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Everything you need to do business on the web. From funding to finance, setup to staffing, branding to biz-dev, co-hosts Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy have between them, more than 50 years of success in nurturing businesses to become global brands. Gillian co-founded Moz and serves on boards on four continents. Anne was a founding board member of Helium.com and guided numerous Internet start-ups, including Zillow. Together, and with occasional guest experts, they break down the art of small business from the ground up.
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Final CEO Coach Podcast — Real Leadership from 2020-05-04T18:12:54
As Gillian and Anne warp up 11 years of CEO Coach they address the essential elements of real leadership. Every CEO must lead with empathy, structure, and comfort with not knowing all the answers. ...
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Covid19 Business Advice: What CEOs Must Do Now from 2020-04-20T04:00
Gillian and Anne share some excellent tactical advice from Cascadia Capital in a recent Geekwire article. In addition to exhibiting strong empathic leadership, there are several additional actions...
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Crisis Management for Early Stage CEOs from 2020-04-13T15:36:55
In times of crisis, like right now, CEOs find themselves frustrated by general advice. “But what do I DO!?” entrepreneur leaders ask. Leaders always deal with ambiguity—it’s timeless and comes with...
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Entrepreneurship in the time of Coronavirus from 2020-04-06T04:00
Gillian and Anne return to talk real-time tactics entrepreneurs need right now to weather the uncertainty and unpredictability during this global pandemic. From leading with compassion to stashing ...
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The Lady Engineer Lindsay Tabas on Product-Market Fit from 2019-12-23T22:10
Anne and Gillian welcome guest Lindsay Tabas, The Lady Engineer (which she trademarked 15 years ago) and product market-fit expert. Her e-book Start Before the Product’s Ready, subtitled ‘The Unav...
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Product Development Now from 2019-12-09T05:00
Gillian and Anne address just why marketing managers struggle to create demand for products, as recently reported. They take a look at those products and the process for creating successful ones. B...
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How Much Capital Should Women Raise? from 2019-11-25T13:05
Anne and Gillian talk about raising capital, which is the hot topic on everyone’s mind when they talk to them, especially women. There is a bigger hurdle for women: perceived bias against them as f...
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Finding Alternative Funding for Your Startup from 2019-11-11T21:57
Anne and Gillian talk about how to raise capital other than by equity – that is, providing shares in your startup to investors in return for cash. Somewhere in start-up school, all budding entrepre...
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How to Flip Pattern-Matching to Work for You from 2019-10-28T19:05:19
Gillian and Anne look at pattern matching beyond gender lens issues, reminding listeners that good pattern matching habits can be learned. While it is true pattern matching may keep investors from ...
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Executors: Critical to Early-Stage Success from 2019-10-14T19:20:29
Early stage companies need Executors. There are so many Wizards out there. Gillian and Anne provide clarity around the value of finding and working with a brilliant Executor so they can experience ...
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Success Hacks for Raising Capital from 2019-07-15T11:57
Gillian and Anne talk about raising capital, because “How do I do that” is the question they get most. So they discuss how to hack, or leapfrog the process, starting with your deck. Or, rather ,...
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More On Funding Women-led Startups from 2019-06-03T04:00
Anne & Gillian continue to examine the issues raised in the latest study on the rise in venture funding for gender diverse teams from the Center for American Entrepreneurship, and why it remains a ...
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Update on Women&Funding with Rebecca Lovell from 2019-05-20T04:59
Though women-led startups receive far less first-round venture capital than ones led by all-male teams, they perform equally with their brothers in landing second and third rounds and exiting succe...
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Finding Unfound Founders with Dan Kihanya from 2019-04-26T07:00
Seattle investor, founder and startup advisor Dan Kihanya joins Gillian and Anne to talk about his new podcast “Foundersunfound.com” with which he expects to create greater awareness of underrepres...
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Power - Does it Corrupt Absolutely? from 2019-03-25T07:00
Gillian and Anne discuss a recent report in the Washington Post that power reveals who we really are and people with certain tendencies will gravitate to certain types of professions, examining wh...
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What Do Advisors Do? from 2019-03-11T07:00
Gillian and Anne discuss the defining characteristics of a successful advisory board and how they will benefit your startup. In your early stages, you will have ad hoc advisors to help get through ...
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16 Revenue Models - Which is Right for Your Startup? from 2019-02-25T07:00
Gillian and Anne chat with Seattle investor Dave Parker, founder of ‘6 Month Startup -- Ideation to Revenue’. Dave breaks down the three components of a startup in to creating value with your produ...
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Know Your Leadership Metrics from 2019-02-11T07:00
Gillian and Anne discuss the differences between management and leadership from a metrics perspective. Metrics seem to be all about management. But leadership is setting the metrics to be tracked b...
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Funding Women Founders Barely Budged in 2018 from 2019-01-14T07:00
Where to find capital is the number one question heard from founders at almost every stage of entrepreneurship. For that reason, Anne and gillian keep an eye on progress toward gender equity in ven...
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M&A Basics for Startups from 2019-01-03T07:00
Every entrepreneur dreams of selling the company and cashing out. It is almost a trope that founders need to have their exit in mind from the earliest days of their startup. While many are on a mis...
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Opportunity Knocking for Women in Cannabis from 2018-12-18T07:00
Gillian and Anne chat with Amy Margolis, founder of The Initiative and The Commune, an accelerator and coworking space for women launching cannabis businesses in Portland, Oregon. Noting the lack o...
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3 Financial Models You Need for Your Startup - At Least from 2018-11-08T07:00
Anne and Gillian talk about different dimensions of financial models -- or more clearly, how to paint the best financial portrait of your startup -- you need more than one dimension. This is not a...
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6 Slides Your Pitch Deck Needs -- and 2 It Does Not from 2018-10-22T07:00
Anne Gillian review the critical elements for your pitch decks, and the two most often included by novice founders that are unnecessary, and sometimes even counter productive. Too many times found...
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October 10, 2018 - Best Benefits Practices for Startups from 2018-10-10T07:00
Marcia Zaruba O’Connor joins Anne and Gillian to talk about how startups can best approach hiring and benefits and how to build your staff and compensate them, when and what benefits to offer, and ...
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Immigrants Build Great Businesses - Eveline Buchatskiy, One Way Ventures from 2018-09-24T07:00
Gillian Anne chat with Eveline Buchatskiy, co founder of One Way Ventures, a fund for investing in startups by immigrants. What was the business opportunity she and her co-founder discovered? Whil...
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Reviving Employee Motivation to Power Through Q4 from 2018-09-10T07:00
Now seems like a good time to address keeping your team motivated. Near the end of Q3 post-summer spirits may be flagging, especially if your company is progressing more slowly than you thought it ...
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Age Bias is a Thing, Especially for Older Women from 2018-08-27T07:00
The National Bureau of Economic Research reports there’s “robust evidence of age discrimination in hiring against older women, especially those near retirement age.” Based on evidence from over 40,...
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Using Blockchain to Build a Better Way to Fund from 2018-07-24T07:00
Blockchain is surely one of the hottest topics around these days, but how does such a tool help a startup build a better way to address life’s events among consumers? Gillian and Anne’s guest Alexi...
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Team leader or Individual Contributor- How to Find Your Team’s Happy from 2018-07-16T07:00
What makes you tick? Where are your team members happiest and most productive? These are questions you must understand, first about yourself and second about your team. In the beginning, everyone h...
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Impact Investing Update from 2018-06-18T07:00
There is growing evidence that indicates that impact investing supports the conventional bottom line with better returns for investors. In other words, investments in impact companies are returning...
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Investing and Advising Early Stage Companies from 2018-06-04T07:00
Carlee Price, investor and advisor to early stage companies joins Gillian and Anne to talk about her just-launched a consultancy – Pique Ventures – that provides a novel service to founders who are...
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Rethinking ‘Build Value for Your Company from 2018-05-22T07:00
You hear it all the time ‘The CEO’s Prime Directive is to build value for her company’. Gillian and Anne take a closer look into what this exactly means. Build value for whom? Investors, certainly....
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How Do Early Stage Founders Stay Resilient? from 2018-04-30T07:00
Professor Brianna Caza, an organizational psychologist at the University of Manitoba has studied early stage founders to find what helps them avoid ‘creeping strain’ and maintain high performance a...
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What’s Your 1-Minute Pitch? from 2018-04-16T07:00
Remember elevator pitches? Well, elevators may not be the only place you find the venture capitalists you want to tell about your company. There are lots of other places you may get 30 seconds or a...
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How Unconscious Bias Holds You Back from 2018-04-02T07:00
Anne Gillian revisit bias from a fresh perspective -- how are your unconscious biases affecting the decisions you make in your business, for example in forming your marketing strategy, or seeking ...
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Update on VC Funding Women Founders from 2018-03-28T07:00
It’s not news that women founders got a miserable 2% of venture capital last year and have averaged 20% of all VC deals each year since 2006. Despite that dreary reporting, Anne and Gillian have fo...
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Write Your Exit Story Now from 2018-03-12T07:00
When do you take money out of your startup? When do you start planning for that happy day? Gillian and Anne discuss key signs you may notice along along your startup road that indicate it is OK to ...
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Why Do Startups Fail? from 2018-02-26T07:00
Flash: the startup failure rate is considerably less than the 90 percent we hear about all the time. Since 2001 the total number of startups returned 1x or less to investors was at or under 60 perc...
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The Sybilla Masters Fund for Women Founders from 2018-02-12T07:00
Gillian and Anne describe a new venture capital fund they are forming to fund startups with at least one woman in a critical and strategic leadership role. Hard numbers show that diverse teams retu...
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Funding Early Stage Med-Tech with Katherine Jordan, Drexel University from 2018-01-23T07:00
Anne and Gillian host Drexel University’s Katherine Jordan who directs the program there funded by the Coulter Foundation, a nationwide resource for developing and commercializing biomedical engine...
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CEO Tips to Get Going from 2018-01-15T07:00
Gillian and Anne take a full look at an entrepreneur’s CEO journey and lay out strategic and tactical insights to help them plan their company’s futures. Where do you start and how do you get going...
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The Sorry State of Funding for Women Founders from 2018-01-15T07:00
Anne and Gillian kick off the new year with a fresh look at whether women founders are receiving any more VC backing, and they are sorry to report the situation has slipped downward instead of impr...
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Funding Mid-sized Companies and Options for Early Stage Founders from 2018-01-01T07:00
Anne quizzes Gillian on funding options for startups. They discuss traditional equity. Debt. Convertible notes. Convertible securities, also known as SAFE’s. Even self-funding. Which is best for yo...
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Everything About Metrics: What's Important And What's Not And Cap Table 101 from 2017-12-25T07:00
Every startup needs a cap table, even if the only shareholders are the founder and perhaps a partner or two. As you grow, you will most likely be making awards of stock or options to advisors, empl...
