to "Stay cheesin" during the difficult times of COVID, and she enlisted the help of her fellow MBA classmates to "pinch pennies" and market.
 
 Today, Piedmont Pennies is based in Charlotte, NC, employees five NC residents, and is in over 40 retail stores as well as online at Piedmont Pennies.
 
Based on her Grandmother's recipe, these spicy cheese snacks are the perfect cross between a homemade cracker and a biscuit. They pair perfectly alongside a cold beer or glass of wine, and make the ideal charcuterie board addition for your savory snack lover. 

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