Organize Chaos

Are you a generalist or a specialist? And which should your business hire? Do different stages of business require a generalist vs. a specialist? All of that, 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 Lisa Barnett of Little Spoon, hosted Jonathan Ronzio. 

How do you stay innovative when marketing your business? And how do you turn customers into passionate, raving fans? In this session, we’ll break down the tactics that Lisa Barnett, co-founder, president and CMO of Little Spoon, used to generate buzz and captivate an audience that keeps coming back for more — baby food, that is. You’ll walk away inspired to apply her mastery to your own business.

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From the top down, you should be reliable with your work. You want your business's reputation to be known as reliable and you want your employees to be reliable with the work you require from them. As a result, people will come to you because they know you can deliver a result on time. On the contrary, can being the "go-to-person" become a liability? My thoughts in today's episode. 

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A restaurant in Arizona offers a meal for $25,000!! Your first thought probably is, who would ever pay that? To my surprise, the restaurant consistently sells this dinner to patrons. Of course, my mind goes to business strategy and being able to charge more for less customers. I'll break down this analogy and maybe you can create the "$25,000 dinner" in your business.

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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 Jason Fried of Basecamp & 37 Signals, hosted by myself. 

Delegation is an art form. It starts with hiring — you need to have the right people in the right roles. And once you have that, you need to trust them do their thing. No micromanaging, no red tape — just let them show you what they’ve got! Join us as we dig into how you may be inhibiting your team’s success with co-founder and CEO of Basecamp, Hey, and 37 Signals, Jason Fried.

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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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