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More with Voyager Capital’s James Newell from 2017-12-18T07:00
Anne and Gillian return with more questions to and answers from James Newell, partners at early venture firm Voyager Capital in Seattle. What do you need to bring and be prepared to defend when you...
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Chatting with VC James Newell, Voyager Capital from 2017-12-11T07:00
Ever want to ask a venture capitalist everything about how VC’s work? Gillian and Anne chat with James Newells, partner at Seattle’s Voyager Capital, early venture investors.a James willingly respo...
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Impact investor Luni Libes of Fledge.co from 2017-11-27T07:00
Gillian and Anne talk with Luni Libes, founder and Managing Director of Fledge, a global impact accelerator which launches businesses that do good by doing business, here in the US and in dozens of...
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Funding Mid-sized Companies and the Economic Impact of Big Business from 2017-11-20T07:00
Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy discuss how cities like Seattle are dominated by the Amazons and Microsofts at the top of big business, overshadowing mid-sized companies. They discuss the effect o...
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Lifestyle vs. Scalable --- New Ways to Fund Startups from 2017-11-13T07:00
A unicorn is a start up that achieves a billion-dollar valuation. A scalable company is one that finds a way to increase revenues and profit margins without increasing overhead, or production costs...
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Funding Options for Early Stage Founders from 2017-11-06T07:00
Anne and Gillian continue their discussion of your funding options when you are starting a company, including some new takes on old methods, such as revenue sharing, and REIT-style investment grou...
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Tips from Top Speech Writer Elaine Bennett from 2017-07-17T07:00
We hear from Elaine Bennett, an award-winning speech writer who has written for Warren Buffet and Governor Howard Dean, and numerous financial and business consulting firms. Why do we want our list...
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More with Early-Stage Investor&Activist Janis Machala from 2017-07-10T07:00
We continue our conversation with Janis Machala about how to seek early stage investing, because we just couldn’t get everything we wanted to hear from her into one episode.
This week Janis g...
Talking with Early-stage Investor Janis Marchala from 2017-06-26T07:00
Janis Marchala of Palladin Partners has been called the ‘Oracle of Startup mentoring and early-stage investing” which she has been doing since the mid-1990’s in Puget Sound. Along the way she found...
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Best of What We Heard at TiECon Silicon Valley from 2017-06-19T07:00
“Silicon Valley is the only place in the US where rich people want to meet with poor people” -- that is, if they have compelling startups. Anne Gillian heard that and many other tidbits and outrig...
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Best Blog Resources from 2017-06-12T07:00
How important is it to raise your head up from your startup and read blogs regularly? Very important. A breadth of sources gives you a better perspective on what is going on inside -- and outside -...
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Everything About Metrics: What's Important And What's Not from 2017-05-01T07:00
Gillian and Anne revisit metrics to take a deeper dive into finding the right measurements in your business for clarity and intelligence-based decisions. Rigor is critical such as what to measure, ...
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Women and VC’s Update from 2017-04-17T07:00
While it’s true that VC funding to women founders has more than doubled in 10 years, the actual amount is paltry. Anne and Gillian discuss why this is so, and report on updates from Pitchbook and t...
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Cap Table 101 from 2017-04-10T07:00
Every startup needs a cap table, even if the only shareholders are the founder and perhaps a partner or two. As you grow, you will most likely be making awards of stock or options to advisors, empl...
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How to Build a Board of Directors from 2017-04-03T07:00
Eventually your startup will need a board of directors. But, when do you shift from advisors to directors, and what are the need for them, as well as the ramifications of setting up a BOD? Anne and...
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How to Find Mentors and Advisors from 2017-03-27T07:00
Every successful person speaks of mentors that led the way and provided encouragement. This is especially true when you are founding a startup, a time when you “perpetually need more expertise tha...
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Term Sheets 101 from 2017-03-21T07:00
Term Sheets 101Terms sheets are good news, but they can be intimidating. Gillian and Anne break down what some of the confusing terms and what they mean, what to look out for. Disclaimer none of th...
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Funding Early Stage Ideas PT. 2 from 2017-03-13T07:00
Gillian and Anne continue their discussion of the best ways to fund your very early stage company. This week is all about how to find the investors who are right for the stage of your company or id...
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Funding Early Stage Ideas PT. 1 from 2017-03-08T21:21
Gillian and Anne discuss ways to get your very early stage idea funded. Maybe it’s not even a product yet, just a good idea. Where do you look for funding? It depends on your stage of development. ...
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Why Does Funding Your Startup Take So Long? from 2017-02-20T08:00
Only .05 percent of startups get VC funding. And it takes a long time. Hard news. Gillian and Anne talk about why this is so, and what you can do about it. Not every company is fundable. Is yours? ...
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Talking with Blendoor CEO Stephanie Lampkin on Bias in Hiring from 2017-02-13T08:00
Guest Stephanie Lampkin tells how to hire for merit alone, and get past unconscious bias on gender, race or age, and more to point, why this is important. Inclusive teams perform better as do the c...
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Raising Capital: How to Keep Your Head in the Game from 2017-02-07T04:09:33
Raising capital is critical to your startup’s success. So is running your business. Gillian and Anne discuss how to manage both, and why your fundraising efforts make you a better manager, and what...
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Intentional Inclusion: Take the 1-Seat Challenge from 2017-01-30T08:00
Gillian and Anne challenging every speaker, mentor, advisor, event organizer, company and organization leader, and department head to do something about the dearth of gender and diversity in tech b...
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Timing is Everything - and Then Some from 2017-01-29T04:36:09
Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy discusswhy start ups succeed: most often its timing. It's a lot like love. Or anything else in your life that's great.
So let's examine that. Is timing the key...
Inclusion and Why It Is Good for Business from 2017-01-23T08:00
Inclusion and Why It Is Good for Business. Inclusion is a key driver of internal innovation and business growth. Anne Kennedy and Gillian Muessig discuss why it matters to your startup and how to g...
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Basics of Board Meetings from 2017-01-16T08:00
Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy discuss the Basics of Board Meetings. How to stay on top of them, how to control them and how to make the meetings most effective. They offer some top tips on plann...
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Raising Your Seed Round with Convertibles from 2017-01-09T08:00
Gillian and Anne discuss benefits and drawbacks the three most popular ways for investors to join your seed round -- traditional equity, convertible notes against, which are loans against future va...
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Startup Weatlh and Leadership In a Fast Growing Organization from 2017-01-02T08:00
Startup Weatlh and Leadership In a Fast Growing Organization as we look back at two favorite interviews: 'StartUp wealth" author Josh Mayer, and Moz CEO Sarah Bird.
Josh Maher is the pre...
Best of CEO Coach 2016 from 2016-12-26T08:00
Best of CEO Coach: Looking back to best of CEO Coach for 2016: How to build a better founder, why your founder should give away the Legos, and bonus -- Take a vacation! Happy Holidays!
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Lean Holiday Giving for Startups from 2016-12-19T08:00
The holiday season is about giving, but how do you honor that when your startup is still subsisting on ramen noodles, and likely you are not even taking a paycheck? Giving gifts or year end bonuse...
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Bullish on Inclusion - TiE Global’s Nitin Rai from 2016-12-12T08:00
Inclusion is the future, says Nitin Rai, entrepreneur, investor and impact investor. He is making 50% of his Elevate Capital investments in women-led startups, and the rest in under-served and area...
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6 Ways to Tune Up Your Business Plan from 2016-12-05T08:00
Your business plan is your roadmap for your company’s growth and success, and is your internal key to organizing your own thoughts at a deeper and more detailed level. furthermore informs you pitch...
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Stop Barking Up the Wrong Tree from 2016-11-22T08:00
How do you really qualify potential investors, so you don’t waste time one the ones who are not going to fund your startup? Start with you asking them questions, according to NYC Techstars Director...
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November’s Must-Do: Employee Evaluations 2.0 from 2016-11-14T08:00
This month it is critical to review your employees’ performances, especially if you are a lean early stage startup. You have no room for any margin of error in terms of employee performance. Gillia...
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Diversity in Tech: Update 2016 from 2016-10-24T07:00
Last year Fortune magazine reported on gender and racial diversity in nine leading US tech companies, with disappointing results. Anne Gillian go back for another look to see what progress has occ...
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What You Must Do in October: Ring the Freaking Cash Register from 2016-10-17T07:00
Fourth Quarter expectations lead to questions about your revenue. Anne and Gillian discuss some great steps to Ring the Freaking Cash Register, as referenced by Mark Shuster of Upfront Ventures. He...
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Leadership Speaking Style and Communication Killers from 2016-10-10T07:00
Anne and Gillian discuss Leadership Speaking Style and Communication Killers as they reference a blog post from Ian Lurie entitled These 10 Phrases Are Killing Your Team.
Ian explains,...
Productivity: Small Tools for a Big Boost from 2016-09-26T07:00
Need some practical productivity tools? The best streamline your process and keep you on track and distraction-free. Anne Gillian talk about their favorites. It’s likely you already have a couple ...
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Tune Up Your Startup: More Productivity Hacks from 2016-09-19T07:00
September is time to tune up your systems and processes, and CEO Coach turns to another century-old method, this time from Lillian Frank Galbreth who pioneered activity and motion management, and ...
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Up your Productivity Game (What you Must Do in September) from 2016-09-12T07:00
Time to step up your game in productivity. Q4 is nearly upon us. The summer doldrums are over. Hopefully you took Gillian and Anne’s advice and headed out of Dodge to take a holiday of your own. No...
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Making You a Better CEO’; How to Avoid the Chasm of Micromanagement from 2016-08-29T07:00
How abundant thinking makes you a better CEO as Anne and Gillian look at the work of Bay Area executive coach Katia Verresen and what she calls the remarkable advantage of abundant thinking. Plus,...
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Profits vs Growth; which way should you go? 10X vs. 10% - Which is Better? from 2016-08-22T07:00
Laura Weintraub, CEO of renowned digital agency Aimclear joins us to talk about leadership and managing growth at her company, one of Inc’s 500/5000 for four years, and three years named one of the...
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Take a Vacation! (What you must do in August) from 2016-08-15T07:00
Anne and Gillian talk about why taking a vacation will make you a better CEO and your company more successful, and why you must make time to unplug your laptop and recharge yourself. After noting s...
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Funding: Pre-money and Preferences from 2016-08-08T07:00
Pre-money. Preferences. Dilution. The vocabulary of start up funding has a language all its own. What’s more, pitfalls await the unwary entrepreneur. Yes you can give away too much in the beginning...
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Build a Perfect Founder from 2016-08-01T17:46
What attributes make a good founder? Gillian and Anne review characteristics of successful entrepreneurs, with input from Fast Company, Compass and Techstars. Patterns emerge from a multitude of op...
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Fundraising Part 4: When the Big Company Knocks from 2016-07-25T07:00
What do you do when a big VC firm or a Really Big Company wants to invest and become your strategic partner? Push the euphoria aside and proceed with caution. Anne and Gillian talk about the import...
