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Find Your Fans
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- Find Your Fans
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- 11 hours ago
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- Build it and they will come? It’s not so simple. Hosts Diana Ransom and Christine Lagorio-Chafkin spoke with founders who took two totally different approaches to a core business concept: finding product-market fit. They spoke with Michelle Cordeiro Grant, founder of the sugar-free energy drink Gorgie, and Brittany and Steven Yeng, founders of the peanut butter liquor brand Skrewball whiskey, about how they identified their markets, strategies they used to get their items on shelves, and how they applied consumer feedback to adjust what they were selling.
Learn more:
Michelle Cordeiro Grant’s website (https://michellecordeirogrant.com/)
Gorgie (https://getgorgie.com/collections/the-energy-drinks)
Skrewball Whiskey (https://www.skrewballwhiskey.com/)
Inc. podcasts (https://www.inc.com/from-the-ground-up)
Episode recap and full transcript (https://www.inc.com/ar...
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- How to Build Conviction with Jett McCandless of project44
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- 1 day ago
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- From selling everything he owned to meet payroll to achieving a $2.7 billion valuation, Jett McCandless' journey with leading logistics company—project44—has been a story of grit and determination. Founded in 2014, project44 now operates the world's most trusted end-to-end visibility platform that tracks more than 1 billion shipments annually for over 1,300 of the world’s leading brands across 170+ countries. Jet shares how global supply chains could be weaponized amidst an increasingly hostile geopolitical climate, why communication, accountability, and resourcefulness are non-negotiables when it comes to hiring, and how a $120 donation changed the trajectory of his life.
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- Leveraging Your Business’ Profit, Purpose, and Power to Thrive
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- 2 days ago
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- Today’s episode comes from the Your Next Move vault and is a conversation between Lindsay Blakely and Gail Becker. Gail is the CEO and Founder of CAULIPOWER -- a food company that started with frozen pizzas with cauliflower crust.
This company, that started in Gail’s kitchen, quickly grew into a full line of vegetable-based frozen foods that can be found in Whole Foods, Walmart, and Target.
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- Cracking the TikTok Code Part 2: How We Got Here
- Date posted
- 7 days ago
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- During her time at SXSW this year, Diana Ransom sat down with Shira Lazar, video blogger, personality, and founder/host of the web series “What’s Trending,” to discuss her journey in the creator economy space. Shira also gave Diana personal tips and strategies on how to capitalize on trends, using vlogging as a creative outlet, and how to be the face of a brand through social media outlets.
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- How to Go Slow to Go Fast with Sami Inkinen of Virta Health
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
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- Growing up on a farm in Finland and training as a physicist, the path to entrepreneurship might not have been an obvious one for Sami Inkinen. But to date, he has founded two companies: Trulia, the online real estate marketplace that IPOed and eventually sold to Zillow Group in 2015, and Virta Health, the modern healthcare solution on a mission to reverse type 2 diabetes in 100 million people. If that weren’t enough, Sami is an endurance athlete who has completed seven ironmans and set a record for rowing 2,750 miles from California to Hawaii to raise awareness about the dangers of the American diet. Sami shares how a personal health scare motivated him to launch his second company, how leaders must get comfortable making decisions with the absence of perfect information, and why going slow actually allows you to go fast when building a company.
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- Creating an Effective Brand Narrative
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- 9 days ago
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- Building the right narrative about your brand can be the difference between success and failure for your business—no matter how strong a product you are offering. This episode offers detailed advice about building a successful brand narrative. It also features wisdom from the founder of Farmer’s Fridge, whose work as a traveling salesman motivated him to create a company to solve the problem of finding healthy food options while on the road.
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- When Men Lead Women Focused Brands | Inc. #womenleaders #interview #founders
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
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- Piersten Gaines, founder of Pressed Roots, shares the problem with the women's underwear industry and why it's important to have women in leadership roles.
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- What You're Missing Without Women in Leadership Roles | Inc.
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
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- From inhabiting leadership roles to thinking critically and with empathy, women's unique skillset can't be underestimated.
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- Cracking the TikTok Code
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
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- In the past couple of years, TikTok has provided a platform for budding entrepreneurs to connect with their consumers. But how effective is this method, and can it lead to a new level for success for founders? In a panel discussion for Inc.’s Founders House at SXSW, Diana Ransom posed this question to FYSH Foods founder Zoya Biglary, Hot Take co-founder Gabrielle Brulotte, and Bloom Nutrition founder and president Mari Llewellyn. They discuss the importance of putting a face on your brand, being personable for your audience, and how TikTok is an effective marketing tool-provided your approach is on target.
