Entrepreneur Addiction 25: Chief Whipping Boy

Posted by Patrick Wiscombe on February 20, 2012 under Business Podcasts | Be the First to Comment

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In this edition of the Entrepreneur Addiction Podcast , we talked about:

  • Business financing pain points
  • The financing boot camp
  • The crappy flyer that started it all
  • The Wells Fargo business loan maze
  • The idea bigger than Lendio
  • Levi and Brock’s business financing tips
  • Lendio success stories
  • Taking out the risks

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Entrepreneur Addiction 24: Get Free Local Media Coverage – Part 1

Posted by Patrick Wiscombe on February 13, 2012 under Business Podcasts | Be the First to Comment

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In this edition of the Entrepreneur Addiction Podcast , we talked about:

  • Pat Parkinson – Director of Public Relations at PRMarketing.com
  • Getting your business in the local media for free
  • The state of local media
  • Reporters and local personalities want new content
  • Localizing national news for your business
  • Create your media opportunities with goats in the office
  • The value of local media
  • Your company has to be media savvy
  • Get a relationship going with influential bloggers
  • Traditional journalism may be losing the online battle but it’s still the most credible source.
  • How do you know if you have a newsworthy topic?
  • Don’t be afraid to have a controversial story angle

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Entrepreneur Addiction 23: Explain Your Cheese Policy

Posted by Patrick Wiscombe on February 6, 2012 under Business Podcasts | Be the First to Comment

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In this edition of the Entrepreneur Addiction Podcast , we talked about:

  • Carol Roth – author of the ‘The Entrepreneur Equation’
  • Entrepreneurship is NOT for everyone
  • Screen yourself as a business owner
  • Should I or do I want a business
  • Risk and reward analysis
  • Don’t let social media kill your focus
  • Reasons why you should start a business
  • Nailing your customers needs with passion
  • Treat your customers like gold – blow them away
  • Explaining the restaurant’s cheese policy
  • Milk your existing customers for all they’re worth
  • Don’t under capitalize your business
  • It’s good to see Oprah struggling
  • Money sicknesses
  • What are the business rewards?
  • Crawl, walk, then run

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Entrepreneur Addiction 22: A Guaranteed NO!

Posted by Patrick Wiscombe on January 30, 2012 under Business Podcasts | Be the First to Comment

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In this edition of the Entrepreneur Addiction Podcast , we talked about:

  • Brian Hirsch – Founder and Managing Partner of Tribeca Venture Partners
  • Why Lendio caught Brian’s eye as a venture capitalist
  • Building the better mouse trap for inefficient industries
  • Passion and venture capital
  • Hitting home runs vs. hitting singles
  • A day in the life of a venture capitalist
  • Venture capitalists and highly scalable businesses
  • When to approach a venture capitalist
  • Delivering the bad with the good
  • What to do after you get funding
  • Groupon’s survival

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Entrepreneur Addiction 21: Throw Patrick From The Plane

Posted by Patrick Wiscombe on January 23, 2012 under Business Podcasts | Be the First to Comment

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In this edition of the Entrepreneur Addiction Podcast , we talked about:

  • Kevin Duggan – author of ‘Design for Operational Excellence’
  • Make your business more efficient
  • How do you know what to work on next?
  • Finding your flow by creating checklists
  • Don’t hold meetings and work on offense
  • Don’t cut and paste your business operations
  • Self healing value streams
  • Design your success
  • Innovate wherever you can
  • Flat by design

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