Founders & Innovators Morning Show

Why we need to invest in our employees, how to build a thriving company culture, how startups should approach the hiring process, how your startup can leverage the fact that people want to be challenged…and what founders can do proactively now during the coronavirus pandemic to come back stronger than ever.

Connect with Alison on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alison-bell/

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“Knowing When to Pivot” + An Announcement | ONE IDEA

Resilience matters when you’re an entrepreneur. You’ve got to keep going. But sometimes growth is all about knowing when to re-direct your efforts….

One of the best strategies to optimize your learning is to practice explaining new ideas you learn in as simple and straightforward a way as you can to others - like Richard Feynman, who was known as the “Great Explainer.” Best of all, this is a skill that will help you communicate your entrepreneurial mission!

Find out more about the “Feynman Technique” at: https://fs.blog/2012/04/feynman-technique/

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Jim’s beginnings running the family farm started by his great-grandfather who had been a slave in Kentucky, and the lessons he’s learned that have empowered him to become a successful business advisor to four major Fortune 500 companies.

If you’ll be in NYC, check out the Cut the Crap & Close the Gap Workshop Series.

Tickets $50 (Early Bird Tickets available until March 15, 2020 for just $10 at https://cut-the-crap-and-10x-your-business-and-life.eventbrite.com)

In a world where change is accelerating, leaders need to shift their approach. That’s the argument leadership expert John C. Maxwell lays out in his recent book, Leadershift. Today’s one idea explores one of these recommended shifts, “from goals to growth.”

Find out more at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinkruse/2019/02/10/john-maxwell-leadershift/#ea871a25f3a0

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Creating a new way for people to look for jobs, overcoming a toxic work environment, why finding the perfect work relationship is like dating, shifting the focus from paychecks and benefits to building the right long-term relationship, different strategies for building the tech besides bringing on a CTO, the process of finding investors, and the power of networking.

Find out more at: https://job-swiper.com/

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Do you have the four factors needed to succeed as an innovator? Today’s one idea is inspired by the work of Nathan Furr and Jeff Dyer and their concept of innovation capital.

 

Check out: https://hbr.org/2020/02/lessons-from-teslas-approach-to-innovation

 

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Serial entrepreneurship - starting 7 businesses by age 33, gamifying real-world skill development, the experience of continuously learning and changing – then realizing there’s a core that remains constant, and why learning new skills makes you more interesting, more energetic, and a better, faster learner.

My conversation with Danny Forest. Check out: https://www.forestco.co/skillup-academy

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In one of my new favorite books, Atomic Habits, author James Clear argues that in order to build lasting habits, your key strategy should be to create a new identity: decide on who you want to be, and prove that new identity to yourself with small wins.

This article provides an introduction and links to find out more: https://jamesclear.com/identity-based-habits

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Building a voice-activated bookkeeping app, solving a challenge for the side hustle / gig economy, creating technology for an interfaceless world, improving financial literacy and helping entrepreneurs and freelancers to make smarter financial decisions, and simplifying the financial lifestyle to give more time back to users.

My conversation with Jaimin Desai, co-founder / CEO of Reconcile. Check out: https://launch.getreconcile.com/

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