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- How to Raise Powerful Girls with Jes Wolfe of Rebel Girls
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
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- When Jes Wolfe was in highschool her dad and grandfather taught her how to invest. Fast forward to today, Jes contributes much of her success to that early encouragement that she belonged, and in fact, had a knack for business. After more than a decade of various finance and strategy roles, she set out on a new challenge as CEO of Rebel Girls: raise the most confident and inspired generation of girls the world has ever seen. With Jes at the helm, Rebel Girls’ mission is to reach 100 million girls by 2030. Jess shares how she navigated a new role as CEO during the height of the pandemic, why she thinks control is an illusion, and how the Rebel Girls community inspired her to disrupt the antiquated world of publishing.
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- How The Lip Bar Founder Melissa Butler Turned Rejection Into Success
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- Today’s episode comes from the Your Next Move vault and is a conversation between host Bea Dixon and guest Melissa Butler. Melissa is the CEO and Founder of The Lip Bar -- a vegan lipstick company catering directly to women of color.
In their conversation, they cover Melissa’s transition from the corporate ladder to becoming a lipstick chemist. Plus, her experiences with retail chains and direct to consumer marketing, and what it means to be focused on African American women while remaining inclusive to all.
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- Katy Perry and Morgan McLachlan are Shaking Things Up | Inc. #shorts #womeninbusiness #katyperry
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
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- Katy Perry and Morgan McLachlan founded DeSoi, a non-alcoholic apéritif brand
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- How to Bring Great Ideas to Life | Inc.
- Date posted
- 21 days ago
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- Eat the Change founder Seth Goldman prioritizes taste and ownership
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- How to Make People Feel Involved in the Business | Inc.
- Date posted
- 21 days ago
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- Eat the Change founder Seth Goldman encourages giving workers a sense of ownership
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- Can You Start a Company While Grieving? Should You?
- Date posted
- 21 days ago
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- After our conversation with the co-founders of the Sloomoo Institute, co-host Christine Lagorio-Chafkin followed up with clinical psychologist, author, and professor Tracy Dennis-Tiwary, about the concept of grief--and how to navigate it, especially when you’re extremely busy, or a founder. She explained the complex range of responses humans have to grief, and the unique ability founders might have when it comes to coping through being able to envision a transformation in the future. She also spoke about getting off the productivity-industrial complex’s “wellness hamster wheel” and instead embarking on your own journey. She shared insight into finding support systems for mental health--and establishing a healthy relationship with your co-founder.
Show notes and links:
Tracy’s company, Arcade Theraputics: https://arcadetherapeutics.com/about-us/
Dr. Tracy Dennis...
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- How to Balance Vision and Timing with Naveen Rao of MosaicML
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
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- Armed with a PhD in computational neuroscience, Naveen Rao has built not one, but two, AI companies at the forefront of his field. In 2014, he started deep learning company Nervana Systems, which was acquired by Intel. And in 2020, he started MosaicML to enable developers to maintain full control over the AI models they build. Just last year, Databricks acquired MosaicML in a $1.3 billion dollar transaction. Naveen shares his framework for evaluating an exit opportunity, how his parents' immigration to the United States shaped his perspective on risk-taking, and his insights into the plausibility of autonomous robots transcending science fiction.
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- How Katy Perry and Morgan McLachlan Cracked the Recipe for Their Buzzy Business | Inc.
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
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- The co-founders of non-alcoholic beverage brand De Soi advocate for more women in leadership roles.
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- Savvy Ways to Secure Funding
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
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- Whether you’re crowdfunding, getting a bank loan, or seeking venture capital, you need to be able to pitch yourself and your business successfully. Today's episode features some of the biggest lessons learned from the founder of clean fragrance brand MOODEAUX, who has secured funding in an incredibly challenging market.
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- Grief, Joy, and Giant Vats of Slime
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
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- Karen Robinovitz and Sara Schiller had each been through multiple traumas when they found reinvention and joy through the unlikeliest of substances: slime. Yes, slime. They explain to hosts Diana Ransom and Christine Lagorio-Chafkin how they channeled their newfound joy, and passion for sensory play, into a business, the Sloomoo Institute. Sloomoo is a growing slime-museum business with four locations that makes some 600 gallons of slime each day. This episode was recorded live on-site in SoHo, New York, at the Sloomoo Institute
Links:
Inc.com (http://inc.com/) article: www.inc.com/christine-lagorio/from-the-ground-up-sloomoo-institute-karen-robinovitz-sara-schiller-grief-as-startup-fuel.html (http://www.inc.com/christine-lagorio/from-the-ground-up-sloomoo-institute-karen-robinovitz-sara-schiller-grief-as-startup-fuel.html)
Episode transcript: www.inc.com/transcript-from-the-ground-up-podcast-sloomoo-institute-founders-ka...
