This interview will have you falling out of your seat in laughter, and provide inspiration with a dose of reality. Join us this week for a mini Mastermind as we speak with Author, International Speaker, Public Speaking Trainer, and The Killer Pitch Master Precious Williams. Get your notebooks ready!

04:04 From attorney to pitch master

10:34 How to get out of a funk

14:15 What a pitch master can do for your business

16:00 SharkTank winning clients and bigger goals

19:28 4-Steps to slay your pitch

25:43 How to introduce yourself

27:06 Create your own lane

29:27 Four things NOT to do in your pitch

33:14 TEDxButler

Article referenced:

Secrets of a Pitching Pro

Contact Precious:

www.perfectpitchesbyprecious.com

FB: @PerfectPitchP

IG: @perfectpitchesp

TW: @PerfectPitchP

LinkedIn: @precious-l-williams

Free Quiz: pitchingforprofit.com

Book Precious for your speaking engagement: killerpitchmaster.com

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What does it take to "Go Big" in business, $8 to $10 million big? We sat down with the chief strategist of CMW Services and program manager for the Launch NY - Founders Go Big program, Crystal Wallace, to find out. 

SHOW NOTES:

Article: https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2021/09/07/rachels-mediterranean-chrusciki-bakery-la-divina.html?cx_testId=40&cx_testVariant=cx_13&cx_artPos=3

Interview:

07:56: What is Founders Go Big? 

09:59: What does it take to "Go Big"?

11:56: What's the ultimate goal?

13:48: Realizing "Going Big" is an option

14:49: The Process

20:47: Dealing with imposter syndrome in our communities

24:52: Industries involved with FGB

27:43: The future of FGB and opportunities

30:03: The launch of CMW Services and impacting startups

TERMINOLOGY USED:

B2B = Business to Business

B2C = Business to Consumer

IC = Independent Contractor

P&L Statement = Profit and Loss Statement

CRYSTAL'S INFO:

[email protected]

launchny.org

https://launchny.org/entrepreneurs/founders-go-big/

Family dynamics and business can be a tricky situation to maneuver, especially for the next generation. We've all heard horror stories. Adam Tidrow and Yahaira Zapata sit down with Speaker, Author, and Consultant to NextGens Nike Anani on pitfalls to look out for, how to weather a crisis, the gender confidence gap, and how to take your family business from Lifetime to Legacy. Nike has almost a decade of experience working in African family businesses, as a NextGen in her parents’ businesses, and also as a co-founder of several others. If there's someone to listen to first hand, she's the one!

Show Notes:

04:26 Gender limitations

05:17 Gender confidence gap

07:32 Steps on how to weather a crisis

13:45 Maintaining clients/customers when a NextGen steps in

14:46 Growing up vs Growing Old

15:47 Where family businesses struggle

16:22 How to propose new ideas to current/traditional stakeholders

20:43 Setting up the next generation for success in the business

Nike's Contact:

nikeanani.com

"The best time to start succession is YESTERDAY, the next best alternative is TODAY." - Nike Anani

It's 2021, when's the last time you traveled? Listen is as Adam Tidrow and Yahaira Zapata chop it up and talk all things travel, humanity, business, entrepreneurship, and Covid.

00:27 Shenanigans and addressing the elephant in the room

08:01 Different areas and their precautions against Covid

10:22 Service Industry PSA

14:57 Opportunity Entrepreneur (referenced in Episode:22)

21:04 How PathStone can help

Articles referenced:

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/12/uncertainty-is-back-on-main-street-as-delta-variant-rattles-reopening.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/10/an-auto-rental-shortage-sparked-a-boom-in-peer-to-peer-car-sharing-.html

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Marie Rachelle, Founder of Business BEactive, is the Swiss Army knife of all things freelance, community building, public relations, and digital marketing/social media. Struggling with setting goals, adding a side hustle, or breaking free of a 9-5 job? Listen in as Marie Rachelle joins Adam Tidrow and Yahaira Zapata for a much-needed conversation on making yourself marketable, how to stay productive in any scenario, the value of coaches, and the future of office spaces post-pandemic.