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Fine-tuning Your Fundraising Part 3: Rejected! What to Do Next. from 2016-07-18T07:00
Fine-tuning Your Fundraising Part 3: Rejected! What to Do Next. In a continuing series on how to boost your fundraising results, Anne Gillian talk about rejections, which will inevitably happen, a...
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Boost Your Pitching Technique in One Key Way from 2016-07-11T07:00
When you pitch to potential investors keep control of the conversation. Drive the car, says Elizabeth Yin, entrepreneur and partner at 500 Startups. Avoid letting the direction of your presentation...
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Fine-tuning Your Funding - Angels or Seed VCs from 2016-06-27T07:00
In the first of a multipart series on fine-tuning your funding, Gillian Anne discuss the difference between angel investors and seed VC’s, and why understanding the difference is critical to your ...
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How Abundant Thinking Makes You a Better CEO from 2016-06-20T07:00
Anne and Gillian look at the work of Bay Area executive coach Katia Verresen and what she calls the remarkable advantage of abundant thinking. It’s a 21st century take on how to lead, because, says...
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Negotiating Sales the FBI Way from 2016-06-13T07:00
What can you learn from The FBI about closing sales? Plenty, according to Chris Voss, former FBI international kidnapping negotiator and author of “Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If You...
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What You Must Do In June: “Gitter Done!” from 2016-06-06T07:00
What You Must Do In June: “Gitter Done!” We’re halfway through 2016; what must every start up absolutely do this year? Get to work and execute on your plan. You have set your goals and strategies; ...
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Executive Recruiting with Nancee Winslow from 2016-05-09T07:00
Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy talk with Nancee Winslow, Senior Technology Recruiter and Executive Consultant for Kim Finch Cook Executive Recruiter, Inc. Nancee has mentored leaders, peers and ...
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Better Questions, Better Customers from 2016-04-25T19:51
Anne and Gillian talk about customer focus as a critical element to growth. Understanding your customers’ journeys to adopting your product is a key element of customer focus. They examine the late...
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Profits vs Growth – Which Way Should You Go? from 2016-04-20T16:27:26
Gillian and Anne talk about growth in your start up, and whether you should aim for growing your company or being profitable — because you can’t have both in the beginning. Listen to find out why....
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Laura Weintraub on Leading Growth from 2016-04-12T03:08:50
Laura Weintraub, CEO of renowned digital agency Aimclear joins us to talk about leadership and managing growth at her company, one of Inc’s 500/5000 for four years, and three years named one of the...
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What You Must do In April — Optimize Your Productivity from 2016-04-05T00:12:47
Want to work smarter, not harder? Hear Gillian and Anne with a round-up of tips, tricks and workday hacks they gathered from Fastcompany and other favorite resources to make your workday more produ...
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You Can’t Fall Off the Floor — Let’s Get to Work! from 2016-03-28T19:38:44
You Can’t Fall Off the Floor — Let’s get to Work! Anne and Gillian talk why Lady Gaga needed grit to succeed and why this is the same for tech start ups, with insights from venture investor Troy Ca...
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How to Avoid the Chasm of Micromanagement in Your Startup from 2016-03-21T17:05:01
Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy discusses How to Avoid the Chasm of Micromanagement in Your Startup Micromanagement is the result of having poor – or no processes – in place. Good processes avoid ...
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Anne’s 6 Rules for Survival in a StartUp from 2016-03-14T21:56:21
Today we’ll be talking about rules for survival in a start up. You know those moments of frustration – we all have them. A few months ago Anne came up with these in just such one of those moments. ...
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Two Things You Must Do In March from 2016-03-07T20:07:12
Gillian and Anne discuss two important tasks every start up must get done in March before Q1 ends. Your books for 2015 are closed, your taxes are done, or shipped of to your tax prep pro, you’ve re...
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Do Your Taxes Now from 2016-03-02T17:33:50
Gillian & Anne discuss why: because taxes do not move your company forward. Things that move your company forward include product design, IT work, marketing, sales, customer service, consumer outre...
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Katherine Hague and 1000 New Women Angels from 2016-02-22T20:13:10
Katherine Hague, founder of Female Funders talks with Gillian and Anne about her mission to find 1000 new women angels investors this year. To that end she hosted a breakfast series in a whirlwind ...
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Josh Maher Inside the Minds of Startup Investors from 2016-02-15T18:29:55
Josh Maher, president of Seattle Angels talks with Anne about his new book StartUp Wealth - How the Bes Angel Investors Make Money in StartUps. The book reveals how 23 successful investors seek a...
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Gail Romero: Globalizing Skills Education from 2016-02-08T17:12:11
Gillian and Anne interview global educator Gail Romero, founder of GLEAN Educational Skills, a 21st century educational platform for businesses and governments around the world, and she also explai...
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10X vs. 10% – Which is Better? from 2016-02-01T20:58:38
Inspired by a recent keynote by Ken Norton, partner at GoogleVentures at London’s “Mind the Product” conference in Q4 2015, Gillian and Anne discuss thinking big versus incrementally in your start-...
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Give Away Your Legos and Other Secrets to Scaling Big from 2016-01-25T20:20:38
You’re a founder. Can you do it all? Well, no, not unless you want to run a really small company. The secret to scaling big is to know when to let go . . . of control, of your job, of your comfort ...
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3 Tasks Start-ups Must Do in January from 2016-01-18T20:38:22
Gillian and Anne review and detail three essential tasks you must do for your Start-ups business, duties you simply cannot put off if you are to succeed. How have you performed against your goals o...
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Future Of Business in 2016: CEOs Make Predictions from 2016-01-12T13:36:08
Polishing up your crystal ball? Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy discuss 2016 predictions for the future of business with help from from 10 notable execs, including Sallie Krawcheck, founder and CE...
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Women and Funding Revisited with Kristin Luck from 2016-01-04T20:31:11
Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy welcome back Kristin Luck, who earlier this year sold Decipher, a market research software firm to Focus Vision Worldwide. Kristin offers some best advice for navig...
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Corporate Transparency For Start-Ups and Rethinking Employee Motivation Revisited from 2015-12-28T19:42:48
Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy discuss what information to share about your company, with whom, and when. The dynamic duo stress getting a handle on your numbers across all areas of your busines...
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Best of CEO coach “Conquer Your fear of Sales”&“How to Close the Deal” from 2015-12-21T22:18:27
Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy discuss why sales are your friends, no matter how reticent you are about asking for them, plus they reveal the critical steps in closing a deal.
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The Worst Advice You’ll Ever Get from 2015-12-14T21:51:09
Today on CEO Coach Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy the worst advice you’ll ever get.. advice that sounds like its good, advice from folks who should know better. As a CEO you're bound to get plen...
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Responsive Websites and Website User Experience from 2015-12-07T20:28:47
Today on CEO Coach Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy discuss responsive websites and website user experience. The website is the business, and a lot of times the CEO doesn't see it that way. It is ...
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Wistar Kay from the Commerce Department of the State of Washington from 2015-11-30T17:26:58
Today on CEO Coach Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy are joined by Wistar Kay from the Commerce Department of the State of Washington. They discuss the Commerce Department at the State of WA and he...
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e-Commerce Building Brand Communities; Future Proof Branding from 2015-11-26T02:31:37
e-Commerce Building Brand Communities
Want to make more money in your eCommerce? Brand community increases the longevity and lifetime value of your customers – therefore it increases you...
Web Summit Dublin 2015 – What You Can Learn from Thousands of Pitches from 2015-11-16T19:06:36
Gillian and Anne discuss key takeaways from at Web Summit 2015 this month in Dublin. The massive event drew 42000 to view 21 different summits, from machine to marketing to society to design, and ...
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Perfect Pitch from 2015-11-02T20:06:50
Today on CEO Coach Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy chat about the topic of Perfect Pitch. They give some tips on creating the perfect pitch deck, including how to what your pitch is and is not ab...
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37 Secrets to Success from 2015-10-26T20:39:25
Today on CEO Coach Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy will be talking about some secrets successful people know. Inc. magazine recently compiled a list of 37, across a variety of topics - from managi...
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6 Lists You Need To Be Productive Every Day from 2015-10-19T18:51:25
Today on CEO Coach Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy discuss 6 lists you need to be productive every day. They touch on keeping daily to-do lists and outsource lists, setting recurring appointments...
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How to Strive In Networking from 2015-10-12T20:15:28
Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy talk about Networking today on CEO Coach. Anne and Gillian compare networking to fractions, not the most fun topic, though the outcome could be truly great with de...
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Cognitive Bias in the Workplace from 2015-10-05T18:30:26
Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy chat about Cognitive Bias. The dynamic duo define what cognitive bias' are, and mention that they can disrupt your decision making. Anne and Gillian run through a...
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How to Hire the Right Talent to Take Your Company Forward from 2015-09-28T18:51:05
Recruiting Consultant, Career Coach, Writer for Imprint PDX Aimee Levens joins Gillain Muessig and Anne Kennedy to discuss How to Hire the Right Talent to Take Your Company Forward, as well as foll...
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Corporate Transparency For Start-Ups from 2015-09-21T21:07:27
Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy discuss what information to share about your company, with whom, and when. The dynamic duo stress getting a handle on your numbers across all areas of your busines...
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Diversity in The Tech Industry and How It Affects Performance from 2015-09-14T21:14:31
Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy discuss Diversity in the tech industry and the reality of start up performance when viewed through this lens. They go through a couple of recent reports that skewer...
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Launching a Data Analytics Company on Her Own With Allison Hartsoe from 2015-08-31T21:12:45
Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy deliver a salary smackdown with digital marketing analysis Allison Hartsoe. At the apex of her third company Allison delves into the drive needed to found a company...
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Growing a New Media Startup 10 Years Later: Whats The Difference? from 2015-08-25T03:46:13
Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy showcase the business side of WebmasterRadio.FM by welcoming the station's co-founders Brandy Shapiro-Babin and Daron Babin. They reveal the roots of Webmaster Rad...
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Traction: What it is? How To Get it and How to Measure It? from 2015-08-17T21:18:11
Traction: What it is? How To Get it and Most How to Measure It? Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy discuss an article from Jane Mazur in the SOSV Blog that talks about milestones vs. cash as a measu...
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Buying an Ecommerce Site? Ask Better Questions First from 2015-08-11T02:16:58
Buying an Ecommerce Site? Ask Better Questions First. Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy discuss how to buy an ecommerce company, including what questions to ask before you buy, plus they take a loo...
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Managing Culture As You Grow from 2015-08-03T21:47:41
Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy talk about managing culture as you grow. They refer to a Anson Ben in a recent inMobi blog post that says the undercurrent of culture will determine whether you wil...
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What a Good Night’s Sleep Means to the Performance in Your Business from 2015-07-21T03:50:51
Gilian Muessig and Anne Kennedy discuss What a Good Night's Sleep Means to the Performance in Your Business. We've all found out how it is to be sleep deprived. What does that do to you and your pe...