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- How to Reimagine the Entrepreneur's Playbook with Melissa Bernstein of Lifelines
- Date posted
- 29 days ago
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- There are a special few founders whose contributions are so prolific that they are better known as inventors. Melissa Bernstein is one of those founders. She spent 30 years at the helm of iconic toy company, Melissa & Doug, where she designed over 5,000 innovative products for children of all ages and sold billions of dollars of toys around the world. Having been bit by the bug of a mission a second time around, she is now Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Lifelines, reinventing well-being products for adults and helping them strengthen their resilience, spark joy and creativity, and unlock their full potential. Melissa shares how you truly know when you have a breakout product, why sometimes being rebellious is the key to your go-to-market strategy, and why creativity is inextricably linked to a beginner's mindset.
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- Introducing For Starters with Alexa Von Tobel
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- After five seasons, sometimes a rebrand is in order. Join host and repeat entrepreneur Alexa Von Tobel for a new season of podcasts with a new title: What was The Founders Project is now For Starters with Alexa von Tobel.
You can expect the same deep-dive into the journey of being a founder, from future insights to "pinch me" moments to big wins.
Join us each Wednesday. New episodes start on April 3. And if you haven’t already, subscribe on your podcast platform of choice. See you there!
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- Welcome to From the Ground Up!
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Join Inc. Executive Editor Diana Ransom and Editor-at-Large Christine Lagorio-Chafkin as they host From The Ground Up, a new podcast from Inc. that features frank and unfiltered conversations—with some of the most successful founders in the world—about navigating the role of the founder, the tips and tricks entrepreneurs need to know to be successful, and the secrets that nobody really tells you before you start a business.
New episodes start April 4th, see you then!
Website: https://www.inc.com/podcasts/from-the-ground-up
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- Powering the Future - AI Bootcamp FROM INC STUDIO AND SAP
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- The impact of AI on finance departments will be huge.
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- Introducing 'Your Next Move' from Inc. Business Media and Capital One Business
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- If you are already a fan of Inc., then you might be familiar with the Your Next Move virtual event series. This podcast takes those founder to founder interviews and gives you special, extended cuts of insightful conversations with some of today’s most innovative and exciting entrepreneurs and business leaders..
This season, Your Next Move is breaking down the essential information every founder needs to know on their entrepreneurial journey. You’ll hear conversations about how to get funding, designing your brand narrative, building community and so much more.
Subscribe to Your Next Move, the podcast, on spotify, apple podcasts or wherever you listen and stay tuned for new episodes this spring.
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- Janice Bryant Howroyd talks about acting up
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- At last year's Inc 5000, editor-at-large Christine Haughney Dare-Bryan spoke to The ActOne Group CEO Janice Bryant Howroyd about her new book, Acting Up: Winning in Business and Life Using Down-Home Wisdom. Janice touches on her life and the importance of self-care for entrepreneurs.
We also have a special custom segment in partnership with Chase. A third-generation homebuilder, Jake Jorgensen built Jorgensen Builders, a residential and commercial construction and remodeling company, on his own terms. In episode 2 of Redefining Growth, a miniseries by Inc. and Chase, Jorgensen shares how he went from “broom-pusher” to dream-maker, helping customers build the homes and businesses they envision. Here, he shares practical strategies that you can apply to kickstart, grow and transform your own venture, as well as how his Chase credit card rewards helped him along the way.
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- Time for Growth - AI Bootcamp FROM INC STUDIO AND SAP
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- In this podcast, leaders in HR and AI reveal what it will take for businesses to get their staff on board.
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- How the founders of Ample Hills lost their business a second time
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Ample Hills Creamery first came on the dessert and ice cream scene in 2011 when married cofounders Jackie Cuscuna and Brian Smith opened their first store in Brooklyn. The business expanded to 17 stores with an endorsement from Oprah, a partnership with Disney, and mentorship from Jerry of Ben & Jerry’s. But by 2020, the couple had to file for bankruptcy. After selling the company to Schmitt Industries for $1 million, they opened another dessert company called ‘The Social.’ In March of this year, they found investors and bought Ample Hills back, committed to rebuilding the business. And then, a couple of weeks ago, they were fired. We chatted with them in a very uncensored conversation about failure, resilience, and how to learn from your mistakes.