Show Notes:

Value-Based conversation referenced from our Small Business Forum:

https://youtu.be/JdtaI9MMQDs?t=242

Book mentioned:

The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss

Marie's Contact:

Facebook, Instagram, Twitter: @bizbeactive

https://www.businessbeactive.com/

She Means Business was a 13-week virtual entrepreneurship training program designed to take #WomenEntrepreneurs through the steps and processes needed to succeed in #business, going from ideation to launch, from recession to expansion, and job creation.

Listen in as Adam Tidrow and Yahaira Zapata catch up with the two winners of the pitch competition and discuss the importance of confidence and resilience as an entrepreneur/business owner, how to get out of your own way, and what to do when life comes at you at 100 mph. 

SHOW NOTES: 

Article - https://www.forbes.com/sites/theyec/2021/05/21/10-proven-ways-to-build-resilience-as-an-entrepreneur/?sh=2033ef985b97

CONTACT INFO:

Ali Lawrence

https://www.spiritandabundance.com/

Facebook & Instagram: @spiritandabundance

Ronette Hill

Facebook & Instagram: @mmkeepsakes1

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronettehill/

Don Tomasulo, Western New York’s leading Sales and Marketing professional and the first Sales Manager to be inducted into The Buffalo Broadcasting Hall Of Fame, sits with Adam Tidrow and Yahaira Zapata to talk about the difference between sales and marketing, some of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs are making, why people are afraid of sales, how to grow your base, and so much more!

SHOW NOTES:

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/24/shoe-company-birdies-soared-during-pandemic-but-learned-a-hard-lesson.html

https://www.embroker.com/blog/entrepreneur-statistics/

CONTACT INFO:

[email protected]

RECOMMENDED BOOKS:

How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen R. Covey

The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom - Don Miguel Ruiz

A fourth-generation serial entrepreneur and an entrepreneurship researcher, Dr. Michael Freeman is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine and a Mentor in the Entrepreneurship Center at UCSF. As the founder of Econa, Dr. Freeman's psychiatric and executive coaching practice is focused on entrepreneurs. He joins Adam Tidrow and Yahaira Zapata for a conversation about mental health issues amongst entrepreneurs, traits of entrepreneurs vs. managers and job-holders and how they're "wired", and the concept of neurodiversity. This one is an eye-opener!

Show Notes:

Blog Post: https://startupnation.com/start-your-business/becoming-well-balanced-entrepreneur/

Resources:

https://econa.net/resources/

https://www.neurodiversityhub.org/entrepreneurship

Econa LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/econa-entrepreneur-mental-wellness/

Global resilience advocate, Duncan Kirkwood, joins Adam Tidrow and Yahaira Zapata for a conversation about choosing to be resilient, standing up to adversity, and some tools you can use to face each day with a higher vibrancy. You're going to need a cup of coffee to match his energy!

Show notes:

Article1: https://smallbusinessify.com/how-to-deal-with-mental-health-in-your-small-business/

Article2: https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/facebook-launches-new-emotional-health-center-to-mark-mental-health-awarene/599489/

Suicide Hotline: 800-273-8255

Contact Info for Duncan Kirkwood

Web: www.duncankirkwood.com

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Founder + CEO of Wilcox Financial Group, Nicholle Overkamp, joins Adam Tidrow and Yahaira Zapata for a conversation about the ups and downs of going out on your own, her biggest regret, calculating risk, owning your financial future, how to take control and so much more. Ladies, if you're ready for some inspiration from someone who has been through it, you'll definitely want to listen.

Show Notes: 

Article1: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/16/why-financial-literacy-matters-in-an-economic-crisis.html

Article2: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/367404

Contact info for Nicholle Overkamp:

Web: https://www.wilcoxfinancialgroup.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/powherhousemoney/

Upcoming Event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/levelup-an-event-for-entrepreneurs-tickets-152349081203?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

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