Mid-Day Squares - UNCENSORED!

Mid-Day Squares - UNCENSORED!

By Nick, Lez & JakeBusinessEntrepreneurship
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Mid-Day Squares - UNCENSORED! episodes

  • Laughter, Lessons from Mentors, and a $20 Million Sales Trip

    Ep 31 :

    It's all jokes as we unpack our recent trip to the US and discuss the importance of face to face meetings, being kind, and the legends we look to as we blaze our way to the top.

    Special Shout Out to …
    - Mark Smith, President, Pandion Investments Ltd.
    - Barry Turner, Founder, Lenny & Larry
    - Sam Blumenthal, Partner, Circleup Growth Partners
    - Wade Yenny, Director of Grocery, Jimbo's Natural
    - Blake Mitchell, Principal, Interact Boulder
    - Lauren Rinkey, Ex-Global Brand Director, Nike

    41 min
  • Using Strategy, Influencers, and 5,000 key people to get to $100 million

    Ep. 30 : 

    The US launch is in full swing and our  boldness is paying off! It’s time to update listeners on our brand  growth, international presence, and the marketing strategies we’re using  to do it.

    We also talk …

    - The Influencer Game is Alive and Well … in fact, it’s THRIVING!

    - When it’s time to trigger influencer marketing

    - Why Strong Content and Brand Identity Attracts Influencers

    - Trial and Error is Key But Brands Have To Put In The Work

    - How to look for influencer’s today and measure their value

    - Finding the 5000 people who reach 368 million others

    41 min
  • Why your Team needs a Business Therapist: Interview w. Dr. Gavin

    Ep. 29 : In a very special episode, the founders of Mid-day Squares honour  the man, the myth and the legend that is Jim Gavin as he joins the team  to discuss the business benefits of healthy communication.

    We also talk …

    • The importance of therapy for a successful start up
    • Resistance to therapy as a tool to navigate a company
    • Hard conversations... and why they’re hard to have
    • How therapy feeds an individual, a company, it's team and partnering relationships
    • Verbalization vs Communication
    • Going through the Pressure Cooker
    • Sharing the MDS Love
      • 50 min
    • How To Get More Out Of Your Business By Doing Less

      Ep.28:

      In a world of constant noise we discuss who to listen to, where to share your story and how to satisfy a glutinous audience.

      We also talk ...

      - When to block out Social Noise


      - Another Platform, Another Way Of Telling The Story

      - Piloting Product Release

      - Keep It Fucking Simple; Quality Over Quantity


      - It's Not Doing More, It's Focusing On Less

      - Building A Brand By Building An Army

      37 min
    • How we're thinking like Linkedin & Tesla for Growth!

      Ep 27 :  Hold on tight as we talk blitz-scaling through first  principles thinking, non-traditional hires and how identifying your  superpower will blow up your business.

      We also talk …

      - Verbalizing vs Communicating, Stop talking AT each other

      - Revenue solves everything - Do management levels really work?

      - Knowing when to put out a fire and when to let it burn

      - Assume no one knows anything, it's common sense!

      - Reasoning up from your own ideas

      40 min
    • Why Can't We Say P*SSY Like Cardi? : Building a Brand by giving Zero Fucks

      Episode 26 : Building a brand begins with giving zero fucks. Listen up  as we share how upping your boldness, scaling grass roots and making  people feel something leads to massive returns.


      We also talk ...

      - Why we wear hoodies

      - The pay off of atypical partnerships

      - When PR comes into play

      - The importance of methodical thinking when building a brand

      - Maximizing your YOC by building tribalism into your brand

      43 min
    • How To Make Money By Being Nice

      Episode 25 - We’re kicking off 2021 with EMPATHY! Why? Because it’s the only  way to build a billion dollar business. We discuss how leading your team  with empathy is the key to building revenue.


      We also talk …

      - Filling the tank to go the distance; the importance of recharging your mind and spirit

      - Re-directing your energy! Anger is an emotion that pays zero dividends

      - Shifting your mindset to focus on understanding others rather than being understood

      - Why brut force management doesn’t work

      - Using customer complaints to learn from in lieu of lashing out 

      - Respectfully looking to crush our entrepreneurial OG’s

      - Asking WHY and actively listening

      - How curiosity leads to financial success

      - Heading to the USA!

      38 min
    • The NFL, Gwyneth Paltrow, and How to Launch the USA.

      Episode 24 – In our final podcast of the year we share our strategies on  launching in the US and reveal the unaverage decisions that lead to BIG  money!


      We also talk …
      - Nailing the customer experience – they are the center of everything!

      - Hammering down your network to build the HYPE

      - Winning over local markets to gain countrywide success

      - Negotiating with celebrity attention on social media 

      -  Be different! That's the marketing game plan. Simple.

      - Company transparency is key to building partnerships 

      - Building a community that focuses on people, not product

      41 min
    • The Covid Pump Up You Need To Hear

      Episode 23 we are unpacking the emotional roller coaster  of 2020 and what obstacles each one of us has had to overcome.


      We also talk
      -Jake gets into "The Year of the Failing Extrovert"

      -The pic of the Starbucks cold brew we were talking about:
      https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/df16b7f3-31d3-46d4-9c25-9cdca656474f_1.a903e729255c0e2fba258b8ad2258652.jpeg

      -Has covid been a subject matter people are hiding behind.

      -What does the human interaction of work look like.

      -Why you need to always be ON-STAGE in your mind.

      -Make 2021 the year you f*cking own it.

      39 min
    • Play Offense when everyone is playing Defense.

      Episode 22 we wanted to distill the importance of playing offense  during times where everyone is playing defense. We use our experience  navigating the Pandemic to make our point on the importance of offence.


      We also talk
      -Not naming the first price when someone asks you how much are you willing to pay or what is your budget.

      -Jake is Reading 
      "All In: How Obsessive Leaders Achieve the Extraordinary"
      https://www.amazon.com/All-Obsessive-Leaders-Achieve-Extraordinary/dp/1400212200/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3QBL4TIRNMNJV&dchild=1&keywords=all+in+robert+bruce+shaw&qid=1606680376&sprefix=all+in+robert%2Caps%2C149&sr=8-1

      -Grit continues to be the number one trait we think is the best indicator of success.

      -Lez reveals she may have been an "Olympic" contender in swimming. Not sure we believe this.

      -The importance of feeling pain and set back but coming back strong.


      -Comfort is a perfect gage for the line between defence and offence.

      38 min

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