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Are Micro-Payments for You? from 2015-07-13T21:22:36
Micro-payments are yet another pricing model, and one Jakob Nielsen predicted in 1998 would become the economic engine of the Internet. What exactly are micro-payments? Think about iTunes, or buyin...
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Content Marketing for Start-ups from 2015-07-06T21:54:49
Everyone talks about content marketing; few do it well. Hear advice from Sunil Rajaraman, founder of Scripted on avoid joining continuous hurricane of ineffective literature from businesses with mi...
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Make Hard Decisions the CIA Way from 2015-06-29T20:54:49
Anne Kennedy and Gillian Muessig share a five-step process for analyzing complex data from Philip Mudd, former deputy director of the CIA's counterterrorist center and author of "The HEAD Game: Hig...
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Choose Your Investors Wisely from 2015-06-22T22:47:37
We're talking about how critical it is to choose your investors wisely. Even if you are struggling to raise cash, do not make a Faustian deal that will come back to haunt you! We interviewed Ann-Ma...
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Get Sales and Marketing Right Early! from 2015-06-16T03:36:56
More companies fail because of lack of a salesperson and decent marketing during the first critical months before the money runs out. We know first hand, and we share what happened when we got got ...
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Leadership In a Fast Growing Organization with Sarah Bird from 2015-06-08T16:52:33
Discussion of Leadership In a Fast Growing Organization as Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy speak with Moz CEO Sarah Bird. Sarah shares some takeaways for CEOs challenged to scale, develop and supp...
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Forging Mutually Profitable Revenue Sharing Agreements from 2015-06-01T18:39:38
Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy explain what comprises revenue sharing agreements that work for both parties. In our January 5 2015 episode we talked about critical pricing models and why this is...
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Finding Key C-Level Employees with Ann-Marie Archer from 2015-05-18T20:59:18
Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy talk about finding key employees as companies reach the moment of inflection and kick into high gear / fast growth mode. They welcome Ann-Marie Archer of Archer and...
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Success Assets&Attributes: Companies from 2015-05-11T21:39:04
This week Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy are hosting part 2 of the Success Assets and Attributes show, talking about what it takes to have a successful company and what Assets keep you moving for...
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Attributes and Assets of Successful CEOs from 2015-05-04T21:50:02
This week Gillian Muessig and Anna Kennedy are talking about growth hacks for your business. We learn about the assets and attributes of successful CEOs and successful companies.
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Quotes from Successful CEOs from 2015-04-27T21:25:03
Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy have found a really great round up of motivating quotes from SUCCESSFUL start up CEO's -- and they are not always what you think. Gillian and Anne look at some CEO ...
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Rethinking Employee Motivation from 2015-04-13T21:48:55
Anne Kennedy and Gillian Muessig talk today about Rethinking Employee Motivation. During this show the discussion is based around Daniel Pink from TED Talk on Motivators and why EXTERNAL MOTIVATOR...
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Future-Proofing Your Brand from 2015-04-06T22:57:36
Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy discuss Future-Proofing Your Brand as they look at a blog postthat discusses acommon theme acrossamonga number of failing named brandsas relevance -- or rather lack...
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Key Digital Marketing Trends for 2015 from 2015-03-23T16:18:47
Anne and Gillian discuss 2015 marketing trends you cannot afford to miss from a blog post by global agency Gyro on Fortune.com, in which Business Development manager Michael Agnello compiled six bi...
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How to Conquer Your Fear of Sales from 2015-03-16T22:39:17
Gillian MuessigandAnne Kennedy discuss why sales are your friends, no matter how reticent you are about asking for them. Learn how to make sales before you can afford sales staff. Inc. Magazine and...
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Finding Your Path to Cash from 2015-03-09T23:09:12
Where do you look for early plug-and-play juggernauts that will put operating funds in your pocket so you proposer and grow? Gillian Muessig interviews Cynthia Hammersley, SalesandMarketing Strateg...
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Spend Money to Make Money from 2015-03-02T00:05:06
Spending Money to Make Money and the risk tolerance that it takes to get it done. Anne Kennedy and Gillian Muessig talk about the struggles CEOs have with this stage and how you can blast past this...
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Priorities, Process and Procrastination -- Productivity Tips from Fast Company from 2015-02-23T01:50:47
Productivity affects revenues, whether for better or worse depends on your habits, according to Fast Company's 14 Tips to Make 2015 Your Most Productive Year Yet.Productivity issues eat into revenu...
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eCommerce Building Your Brand Community from 2015-02-16T16:16:53
eCommerce Building Your Brand Community
Air date: Feb 16, 2015
Want to make more money in your eCommerce? Brand community increases the longevity and lifetime value of your customers - th...
How to Close the Deal from 2015-02-10T00:13:38
Continuing this months theme Increasing Your Revenue in 2015, Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy reveal the critical steps in closing a deal, from the top of your funnel to full conversion -- the sal...
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How to Drum Up More Business from 2015-02-03T00:17:53
Anne Kennedy and Gillian Muessig share how to drum up more business. Learn how to locate new customers, identify potential customers and call/email to work your way to the decision makers.Plus, how...
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What is it Really Like to Sell Your Company? from 2015-01-27T03:15:46
Kristin Luck of Decipher, a market research software-as-service talks about the steps her company went through to attract the right buyer and then complete the sale. What were the critical steps i...
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Logistics Solve Business Issues from 2015-01-19T07:53:20
Guest Robert Gilbreath of ShipStation discusses logistics for small companies and how entrepreneurs can solve problems and streamline operations with the right tools.
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Growth Hacking for Start-ups and Marketing from 2015-01-13T03:52:59
Guest Farrah Bostic, founder of The Difference Engine, talks about attaining, gaining and sustaining customers and why a distribution plan is critically important to your company's growth, more so ...
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Your Top 3 Critical Financial Success Factors for the New Year from 2015-01-05T23:03:09
What must you absolutely do with your companys finances to succeed in the New Year? Besides the obvious: increase revenues, of course. Gillian and Anne give you the top three to get you started. 3:...
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Seeking Out Venture Capital or Angel Investing; How Analysts Benefit Entrepreneu from 2014-12-29T19:37:54
Gillian speaks with Susan Sigl, former CEO of the Washington Technology Industry Association and co-founder/partner of SeaPoint Ventures about what you should do before you seek Venture Capital or ...
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What Does a CEO Coach Do? from 2014-12-22T23:52:57
We hear about "life coaches" and, of course sports coaches all the time. And here we are with a show called "CEO Coach". So just what does a CEO Coach do?Anne andGillian discuss the value CEO coach...
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Equipping Owners, Freaks and Weirdos Who Will Inherit the Earth from 2014-12-15T23:36:29
Chris Brogan, New York times best selling author of this year's The Freaks Shall Inherit the Earth and Just Start Here and six more books, and Founder and CEO of Owner Media Group talks with Anne a...
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Why YOUtility Marketing is Way Better than the MadMen Way from 2014-12-08T13:19:12
Anne andGillian welcome Jay Baer, author Of Youtility: Why Smart Marketing is About Help Not Hype and President of Convince andConvert, a social media firm that works with major brands to take thei...
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Breaking Out on Your Own; Running a Sole Proprietor Consultancy from 2014-12-01T01:03:43
Special guest Bill Hunt, CEO and Founder of Back-Azimuth Consulting, and best-selling author has built and sold not one or two consultancies, but FIVE, one of them twice to the same company. Listen...
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Starting a Business in India -- What Do You Need to Know? from 2014-11-25T02:10:35
Indias middle class has swelled to 350 million eager consumers with money in their pockets. If you're tempted to do business in India, here's what you must know about marketing there from Millie Kh...
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What Entrepreneurs Should Do to Stay Focused on Their Business from 2014-11-17T18:13:37
Anne and Gillian talk with Stone Temple founder and CEO Eric Enge discuss a number of areas all entrepreneurs should be aware and cover if they want to be free to build the business. The first tip...
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Save the COO - Protect the Wizard from 2014-11-10T00:25:56
Anne and Gillian discuss a looming and disturbing emerging trend (as reported by Marketplace recently) to edit COO positions out of corporate org charts, even though history shows us ALL successful...
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Forecasting with DryRun from 2014-11-03T01:35:41
Guest Blaine Bertsch of Dryrun.com explains the critical importance of tracking cash flow, and even more important, projecting future cash flows. Blaine developed DryRun after years of managing his...
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The Corporate Culture - Sales Connection from 2014-10-27T01:17:56
Gillian and Anne discuss what you need to know about how your culture affects your sales. Sales success in the age of social media and SEO is different; the tools and toys HAVE changed the game. If...
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Content Marketing, Mobile and Links - Whats New in SEO from Pubcon 2014 from 2014-10-20T19:35:44
Anne reports some interesting search marketing takeaways from her visit to PubCon 2014 in Las Vegas, that all entrpereneurs should be aware of, including:
Authorship influence down entities up...
Securities Law Update with John Myer from 2014-10-13T04:57:11
Before you raise that first round, listen to our guest Seattle securities lawyer John Myer explain how to stay clear of problems in raising capital -- crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, and raising capit...
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Tribal Speak of the Funding World, Part 1 from 2014-09-22T16:41:13
Most industries have their own set of terminology, and the tribal speak of venture capital and funding has theirs too. Even though you are heads down getting your start up off the ground, if you ar...
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From the Front: Mergers and Crowdfunding from 2014-09-15T14:30:59
Guest Alejandro Cremades CEO of Onevest and founder of Rock the Post equity crowd-funding -- now merged with OneVest -- tells us how to talk to investors, and how to develop effective strategies fo...
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How to Prepare for an Analysts Briefing from 2014-09-08T15:02:18
Guest Rebecca Lieb of Altimeter explains what analysts do and how they can be of benefit to entrepreneurs. Most importantly, she details what every start up needs to know about preparing for that a...
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Life inside a Tech Incubator from 2014-08-25T17:35:44
Tech incubators have served as launch platforms for many startups. Guest Gene Ehrbar directs on at ISITE DEsign on Portland, Oregon. He explains how the incubator environment serves entrepreneurs a...
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Security Issues for Start Ups from 2014-08-18T16:21:09
Just when you thought it was safe to launch, our guest expert Raj Shah of Palo Alto Networks explains how to protect your company and your IP, including some tips you may find surprising.
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Transparency and Optimizing Communication from 2014-08-11T16:56
Communicating your companys information the right way is critical to efficiency and effectiveness. Gillian and Anne lay out a plan for what to communicate andhow for maximum performance.
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What Every Start-up CEO Should Know About Investing from 2014-08-04T16:17:27
Marie Moore of Moore Group at Morgan Stanley in Dallas tells us what everyone starting a company needs to know about investing . . . and you don't need to wait for the Big Cash Out. In fact, you ne...
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Forget Personas - Market to Real People and Build Brand Communities from 2014-07-28T17:20:17
Gillian and Anne discuss how critical it is to market to real people, not just personas. What ways must you find to engage your customers where they are to build your brand community, your essentia...
