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Now displaying: October, 2015
Oct 29, 2015
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Today's Podcast:
 
Dennis Mortensen, CEO & Founder - x.ai
 
What do you get when you add ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE to FOCUS with a dash of RADICAL TRANSPARENCY? Your get a Danish Founding CEO name Dennis Mortensen and a high performing team who are on a mission to democratize the personal assistant. Dennis gives us a peek into his "AI" world, what leadership mindset his brings to scaling his company, and why he shares bank statements with his team.
Oct 27, 2015
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Today's Podcast:
 
Brian Wong, CEO & Co-founder - Kiip
  • He shares his insights about:
  • Where he got the idea for Kiip.
  • Why he enjoys management.
  • How he uses his youth to his advantage as a young CEO.
  • His favorite "management moments."
  • What he thinks the job of Founding CEO actually is.
  • Why he thinks it's so important to finish what you started.
  • What he learned about building an executive team.
Oct 22, 2015
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Today's Podcast:
 
Dennis Brown, Founder and former CEO - Logistic Dynamics
 
  1. How he used LinkedIn to grow his $45 million company
  2. His unwillingness to giving up control in order to grow the company.
  3. This quote: "You can't do it alone."
  4. This quote: "I started hiring to my weaknesses and giving them more control."
Oct 20, 2015
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Today's Podcast:
 
Jim Tselikis, Co-CEO & Co-Founder - Cousins Maine Lobster
 
  1. How he and his cousin, Sabin, divide the CEO responsibilities.
  2. How assessment tools helped he and his cousin, Sabin, build a strong relationship.
  3. Why they chose the franchise route.
  4. "It's about how to make this better and how to humanize this."
  5. How to navigate being friendly with staff and holding staff accountable.
  6. "We've stayed true...to what we've done with our product with our sourcing with everything with our supply in our family in Maine...keep the brand consistency...proud of that."
Oct 15, 2015
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Today's Podcast:
 
Doug Lyon, Founder and Chief Happiness Officer - Paqui
 
 
3 Keys To A Successful Exit
Oct 13, 2015
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Today's Podcast:
 
Bret Hurt, Owner - Hurt Family Investments
 
 
The power of CEO reflection time
Oct 8, 2015
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Apu Gupta, CEO & Co-founder - Curalate
  • "I think that consumers and brands really like each other, if they respect each other."
  • "I was frankly really scared to start a company."
  • "That pressure for growth never leaves...it becomes a part of your every day"
  • "The tech industry...it's like the only industry on the planet where growing 100% year over year is considered ok."
  • "You have to grow...the pressure to grow is non-stop, you think about it every moment of the day."
  • "I can't bring myself to lose other people's money."
  • "These people have placed their faith in me...to make good decisions on their behalf."
  • "People look to you to be the CEO at a time when you still don't look to yourself as a CEO."
Oct 6, 2015
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Today's Podcast:
 
Allyson Downey, Co-founder and CEO - weeSpring
 
  1. Having your team members write down their core values and create a framework from which you can all work from...one of her company's core values is "keep it simple."
  2. How weeSpring grows...by partnering with other brands and companies that have an audience similar to their audience.
  3. How she spends her time: She tries to spend her time on vision and big picture strategy, but gets bogged down in the little stuff...but is now disciplined about not doing things that are not a good use of her CEO time.
  4. How being self-aware CEO has been key to her success.
  5. This quote: "Leadership comes from within...leadership is something you need to develop personally...be self reflective about your strengths and weaknesses."
  6. This quote: "As an entrepreneur I can have my worst day and best day in the same six hours."
  7. Why finding people that you can be open and candid with is an essential to your success.
  8. This quote: "Don't over innovative. If you are too innovative, you are not going to fit into anyone's life or budget."
Oct 1, 2015
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Today's Podcast:
 
Dr. John Mullins, Associate Professor of Management Practice - London Business School
 
 

Founding CEO Leadership Challenges for 5 Customer-Funded Business Models

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