No one likes copycats, especially those who are copying your business. Copying the idea that you have worked on for years and put your heart and soul into. There are certainly some legalities to this, as I'll mention in this episode, but it's also a mindset on how to can choose to handle a copycat competitor. I hope this helps if you find yourself in this frustrating situation.

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How to overcome decision paralysis. In this episode, I share some useful tactics around overthinking and decision fatigue.

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We've formatted our epic Playbook 2022 sessions for the podcast so you can take them on the go wherever you are. This episode features Mignon Francois of The Cupcake Collection and Natalie Dao of Liquid Death Mountain Water, hosted by Jonathan Ronzio. 

There’s a balance between keeping your employees happy at work and making sure that things are getting done the right way. Both of these are key to retaining employees and actually being able to do things at scale. In this panel, meet the people behind two fast-growing companies, and learn how they trained their teams and built long-lasting company culture along the way.

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Why does Southwest have open seating and other airlines don't? I had an assumption about this and took this question to LinkedIn. The response I got was perfect and I'll share the answer with you in today's episode, but there's also a business lesson we can all take away from why Southwest set up their seating this way.

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2022 was my third year competing in the Trainual IRONMAN 70.3 Indian Wells – La Quinta, near Palm Springs, California. In the most recent race, I competed on a relay team as one of three teammates instead of doing the entire thing myself. This decision came from an epiphany I had, and that epiphany is the perfect metaphor for building your business. And more importantly, building the right team around yourself as the business owner. 

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We've formatted our epic Playbook 2022 sessions for the podcast so you can take them on the go wherever you are. This episode features Mikita Mikado of PandaDoc, hosted by myself. 

So, you have the right people in place, but your processes…? Not so much. And that can cause bottlenecks in your business, making it difficult to hand off tasks and almost impossible to achieve the same results over and over again. In this session, learn how Mikita Mikado, co-founder and CEO of PandaDoc, turned his e-signature SaaS company into a self-sustaining operation thanks to some smart process planning.

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In 2021, there were 5.4 million new business applications, up almost a million from 2020! The barriers to start a business are lower than ever and technology is more widely available. People young and old are making the shift to entrepreneurship. The question I got asked was, what is my advice for the next generation of entrepreneurs? If you are an aspiring entrepreneur, here are my 5 tips for you!

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It's important to create a culture that celebrates failures as a result of pushing the boundaries. Trying something new. As leaders, it's our job to create a physiologically safe space to give employees the confidence to experiment. I also believe their are two types of failures in a business, experimental and performance failures. I'll go into more detail on each these in today's episode.

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We've formatted our epic Playbook 2022 sessions for the podcast so you can take them on the go wherever you are. This episode features Caitlin Crosby of The Giving Keys, hosted by Jonathan Ronzio. 

If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything. Heard that one before? Well, the same goes for your business. A clear and heartfelt mission is what makes people believe in your product or service — and that’s exactly what Caitlin and her team have developed at The Giving Keys. Listen as we unpack their brand story and dig into how Caitlin’s personal brand is fueling growth for the business, too.

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How to create culture of autonomy and self discovery for your employees. And how this becomes increasingly more difficult in a remote work setting. This clip is from Chris' guest appearance on the New World of Work podcast with Ryhs Black. You can listen to the full conversation on the New World of Work podcast, in the episode titled How to develop processes that work for your team with Chris Ronzio, founder and CEO of Trainual.

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