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How Employee Accountability Drives Corporate Performance from 2014-07-21T16:20:44
Greg Bustin joins Anne and Gillian to talk about his book Accountability, the Key to Driving a High Performance Culture. Greg talks about the research in his book and his tips for raising accountab...
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IT Project Management and How to Hold Your Team Accountable from 2014-07-14T16:23:36
Anne and Gillian discuss IT project management, in particular how to manage development projects and maintain forward progress and your sanity. Learn project management tips from those who have bee...
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Forget your Crystal Ball, Listen to a Futurist from 2014-07-07T22:38:45
Gillian and Anne talk with Meridith Fishkin, a futurist consultant who predicted, among other trends the bebe craze for French fashion, Japanese anime adoption in the US, and the steam punk art mov...
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Building a Successful Hispanic-Focused Media Company in the US… As a Woman from 2014-06-30T07:00
Anne and Gillian chat with Martha de la Torre, founder and CEO of EC Hispanic Media about launching successful publications for a fast-growing minority market and being a Reluctant Entrepreneur. He...
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How to Use Google+ to Win Friends and Influence Buyers with Ben Fisher from 2014-06-23T04:38:52
Gillian and Anne talk to Ben Fisher about the best ways to make the most of Google Plus for you business. Fisher runs SteadyDemand.com, a Google Plus Band Management consultant. Take His 30-day cha...
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Metrics That Matter for Clear Vision and Intelligent Decisions from 2014-06-16T00:17:46
What metrics must you absolutely track to determine if you are on the right path to success? Gillian and Anne discuss what to track, how to track it, and most importantly what to do with the data y...
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Investability Quotient: Whats Yours and How to Get One from 2014-06-02T21:12:56
A different kind of IQ has been funding buzz of late. Just what is an Investability Quotient and how do you find yours? Gillian and Anne discuss the elements that go into this calculation and how y...
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What to Expect When Youre Starting Up from 2014-05-19T23:53:50
While starting a company isnt exactly like having a baby, it helps in both cases to be prepared for what to expect as you step out into brave new territory. Gillian and Anne discuss the main such e...
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Doing Business in Catalonia, or Anywhere Else Overseas from 2014-05-12T21:23:45
Gillian chats with Anselm Bossacoma, a government official in Catalonia, about what resources host governments make available to help you set up businesses in their countries. Hear how to navigate ...
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The View from Success: How to Build Around a Niche Tech Product from 2014-05-05T00:47:34
Anne talks with Matt Roberts, founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Linkdex about building a company around an enterprise SAAS for digital marketing. Matt discusses the factors that helped Linkdex ...
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Myth-busting Global SEO: 5 Things You Must Know How to Do from 2014-04-28T20:41:20
Gillian andAnnediscuss the basics of multi-language multi-country web sites and SEO, and busting a few myths along the way. Expanding your market overseas? You need to hear this, based onAnnes book...
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What You Must Know About Accounting Before You Launch Your Startup from 2014-04-21T23:10:35
CPA Jeff Mock of CPA Consulting explain to Gillian and Anne key accounting basics every founder should know before launching a startup. How much do you need to spend to set up your books for growin...
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Insurance 101 for StartUps from 2014-04-14T17:09:24
Talking Insurance 101 for StartUps as Gillian and Anne discussAdvanced Insurance Issues for Startups with Jim Holm, President and CEO of EnhancedInsurance.com
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Personal Branding for Entrepreneurs from 2014-04-08T12:58:22
Anne asks Gillian about her experience inPersonal branding for early stage startup CEOs. Gillian recalls her work at Moz onbuilding personal and corporate brands. She also sharesthe drawbacks to bu...
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Building Consortiums to Grow Your Company from 2014-03-31T13:38:07
Building consortiums to grow your company as Anne and Gillian discuss how to leverage partners to expanded your access to more business or resources. How do you find the right partners, and what ma...
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Before You Seek Venture Capital or Angel Investing from 2014-03-24T22:44:29
Before You Seek Venture Capital or Angel Investing, listen as Gillian speaks withSusan Sigl, former CEO of the Washington Technology Industry Association and co-founder/partner of SeaPoint Ventures.
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Planned Spontaneity: Chaos to Order and Complexity to Clarity from 2014-03-17T15:49:15
Planned Spontaneity: Chaos to Order and Complexity to Clarity asMarisa Smith, the Founder and CEO of TheWhole Brain Group,shares how to integrate an operating system to scale your consultancy.
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Building an Inbound Marketing Consultancy with Michael Reynolds from 2014-03-03T07:30
Building an Inbound Marketing Consultancy with Michael Reynolds, an 18 year consultancy in Indianapolis shares his tips for managing a fast growing company. Gillian and Anne join us on location at...
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10 Things to Do to Avoid Making Stupid Stress-Related Mistakes from 2014-02-24T15:04:31
Gillian and Anne discuss10 Things to Do to Avoid Making Stupid Stress-Related Mistakes. Theyadd their own tips for entrepreneurs and explain why stress leads to other issues which lead to notorious...
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Early Stage Cash Flow Management from 2014-02-17T15:40:18
Early Stage Cash Flow Management. Managing income AND outflow will smooth our your cash-flow in the tough early days of startup. Get ideas for how to package and sell products and services, as well...
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Frictionless Growth with Michael Weissman from 2014-02-11T01:49
Frictionless growth with master startup entrepreneur Michael Weissman, CEO of Synqy.com,a leading Internet marketing technology that adds deep interactivity and engagement to digital images.
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Find Your Target Market: Don't Wait for Them to Find You! from 2014-02-03T14:57:43
Find Your Target Market: Don't Wait for Them to Find You!Who are the most likely people to by your product? Gillian and Anne discuss how you shouldID your initial buyers and future buyers?Where do ...
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Litmus Test for your Startup Ideas from 2014-01-27T17:09:54
Litmus Test for your Startup Ideas asGillian and Anne ask questions you should be asking before you spend time and money building out a startup idea.
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Accounting and Bookkeeping Best Practices; Knowing What You Know and Whom You Should Hire When You Dont Know from 2014-01-13T16:03:58
Discussing Accounting and Bookkeeping Best Practices asGillian and Anne discusses why you should hire employees because of the need of people based on Knowing What You Know or Dont Know. They also ...
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Start Your Company Off to a Good New Year Start: Execute, Evaluate, and Energize from 2014-01-06T20:26:02
Start Your Company Off to a Good New Year Start: Execute, Evaluate, and Energize. Gillian offers some New Years entrepreneurial takeaways alongside new co-host Anne Kennedy.
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Tribal Speak of The Funding World – Part 2 from 2014-01-06T07:00
Indeed, the lingo of start-up funding is so extensive that we couldnt fit it into just one episode. Gillian and Anne continue with more real funding world terms every start up CEO needs to know. Vo...
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Packaging Products and Services for Target Markets from 2013-12-23T16:10:48
Packaging Products and Services for Target Markets as Gilliantalks about looking at IP, products and services from the customer-value viewpoint. This one is for the wizards who have trouble seeing ...
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Business Metrics: Tracking Data That Matters from 2013-12-16T23:46:22
Business Metrics: Tracking data that matters as Gillian tells us what to track and what to trash so you can betterlearn the importance ofdataand how to use it.
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Components and Uses of a Good Executive Summary from 2013-12-02T16:35:25
Talking about the Components and Uses of a Good Executive Summary as Gillian lays out what you should include, plus how you can make sure you understand how anexecutive summary is used to sell, not...
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Bootstrapping Ideas - How to Get Your Startup off the Ground Without Funding from 2013-11-25T18:32:08
Bootstrapping Ideas - How to Get Your Startup off the Ground Without Funding. Gillian offers way to help you start your business without going after an angel investor or venture capital.
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What Entrepreneurs Needs to Know Before They Make That First Exit from 2013-11-12T01:44:14
What Entrepreneurs Needs to Know Before They Make That First Exit as Gillian speaks Todd Butson, Financial Advisor, Senior Investment Management Consultant at Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Manageme...
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Best Time Saving Tips for Startup Entrepreneurs from 2013-11-04T14:27:06
Sharing the Best Time Saving Tips for Startup Entrepreneurs as Gillian , for being efficient and for getting the most out of your day. She shares tips on finance, your calendar, booking appointment...
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Startup Trends How Does Your Startup Fit Into The Changing Landscape? from 2013-10-29T00:24:16
Startup trends how does your startup fit into the changing landscape? Beyond Disruptive technologies and Innovative Companies, what questions should you ask regarding your startup.
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Founding Your Company - When, With Whom, and How to Fund It from 2013-10-21T17:49:28
Founding Your Company - When, With Whom, and How to Fund It. Gillian refers to Noam Wassermans book on things to think about BEFORE you start your company entitled The Founders Dilemmas: Anticipati...
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Women in Startup Entrepreneurship and in the C Suite of Growing Companies from 2013-10-14T23:47:07
Women in Startup Entrepreneurship and in the C Suite of Growing Companies as Gilian discusses how more and more women set out on the journey to become successful founders and CEOs of their own comp...
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Connection Between Corporate Culture and Work Environment from 2013-10-07T17:24:15
Connection Between Corporate Culture and Work Environment as Gillian discusses what makes a great working environment. She also discusses how the work environment affects the structure of an organ...
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How To Close a Deal for a Services Business from 2013-09-23T16:22:52
How To Close a Deal for a Services Business. Taking you through a LIVE pitch as Gillian and Nina are back for another installment of Keeping it Real.
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University Degree or Whats Best for You, Your kids, Entrepreneurs and Startup Employees. from 2013-09-16T14:46:35
University Degree or Whats Best for You, Your kids, Entrepreneurs and Startup Employees. Gillian helps us understand the educational levels needed involving all parties with the help of guest host ...
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Building a Brand for Your Business from 2013-09-09T14:02:48
Building a Brand for Your Business as Gilian explains how small businesses as they enter the marketplace, and now it is more important than ever to set your business apart.
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Getting Executive Summaries, Pitch Decks and Business Plans Right from 2013-08-26T15:40:49
Getting Executive Summaries, Pitch Decks and Business Plans Right. Gillian explains how to make a great first impression by getting Executive Summaries, Pitch Decks and Business Plans done right.
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Pivoting, Innovating and Bringing Your Team Along With You from 2013-08-19T15:47:03
Pivoting, Innovating and Bringing Your Team Along With You. Gillian offers some takeaways on When It Is Time To Pivot and Why Some Startups Must Pivot to Succeed.
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Board of Advisors: How to Find Them, Leverage Them and Compensate Them from 2013-08-12T17:22:20
Board of Advisors: How to Find Them, LeverageThem and Compensate Them. Gillian gives you the basics on How to set up a board of advisors to help you run your business.
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Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) To Track - Whats Important and Whats Not from 2013-08-05T16:34:03
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) To Track - Whats Important and Whats Not. Gillian explains what to track so your company will be able to make adjustments to various strategies and budgets.