For more info on the ups and downs of this story, check out Jennifer Conrad's article.
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- Daniel Lubetzky on the future of Kind leadership
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Inc. editor-at-large Christine Lagorio-Chafkin chatted with David Lubetzky about his journey starting Kind Snacks in Mexico City, and the lessons he learned from his father, who was also a business man.
Then we have a special custom segment in partnership with Chase: Iceland offers up wintry landscapes, fiery volcanoes, and the descendants of Vikings. For Matt Wilson, co-founder and CEO of Under30Experiences, it also offered the start of an entrepreneurial journey. Wilson shares how he got the idea for his thriving travel company and how he and his co-founder have turned wanderlust into a lucrative opportunity. Wilson also shares how he maximized his Chase credit card rewards to help build his team and his brand.
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- A Look Back at 2023
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Supply Ch(AI)n Strategy Session - AI Bootcamp FROM INC STUDIO AND SAP
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- How artificial intelligence is shaping the product journeys from procurement to end customers.
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- FROM INC STUDIO AND META - The Secret Leads Goldmine: How Savvy Companies Capitalize on Q5
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- The so-called “fifth quarter” could be your opportunity to give your business a competitive edge. Hear directly from successful small business owners Lauren Petrullo, of Mongoose Media, and John Wai of John Wai Martial Arts Academy about how they use the post-holiday season to grow their businesses. In this podcast, the entrepreneurs are joined by Meta executive Becky Bui to explain how this so-called “fifth quarter”—a period often overlooked by businesses as a slow season—can be the key to unlocking new cost-effective, quality leads that lead to sales, while building meaningful connections with customers.
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- Deepak Chopra on how psychedelics could help leadership
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Over recent years, the use of psychedelics, specifically psilocybin and LSD, has become more mainstream in discussions of mental health. While it is still premature to say anything definitive, there have been more studies, research, and experimentation done. But the discussion has not stopped at mental health—some in the business community have been touting the benefits of psychedelics in leadership development. Paul F. Austin of Third Wave (https://thethirdwave.co/) and Deepak Chopra chatted about a wide-ranging slate of topics. They covered everything from the benefits of microdosing for our brain health to how the best leadership actually mirrors what's happening in nature.
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- What the lifecycle of entrepreneurship looks like
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- At ‘Inc.,’ we focus a lot on how people become entrepreneurs, but what do you do after you’ve founded your company, turned it into a successful business, and then decided to move on? Stax founder and former CEO Suneera Madhani and Panera Bread founder and former CEO Ron Shaich describe their individual entrepreneurial journeys.
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- How Farmer’s Fridge Carries Its Consistent Brand Narrative Across the Business | Inc.
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- From recruiting workers to selling salads, Farmer’s Fridge founder Luke Saunders found consistency was key to success.
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- How Farmer’s Fridge Vending Machines Became a Symbol of the Healthy Food Movement | Inc.
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Farmer’s Fridge founder Luke Saunders created vending machines showcasing how much his company cares about fresh food.
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- It takes a Village: The Team Behind Stephen Curry | Inc.
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Some leaders hog the spotlight. Steph Curry wouldn’t think of it.
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- Why your workplace could benefit from having a geek culture #entrepreneur #buisness
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Inc. Magazine delivers advice, tools, and services to help business owners, entrepreneurs and CEOs grow their businesses more successfully. You'll find information and advice covering virtually every business and management task including marketing, sales, finding capital, managing people, and much more. Visit Inc.com for the latest!
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- The viral Cloudflare termination video is a masterclass in how NOT to terminate someone #layoffs
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Inc. Magazine delivers advice, tools, and services to help business owners, entrepreneurs and CEOs grow their businesses more successfully. You'll find information and advice covering virtually every business and management task including marketing, sales, finding capital, managing people, and much more. Visit Inc.com for the latest!
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- How Stanley engineers virality #stanley #entrepreneur #business
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Inc. Magazine delivers advice, tools, and services to help business owners, entrepreneurs and CEOs grow their businesses more successfully. You'll find information and advice covering virtually every business and management task including marketing, sales, finding capital, managing people, and much more. Visit Inc.com for the latest!