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Maintaining Startup Culture With a Fast Growing Company from 2013-07-29T13:34:39
Maintaining Startup Culture With a Fast Growing Company as Steve Gandara of Excellent Cultures talks about maintaining your startup culture as your company grows at breakneck speed.
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Hiring your First C-Suite; When and How to Hire Your Staff of Corporate Level Executives from 2013-07-22T15:00:38
Hiring your First C-Suite; When and How to Hire Your Staff of Corporate Level Executives. Gillian welcomes International Search Strategist and Author Anne Kennedy. Anne explains how trust and timin...
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Personal Branding for Startup Entrepreneurs. How to Build Trust with Angels and VCs from 2013-07-08T13:32:46
Personal Branding for Startup Entrepreneurs. How to build trust with Angels and VCs? Gillian discusses why you should have your personal branding set before your company does. Learn how to get to p...
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Starting a Startup in Spain? from 2013-07-01T23:41:10
Gillian speaks with Luz Ferndez del Rey, Business Services Manager at Tecnocampus MatarMaresme about the possibility for startups to start new their business in Spain just outside of Barcelona at T...
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Formulating Mission, Vision, and Core Values For Your Startup from 2013-06-24T17:35:47
Formulating Mission, Vision, and Core Values for your Startup as Gillian breaks down what you should do as a Startup to create your company mission statement, the big picture your company plans to ...
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Helping Physically Challenged/Disabled Travelers from 2013-06-17T11:46:45
Gillian speaks with Brett Heising, the Founder/CEO of Brett Approved, a travel website dedicated to helping physically challenged/disabled travelers make informed travel-related decisions.
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How to Get Your First 100 Customers; Low and No-Cost Marketing Ideas for Super Early Stage Startups from 2013-05-20T18:25:12
How to Get Your First 100 Customers. Gillian offers some tips on using Low and No-Cost Marketing Ideas for Super Early Stage Startups.
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Guerilla Marketing for Early Stage Startups from 2013-05-13T07:00
Guerilla Marketing for Early Stage Startups as Gillian discusses ways early stage, web-based businesses can move the needle without spending a fortune.
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Best Practices for Building Co-Working Space from 2013-05-06T17:30:04
Discussing best practices for building a co-working space as Gillian speaks with Brian Howe and Jacob Colker, the founders of the Hub in Seattle. The Hub promotes itself for Supporting imagination ...
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Women in Entrepreneurship from 2013-04-29T19:19:04
Women in Entrepreneurship as Gillian takes a thoughtful look at issues distinct to being a woman entrepreneur, who are at the helm of increasing numbers of U.S. businesses.
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Managing Your Schedule as a Startup CEO from 2013-04-15T22:23:49
Managing Your Schedule as a Startup CEO is a matter of managing time and resources. Gillian offers some tips and takes from her vast CEO experience to offer some sage advice.
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Tips for Entrepreneurs on Surviving Tax Season from 2013-04-08T20:56:01
Tips for Entrepreneurs on Surviving Tax Season as Gillian discusses how to deal with taxes, assess financials and learn the best ways to manage to get through every tax season.
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Serial Entrepreneurship and Finding Balance from 2013-04-01T17:18:10
Talking Serial Entrepreneurship and Finding Balance as Gillian speaks with Lennart Svandberg of Leadsius.Com and founder of the IMC conference series. Lennart takes us how he has transitioned from ...
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What Entrepreneurs Should Look for in an Attorney from 2013-03-25T16:30:10
Learn What Entrepreneurs Should Look for in an Attorney as Outsourced General Counsel and Seed Stage Attorney to Startups Tolis Dimopoulos, the founder and managing attorney of Sophos Law, offers s...
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Looking into Conscious Company Incubators from 2013-03-18T19:46:56
Looking into Conscious Company Incubators, which strives to be environmentally conscious, energy conscious, health conscious, conscious of sustainability, of community, and even conscious of consum...
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Entrepreneurship of Necessity from 2013-03-11T20:33:48
Cindy Todd, CEO of Snohomish Soap talks to Gillian about Entrepreneurship of Necessity... and building a global social enterprise from it.
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Telecommuting While Maintaining a Thriving Business from 2013-03-05T17:24:30
Telecommuting While Maintaining a Thriving Business as Gillian and Nina speak with Brandy Shapiro-Babin, the President and Co-founder of WebmasterRadio.FM. She shares her story on how she broke out...
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Angel Fund Deal Flow and The Companies That Get Funded from 2013-02-25T23:20:03
Angel Fund Deal Flow and The Companies That Get Funded with Kate DesRosier, a former Angel Fund Deal Flow Manager, who is currently head of Operations for the Dealflow Manager at ZINO Society. Kate...
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Trends to Finding Your Entrepreneurial Ideas and How to Validate Them from 2013-02-18T20:04:57
Looking at trends to find your entrepreneurial idea or validate the one you have. Gillian offers her expertise and makes some recommendations so that may discover Your Next Revolutionary Business I...
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Making Your Business More FUND-able from 2013-02-11T20:07:52
Making your business more FUND-able. Gillian offers ways to give your startup business some traction and fundability to investors and overall making your business investor friendly.
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Startups: How to think about Emerging Market Opportunities from 2013-02-04T21:49:37
Startups: How to think about Emerging Market Opportunities. Nina Price joins Gillian to talk about the lessons learned about how entrepreneurs should think about emerging markets. Gillian returns ...
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Using Feng Shui For Business With Linda Lenore from 2013-01-29T18:51
Using Feng Shui For Business as Nina speaks with Interior Designer and Environmental Consultant Linda Lenore. Linda explains how learning Feng Shui principles can increase your profits through addi...
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Preventing Flu Season From Affecting Business from 2013-01-22T01:37:27
Preventing Flu Season From Affecting Business, Nina explains how to avoid the flu from halting your companys success. She explains how remedies like accunpuncture and Chinese medicine can help keep...
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January is National Get Organized Month from 2013-01-15T01:43:54
January is National Get Organized Month. Learn how to get your business organized for success with guest host Nina Price.
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What It Takes to Retain Senior Level Experienced Employees from 2013-01-01T03:56:16
Learn what it takes to retain senior level experienced employees as Gillian features another Keeping it real segment with Nina Price. Nina shares best practices for retaining older and experienced ...
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Best Practices for Hiring, Building, and Mentoring a Successful Sales Force from 2012-12-26T18:45:52
Best Practices for Hiring, Building, and Mentoring a Successful Sales Force as Gillian speaks with Geoffrey Muessig, EVP/Chief Marketing Officer for Pitt Ohio Express, a transportation solutions pr...
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Keeping it Real: Managing End of Year Work/Family Obligations from 2012-12-17T23:09:20
Keeping it real as Gillian welcomes back Nina Price to discuss managing end of year work/family obligations. They discuss whats critical, whats not in business and personal schedule and prioritizin...
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New Funding Options for Entrepreneurs with Russell Gould from 2012-12-10T21:46:54
Entrepreneur funding options stem from unlikely places as we learn with Russell Gould from Wonga, a British digital finance company offering short term loans to consumers and now businesses which o...
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Resources to Help Kickstart Your Startup from 2012-12-03T21:53:50
Gillian presents some Resources to Help Kickstart Your Startup consisiting of free tools, class syllabi, presentations, books, lectures, videos based on some articles featured on VentureBeat, the E...
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Business Intelligence with Jonathan Saunders from 2012-11-26T22:25:08
Talking Business Intelligence and How to leverage technology and best practices to deliver management insight from enterprise applications and data with the COO of WasteWeb, UK Entrepreneur Jonatha...
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Top 10 Tech Trends for 2013 from 2012-11-19T21:57:42
Top 10 Tech Trends for 2013: from mobile to big data, what CEOs need to keep an eye on. Gillian takes us through an article published by Forbes on the subject based on findings from the Gartner Group.
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Content Marketing Strategies With a New Media Approach To Bring In New Customers from 2012-11-12T23:08:54
Content Marketing Strategies with a New Media Approach To Bring In New Customers as Gillian interviews New Media Consultant/Peabody Award Winning Network News TV Reporter Robert Riggs.
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8 Signs You’ve Found Your Life’s Work from 2012-11-05T17:35:20
8 Signs You've Found Your Life's Work? Gillian follows up from her How to know if you're an entrepreneur discussion last episode by referring to a very informative Fast Company article.
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How to Know if You Are an Entrepreneur from 2012-10-29T21:48:57
How to Know if You Are an Entrepreneur. Have you ever wondered if you have what it takes to start a business? Are you really living the entrepreneurial life? Gillian offers a few ways to know for s...
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Welcome to the Incubator. What Do You Do First? from 2012-10-22T22:01:27
Welcome to the Incubator. What Do You Do First? From getting the most out of networking, and avoiding the distractions, Gillian offers some insight so that you are prepared to know what to start d...
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What To Look For as an Entrepreneur in an Incubator from 2012-10-16T03:30:45
What To Look For as an Entrepreneur in an Incubator as Gillian references a TechCrunch article entitled 90 Percent Of Incubators And Accelerators Will Fail And Thats Just Fine For America And The W...
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Seasonal Affective Disorder from 2012-10-08T20:14:34
Gillian and Nina discuss Seasonal Affective Disorder and the change of the seasons. How it affects CEOs, their teams, and what to do about it. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a kind of depress...
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Getting Your Financial Books in Order from 2012-10-01T22:43:23
Gillian discusses getting your financial books in an organized manner for the end of 2012. She explains how doing this answers the questions Are you making money, or losing it, and how much? Is you...
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Making Your Idea The Next Big Thing from 2012-09-24T20:46:43
The next big thing: the ideas that are being funded today. How does YOUR big idea fit in? Gillian discusses ways to Making Your Idea The Next Big Thing.
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Early Stage Startup Fund Raising from 2012-09-17T19:49:54
Early stage startup fund raising. From startup weekends to entrepreneurial contests, the criteria is different. Gillian introduces us to some valuable information on how whom you may be able to rea...
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Understanding Dividends and Other Investment Appreciation Strategie from 2012-09-03T17:26:25
Understanding Dividends and other investment appreciation strategies for business and personal investment with John Corby of Boston Private Bank.
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How Startups Can Leverage Online Communities from 2012-08-27T20:55:10
Gillian discusses how startups can leverage online communities to promote their new businesses and products and build mindshare and marketshare in advance of funding.
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Focusing on the CEO Himself and Herself from 2012-08-20T21:47:08
Gillian welcomes back Nina Price to look back on the first 100 episodes of CEO Coach and focus on the CEO him or herself. They discuss the risks that CEO must over overcome to achieve in their space.
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First-Time Startup Entrepreneurs Need to Get Things Done from 2012-08-13T18:27:40
First-Time Startup Entrepreneurs Need to Get Things Done. Gillian refers to a TechCrunch article where a write discusses how he calls out all entrepreneurs that have began working on a startup to s...
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How to Blow Up a Start Up from 2012-08-06T18:06:31
How to Blow Up a Start Up - The Biggest Financing Pitfall for Entrepreneurs is a Forbes article that Gillian refers to on this episode. Gillian discusses some of the sections stated in the article ...
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Education for Tech Sectors from 2012-07-30T22:49:31
Education for Tech Sectors with the Dean of Continuing Education at Bellevue College Janis Machala. She shows us how she uses her blend of experience to advance entrepreneurship by working with tec...
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Startup Ideas and Disruptive Technologies from 2012-07-23T19:24:21
Is your startup idea going to make it big? Check it against characteristics of big winners. Gillian explains disruptive technologies and whether or not your idea is your ticket to the billion dolla...
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Where to Start: From Startup Weekend to Funding Online from 2012-07-16T18:33:05
Where to Start: From Startup Weekend to funding online, Gillian shares with listeners some resources to begin your entrepreneurial journey.
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Issues of Legacy; Pursuing Your Next Business Venture from 2012-07-09T22:03:56
Issues of Legacy as Gillian examines and discusses the value of your exit from of a business you have founded and how you transition to your next business venture.
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Startup Technology from 2012-07-02T18:00:52
Learn about Startup Technology and what every business person needs to know about technology in their startup, as Gillian speaks with ith Nelly Yusupova, CTO Webgrrls.com.
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US Jobs Act and Startup Investments from 2012-06-26T15:38:54
US Jobs act and startup investments, learn what you should know as Gillian speaks with Seattle based attorney John Myer.
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Investing Tactics with John Corby from 2012-06-19T17:14:48
Investing tactics with John Corby of Boston Private Bank. Learn what to think about when you finally have some liquidity or money in the bank.
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International Management Development from 2012-06-11T17:55:52
Talking International Management Development with Arthine Cossey van Duyne, the Vice Consul, Creative Media and Entertainment with the British Consulate in San Francisco.
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Everything You Wanted to Know About Stock Options from 2012-06-04T22:03:15
Everything you wanted to know about stock options, but no one would tell you as Gillian speaks with Peter Weiss, President of American Outlook.
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CEO Financial Issues from 2012-05-07T23:12:52
Financial Issues: What should CEO's think about before they are ready to sell or take a partial exit from their company? John Corby of Boston Private Bank frames the questions you should ask yourself.
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What CEOs Need to Know About Domains from 2012-04-30T18:50:09
What CEOs Need to Know About Domains as Gillian interviews the Compliance Director at ICM Registry LLC and host of WebmasterRadio.FM series Domain Masters, Victor Pitts. They discuss best practices...
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Spring Cleaning for Entrepreneurs from 2012-04-23T22:41:57
Gillian shares with us her tips for Spring Cleaning for Entrepreneurs: The Secrets of Super-Productivity.
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Services for Global Enterpreneurs from 2012-04-16T17:33:02
Gillian speaks with Susan Sigl, CEO of Washington Technology Industry Association on services for enterpreneurs in the US and around the globe.
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Segmenting Intellectual Property into 3D Matrices from 2012-04-09T19:35:37
Segmenting intellectual property into 3D matrices as Gillian speaks with Aaron Kahlow, CEO of Online Marketing Institute.
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Secrets to a Successful Transition from 2012-04-02T21:35:05
Secrets to a Successful Transition as we learn secrets to successful transition as Gillian interviews Suzanne McDonald, Chief Content Strategist at Designated Editor, a sole proprietor who left cor...
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Managing The Message In and Out of The Office. from 2012-03-27T02:08:51
Managing the message inside and out of your office. Gillian explains this concept and offers her expertise.
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The Concept of Picking Up Pennies from 2012-03-19T17:47:18
Gillian discusses The Concept of Picking Up Pennies, or in other words those projects or ideas that you come up with that you choose to do or not do, and if it is worth doing it.
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Keeping Focused on Business from 2012-03-12T17:49:45
Keeping Focused on your Business as Gillian shows listeners ways for keeping you head above water and staying focused on your goals during hard times.
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Great Ideas for Building Startups in 2012 from 2012-03-06T01:58:14
Great Ideas for Building Startups in 2012 as Gillian offers some expert advice on what it actually takes to build a successful startup.
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Top 10 Starter List for Entrepreneurs from 2012-02-28T02:26:11
Gillian runs down a Top 10 Starter List for Entrepreneurs to help you discover the markets, opportunities and trends to help meet and exceed your goals.
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What is She (The Female Entrepreneur) Thinking? from 2012-02-14T00:19:16
What is She thinking? Gillian explains why women entrepreneurs still deal with more non-business issues than men.
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Lessons from Venture Capitalists from 2012-01-30T21:03:56
Lessons from Venture Capitalists: What do we want to see in a CEO before we fund? Gillian runs down a checklist of what VCs are looking for from you.
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The Mindset of a Successful CEO from 2012-01-23T22:59:43
Examining The Mindset of a Successful CEO as Gillian takes a look at the attributes of those who succeed at building their ideas into profitable companies.
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Internet Marketing in India from 2012-01-16T22:18:41
Gillian learns about Internet Marketing in India with several SEO and PPC entrepreneurs on location from Ahmedabad, India.
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From Making The Pitch to Closing the Deal from 2012-01-09T19:10:50
From making the pitch to closing the deal, Gillian takes a look inside the sales process. She also discusses best practices for engaging with current and potential clients.
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Self Funded Growth from 2012-01-03T01:44:50
Self funded growth and how to grow revenue without a marketing budget. as Gillian interviews with the co-founder and President of Slingshot SEO, Kevin Bailey.
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What Women Entrepreneurs Want to Know from 2011-12-20T04:09:43
What Women Entrepreneurs Want to Know: Is entrepreneurship a different experience for women than it is for men?
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Early Day Company Development from 2011-12-12T21:53:18
Early Day Company Development With Jeremy Dearringer from Slingshot SEO. Jeremy takes us through the company beginnings, challenges and their expansion to enterprise growth.
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Bringing a Company to the Next Level from 2011-12-05T23:53:29
Bringing a Company to the Next Level as Gillian has a conversation with Jay Love, CEO Slingshot SEO, a SEO agency that helps customers increase sales through various Web search strategies that is l...
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Finding time to be the CEO from 2011-11-22T00:12:22
Finding time to be the CEO. Gillian lays out ways of prioritizing workday tasks and some ideas for being more effiicient. She provides some tools for effective CEO Time Management.
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Generic Top Level Domains from 2011-11-07T20:54:44
New gTLDs. The online entrepreneurial playing field is shifting.... again. Gillian breaks down Learn about the new TLDs or Top Level Domains, the costs, and the ramifications for your business.
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Building, Repairing and Protecting Personal and Corporate Credit from 2011-10-24T19:11:01
Gillian discusses building, repairing and protecting personal and corporate credit with Miriam Joy, CEO of Blobes.com.
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International Tax Issues from 2011-10-17T19:59:55
International tax issues: If you a're going to expand outside your country, you are going to need some help. Gillian brings us that help with Michael Clarke, CFO of Virtual Subsidiary.
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Managing Credit and Financing for Early Startups from 2011-10-10T21:52:34
Gillian discusses Managing Credit and Financing for Early Startups with the Business Development Manager at VIOVI dba Obiolla Corporation, Miriam Joy Hemmons.
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Systems and Processes To Manage Your Growing Needs from 2011-10-03T20:16:30
Gillian shares her insight on what you can do to manage fast paced growth from a small team to inter-department communications. How to create accountability, and urgency while maintaining control ...
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Creative Ways to Get Help When You Desperately Need It But Can’t Afford It from 2011-09-26T22:52:15
Creative Ways to Get Help When You Desperately Need It But Can’t Afford It. Gillian offers us some staffing solutions as she broadcasts on location from the Wappow Search and Social Conference in H...
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Scaling a Technology-Consulting Hybrid Company from 2011-09-19T17:46:26
Scaling a technology-consulting hybrid company with Eddie Coleman, CEO Reputation Accelator. They cover pricing, cost allocation and growth investment.
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Employee Terminations from 2011-09-12T23:28:48
How to Fire and/or Let a Team Member Go: Parting ways well builds current and future value for your company. Understand how to do it well.
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How To Get Your Clients To Tell You What They Want from 2011-08-29T21:42:11
How to get your clients to tell you what they want to buy and how much they want to pay for it. Gillian shares her process for getting info out of Moz' key clients and how it helps grow the company.
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How to Fund an International Expansion from 2011-08-22T21:09:09
How to fund an International expansion with Rob Oliphant of Virtual Subsidiary Capital or v-sub.com, whose company offers services services that offers clients and partners focus on core competenci...
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Living Up To Reputation Marketing from 2011-08-15T21:49:07
Gillian talks about Reputation Marketing: Give your company a reputation to live up to... then advertise it. With Eddie Coleman, CEO of Reputation Accelerator.
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Company Exit Strategy from 2011-08-08T16:26:43
Never start a business without knowing your exit. Gillian takes us through finding additional value in consultancies and understanding multiples in sale prices of companies.
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When It Is Time to Go International from 2011-08-01T21:40:30
Signals to watch for and factors to consider when deciding whether it's time to go International' as Gillian gathers some international knowledge with Rob Oliphant of V-sub.com.
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Understanding the Strategy and Tactics of Building a Community Around Your Brand from 2011-07-25T23:19:44
Gillian gives her top strategies for developing community from the ground up or improving on what may already be there. From the small start up, to mid-market.
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What happens AFTER you make an Angel Pitch from 2011-07-11T22:40:24
Gillian talks about what happens AFTER you make an Angel Pitch with Bryan Brewer, CEO Business Plans NW.
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The Anatomy of a Business Plan from 2011-06-27T23:09:24
Bryan Brewer, Founder & CEO of Business Plans NW, talks with Gillian about the necessary components of any potential business plan.
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International Business Issues from 2011-06-13T16:31:54
Gillian discusses International Business Issues, and the costs and process of setting up an international sales or marketing office, with Robert Oliphant, CEO of v-sub.com.
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The Top 10 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make When Seeking Angel Investment from 2011-06-06T22:10:09
Gillian discusses The Top 10 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make When Seeking Angel Investment with Bryan Brewer, CEO of BizPlansNW.com
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From a Blog To a Business from 2011-05-23T17:06:06
Gillian takes us through the path of building a solid business using the Freemium Model as with Roy Weissman of BuildMySiteForFree.com.
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Service Providers in the Start Up World from 2011-05-16T18:51:19
Service Providers in the Start Up World, Are They Worth The Money? Also, Gillian tells us how to build a deck for presenting to Angel Investors - slide by slide instructions: what to include, what ...
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Overcoming Hurdles to Build Your Company from 2011-05-09T18:10:34
No Excuses! Overcoming hurdles to build your company: Interview with an amazing micro startup CEO, Paridon Williams, the author of 50 Ways to Help Another.