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- How to Be Forward-Thinking with Greg Williams of Acrisure
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- What does it take to build the fastest-growing insurance brokerage in industry history? According to Greg Williams, it’s all about thinking three to four years ahead. When he cofounded Acrisure in 2005, he initially questioned the need for another insurance broker. Yet, by bringing his vision of the future into the day-to-day, Acrisure is now the sixth-largest insurance broker globally and the largest independent real estate services company in America. By providing customers with intelligence-driven financial services solutions, Acrisure combines the best of human capabilities with the best of technological capabilities, and is valued at more than $20B. Greg shares why highly successful people think differently, why he’s bullish on proprietary chatbots, and why he focuses heavily on vision and culture.
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- How to Build a Differentiated Product with Shiza Shahid of Our Place
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Shiza's career path has been one of pivots: she went from a childhood in Pakistan to college at Stanford. Post-college, she started off at McKinsey, but left for the non-profit world, co-founded the Malala Fund with Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai. And then in 2019, she co-founded Our Place,a mission-driven startup reimagining kitchenware for the modern, multiethnic, global kitchen. Our Place’s designs have resulted in more than 140 patents, waitlists of over 30,000 people and more than 1000 press headlines. The iconic Always Pan has sold out more than 30 times. Shiza shares how learning to cook led her to reimagine the kitchenware industry, how she persevered past 100 investor rejections, and why we often think opportunities are riskier than they are.
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- How to Keep Moving Forward with Jim McCann of 1-800-Flowers.com
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- In 1976, Jim McCann had spent a decade working in a group home for boys and was bartending on the side. A customer at the bar gave him a tip that there was an opportunity to buy a flower shop for $10,000. Jim took the leap and turned that single flower shop on Manhattan's East Side into a billion-dollar omni-channel retailer. He grew store by store, turning on a franchise model, expanding into new gifting categories (from The Popcorn Factory to Harry & David). Through it all, Jim had a knack for adopting new technologies ahead of other retailers. Jim shares where the company's iconic name comes from, how he positioned the company to become the first merchant of any kind on AOL, and why the best way to solve a problem is with a pen and a pad of paper.
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- How to Adapt Beyond Your Vision with Grant LaFontaine of Whatnot
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- What does it take to start one of the fastest-growing consumer marketplaces? According to repeat founder Grant LaFontaine, it starts with an open mind. When he and his co-founder Logan Head launched Whatnot in 2019, they went into it know that their starting place and ending place would be completely different. The team opted to be customer-centric instead of vision-driven. Today, Whatnot is a live shopping marketplace that enables anyone to turn their passion into a business. Whatnot is like Twitch-meets-eBay and was most recently valued at $3.7B. Grant shares why they started building with a niche community (Funko Pop collectors), why creativity is vital for consumer startups, and why this generation of shoppers cares about authenticity.
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- How to Create a Beloved Consumer Brand with Andrew Dudum of Hims and Hers
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- As the co-founder of Atomic, a venture fund that builds new companies, Andrew was no stranger to being a founder. But starting Hims in 2017 proved to be his biggest swing yet. He launched Hims to tackle the largest industry in the country that had not yet been touched by modern technology: healthcare. Today, Hims and Hers is a leading consumer health platform powering nearly 9 million medical visits and enabling access for millions of people to a broad range of care, including for mental health, sexual health, and dermatology. Just four years after launching, $HIMS debuted on the New York Stock Exchange. Andrew shares how it felt to get 500 sign-ups in the first week, why it's never been harder to build a brand, and how his time as a concert cellist (playing Carnegie Hall) taught him about accountability.
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- Scarlett Johansson and Kate Foster's Mom Empowerment | Inc. #shorts #entrepreneur #femalefounders
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- The Outset co-founders Kate Foster and Scarlett Johansson share how their mom's inspired them when they were little.
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- Navigating the Retail Landscape | Inc.
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- The Co-Founder and CEO of Once Upon a Farm offers tips on nurturing relationships with retailers of all sizes.
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- Connecting Over Mission | Inc.
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- The actress described what she learned from her early chats with Annie’s CEO that convinced her a business partnership could work.
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- The 5 Pillars of Health, according to Calm founder Michael Acton Smith | Inc.
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Michael Acton Smith, founder of Calm, shares his tips for keeping a healthy mindset as an entrepreneur.
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- Title
- Scarlett Johansson & Kate Foster on Being Put on a Pedestal | Inc. #shorts #entrepreneur #skincare
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Scarlett Johansson and Kate Foster, founders of skincare brand The Outset talk entrepreneurship.
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- Title
- How Scarlett Johansson and Her Co-founder, Kate Foster, Lead With Integrity | Inc.
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Scarlett Johansson and Kate Foster, founders of skincare brand The Outset, discuss the current landscape of female entrepreneurship and how they hope it changes for their daughters.
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