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Interview With a Start Up from 2011-05-02T21:21:43
Gillian speaks with Jonathan Martin, CEO of CoolBlueLogo. What to charge, how to sell, when to get an office. Hear how a consultancy gets off the ground.
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What VCs and Angels Say When You Leave the Room from 2011-04-25T18:17:20
What Angels Say When You Leave the Room. How to put a deck together, so Angels are more likely to invest in your company.
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Top 10 Things Venture Capitalists Want to Hear from 2011-04-18T18:18:08
What are the Top 10 things Angels and Venture Capitalists want to hear from you and in your pitch. Gillian discusses those and offers tips on your approach, appearance and expectations.
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Getting Funding In The EU from 2011-04-11T18:20:56
Funding! The CEO Coach finds over USD $100k in funding opportunities for startups and existing SMEs in the EU. Theo Lynn, Director of the Link Research Center at Dublin City University and Director...
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The Difference between Good Entrepreneurs and Good Managers from 2011-04-04T20:59:03
What exactly is the difference between a good entrepreneur and a good manager? Is it as simple as having a goal? Or is it the way you approach the end goal? Gillian and Nina break down and discus...
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Innovative List Building Tactics from 2011-03-28T22:51
Discover Innovative List Building Tactics by way of Facebook, LinkedIn, and other vertical market social media sites. We also explore the forums and places where people in your business hang out, ...
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Getting Mentally and Physically Prepared for This Kind of Work from 2011-03-21T20:21:06
Gillian talks with Nina Price about the facts, myths, and tips about the connection between being physically and mentally prepared for business. Whether needing a coach or not, or even if being sic...
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Entrepreneurial Startups from 2011-03-14T19:08:47
Talking Entrepreneurial Startups with Ben Fisher, the VP of Marketing and Business Development with imSMB, which specializes in SMB Small Business Web hosting, WebSite Design and more.
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Virtual CFOs from 2011-02-21T21:43:22
Virtual CFOs provide the services of a Chief Financial Officer when, and only when you need them. Guest Earl Bell, Managing Director of vCFO explains this new adaptation to an old concept.
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Using a Virtual Assistant from 2011-02-15T02:53:07
Gillian discusses Using a Virtual Assistant with guests Stephan Spencer and Renee Nielsen. They discuss when to get one, how to know when you need one (will they make you more money if you have one...
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Inspirations from Super Bowl Commercials from 2011-02-08T04:01:37
Inspirations from Super Bowl Commercials lead into a discussion over whether small business owners take ideas to replicate business models based on the dotCom companies that market themselves by wa...
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Hiring Older Employees in a Younger Company from 2011-02-01T03:49:12
Talking about the issue of hiring older employees in a younger company. Are you comfortable hiring someone older than you? Canyou supervise older folks as well as younger folks? Could you work for ...
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Offline Media, Products and Services: What Can Still Be Used Online? from 2011-01-24T19:27:10
Offline traditional media, products and services and how they have gone online. Gillian and Nina look into analyzing what can be utilized online for better exposure out of its traditional state.
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Managing Events and Conferences from 2011-01-17T22:59:45
Managing Events and Conferences with Jenn Matthews, SEO Goddess and managing partner of Wappow! She answers questions like...
How do you market for your events? How do you get sponsors? What v...
More on Creating and Optimizing Online Videos for Search, Social media, and Mobi from 2011-01-10T21:54:24
More on Creating and Optimizing online videos for search, social media, and mobile devices, as Robert tells us how he handles all the stresses and requirements of his business on a personal level.
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Online Videos for Search, Social Media, and Mobile from 2011-01-04T05:19:04
Creating and Optimizing online videos for search, social media, and mobile devices, Robert Riggs tells us how he handles all the stresses and requirements of his business on a personal level.
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Top 6 Things To Do To Set Up for Success in 2011 from 2010-12-27T17:55:48
Top 6 things to do this week to set up for success in 2011 which include: increasing your relationships every week, watching trends online, metrics analysis action , pivot and reviewing your message.
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Last Minute Marketing Tips for End of 2010 from 2010-12-20T17:58:23
Last Minute Marketing Tips for End of 2010 are revealed. Gillian offers suggestions such as utilizing Facebook Advertising, A/B Testing, Selling Value and more.
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Planning Ahead…Looking Back from 2010-12-14T04:05:04
Planning Ahead...Looking Back. Dont borrow - identify potential income streams in 2011. What worked this year? Where did you get money that you didnt expect or didnt expect was going to be quite so...
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Top 6 End Of Year Mistakes Not To Make from 2010-12-06T21:11:35
Top 6 End Of Year Mistakes Not To Make when wrapping up the books in 2010. What you really need to know about income and expenses, how to analyze the data, and how to determine what to do about it.
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Spike Your Income While Lowering Your Holiday Stress from 2010-11-22T22:24:34
Spike Your Income While Lowering Your Holiday Stress. Find out how end of the year is a great time to review and figure out what needs fixing in your work.
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7 Deadly Mistakes People Make on Facebook from 2010-11-15T19:05:38
7 Deadly Mistakes People Make on Facebook as we learn these mistakes and more from Dennis Yu, CEO of advertising/marketing firm BlitzLocal.
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One-on-One Networking Tips from 2010-11-08T23:22:07
One-on-One Networking Tips including how to identify who to network with and how to break the ice on a new conversation. Gillian and Nina talk about how to identify your target client.
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Monetize Your Own Conference Experience from 2010-11-01T23:33:11
Monetize Your Own Conference Experience by creating your own networking functions. Gillian and Nina discusses ways of creating meetups, tweetups and more by creating local and even regional network...
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Curbing your Conference Expenses from 2010-10-25T21:50:50
Curbing your Conference Expenses, plus Gillian looks beyond conference booths with ways of promoting your company at conventions with unconventional ideas.
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Starting an Affiliate Program from 2010-10-18T23:00:45
Starting an Affiliate Program? Gillian and Nina welcome Joanna Lord with the SEOmoz affiliate program who fills us in on how to create your own startup affiliate program.
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Networking 2.0 Best Practices from 2010-10-11T23:18:34
Networking 2.0 Best Practices for One on One Networking - what do you talk about? The role of the elevator pitch, how to create one that works. From setting goals for the meeting including knowing,...
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Seeking 100 Success Stories from 2010-10-04T17:38:28
Seeking 100 Success Stories, Gillian and Nina talk about life after a successful entrepreneurial experience. What to do after you move on from your first company.
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Hiring Processes from 2010-09-27T23:22:09
Hiring Processes are featured, including what kind of personalities you should look for when you are in the middle of the hiring process and how important each new hire affects the corporate cultur...
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Business Startup Basics from 2010-09-20T20:55:59
Business Startup Basics for starting your own consultancy? Gillian and Nina give us a basic checklist for folks setting out on their own for the first time. They discuss financial clarity from how ...
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Personal and Corporate Brands Comparison from 2010-09-13T20:21:26
Personal and Corporate Brands Comparison, as Gillian and Nina talk about how companies position themselves, plus how the extension of your reach changes your brand from personal to corporate.
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Hiring Factors from 2010-08-30T23:07:10
Hiring Factors - what are you looking for when you hire a team member? Gillian offers some advice on what steps you should take in the hiring process to bring in the right candidate from character ...
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Foundation Ideas for Entrepreneurship from 2010-08-23T18:44:53
Foundation Ideas for Entrepreneurship as we discover the basics of starting up your own business. She discusses how you should find a niche market and fill it, by knowing who your buyers are going ...
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Explaining Your Technology in 7 Seconds or Less from 2010-08-09T20:02:12
Explaining your technology in 7 seconds or less. Most technologists excel at 5-20 minute explanations of their exciting new technology. The world wants to know Whats in it for me? in 4-10 seconds. ...
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Overcoming Entrepreneurial Obstacles from 2010-08-02T19:46:12
Overcoming Entrepreneurial Obstacles discussion with Landing Page Optimization Expert Tim Ash,who will be a keynote speaker at Search Engine Strategies in San Francisco later this month.
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HostingCon 2010 Recap from 2010-07-26T18:16:39
HostingCon 2010 Recap as Gillian gives us an Inside Look at HostingCon 2010 by speaking with Kevin Gold, Director of Internet Marketing at iNET Interactive, and Chariman of the hosted services conf...
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Providing for Local and Global Clientele from 2010-07-19T19:32:23
Providing for Local and Global Clientele with guests Doyal Bryant, the CEO of Universal Business Listing and Lisa Maier, the CEO of LocalDirective as Gillian joins us on location from Join us at Ho...
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Managing Client Expectations from 2010-07-12T18:38:14
Managing client expectations and how to transition the perception of you from independent contractor to consultancy and corporate status in the eyes of the customer.
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Pricing Models from 2010-06-28T18:52:13
Pricing Models, from hourly consulting to productization of services, Gillian and Nina talk about how to sell your services with more profit and less effort. This broadcast covers how to create ser...
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Insurance and the Small Business from 2010-06-21T15:14
Insurance and the Small Business Discussion as Gillian and Nina welcome back insurance agent Dennis Klemmer. They discuss the finer points of Errors and Omissions claims and how they effect small b...
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Creating Lifestyle Around Business from 2010-06-14T21:27:40
Creating Lifestyle Around Business. What kind of business do you want to create? What you do daily is dependent on whether you want a lifestyle business or an international brand leader or somethin...
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Structuring Your Growing Company from 2010-06-07T23:11:28
Structuring Your Growing Company? Live, from the new SEOmozplex in Seattle, WA, SEOmom (Gillian Muessig) and Nina Price talk about how to decide what structure to use for your growing company. From...
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Corporate Culture, Skill Sets and Other Hiring Issues from 2010-05-31T17:00:17
CEO Coach, Gillian (aka SEOmom) and Nina Price, professional business and wellness coach, talk about corporate culture, hiring the right people, employees in transition, and giving up corporate lif...
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Sole Proprietor Entrepreneurship Client Management from 2010-05-24T17:39:21
Gillian offers a lesson on the process of sole proprietor entrepreneurship and the idea of firing under performing clients, determining who your best clients are, what you should charge your client...
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Continuing Education for Entrepreneurs from 2010-05-17T22:25:10
Gillian and Nina discuss continuing education for entrepreneurs. Meanwhile Gillian joins us on location from A4U Expo in Munich and she speaks with Matthew Woods, CEO of A4UExpo. He talks about why...
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Insurance for Technology Businesses from 2010-05-11T00:27:53
Dennis Klemmer is an insurance agent specializing in technology business and personal insurance issues. He discusses basic business insurance with Gillian and Nina including the necessities of slip...
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CEO Coach – The Premier Show from 2010-05-03T17:06:36
Introducing Gillian Muessig, President/Co-founder SEOmoz and Nina Price, Technology MBA, Business Coach, Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner. Guest Matthew Finlay, GM of Rising Media, produce...
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