Vicki Wiederkehr, Business Consultant on the Cardinal Rules of Entrepreneurship and E-Commerce

VickiWiederkehrVicki Wiederkehr, founder of Cardinal Selling Services, LLC, is an author, instructor and speaker. Vicki conducts entrepreneurial boot camps nationally, gives presentations to a variety of audiences regarding small business creation, and inspires others with her tremendous energy and passion for entrepreneurship. Vicki is working to incorporate entrepreneurship as a vital piece in educational reform. Learn the Cardinal Rules for financial independence; How to create an e-commerce business on E-bay; Why creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship empower our youth and leaders to create businesses; and Essential qualities and strategies for business success. The show informs and encourages listeners to achieve their career goals by featuring experts and business leaders on job search and career advancement.

For more from Vicki Wiederkehr, listen to the entire show at 12pm EST/9amPST on Monday, February 28, 2011 or visit www.cardinalsellingservices.com.

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George Gilder, Venture Capitalist and Bestselling Author, on Real Solutions for Jobs & Economic Growth

georgegilderGeorge Gilder, a venture capitalist and the author of Wealth & Poverty and The Israel Test, discusses real solutions for economic and job growth:

  • The importance of meeting customer needs for businesses to succeed;
  • The need for creative entrepreneurs to drive job growth;
  • The impact of marriage and family on society and culture;
  • The underlying importance of information over matter for creation;
  • The danger of debt to economic growth.

Providing examples and historical perspective, Gilder debunks the fallacies of socialism and liberalism. Creativity is what matters in economics. It is what makes economies grow. When it comes to money, technology, and economic common sense, no one makes more sense!

For more from George Gilder, listen to the entire show or visit www.gildertech.com.

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Dr. Richard Miller, President of Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering on Transforming the Future of Engineering

Miller HIResDr. Richard Miller is an award winning educator and leader in reinventing engineering education. Olin College of Engineering is transforming the field of engineering to meet the global challenges in energy, clean water, health care and cyber security. Dr. Miller shares Olin’s interdisciplinary and experiential learning model designed to better prepare engineers. By blending engineering, entrepreneurship and liberal arts, Olin has intensified student and faculty engagement, and produced graduates who are entrepreneurs as well as engineers. By their fourth year, students are actually consulting on real business problems and creating solutions that are viable and desirable, as well as feasible.

For more from Dr. Richard Miller, listen to the entire show or visit www.olin.edu.

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Raymond Larson on Entrepreneurship & the Seven Degrees of Influence

image003Raymond Larson has 30 years of experience in business and ministry. He combines vision with practical application to produce results for success. He shares his perspective on how business touches all other areas of the culture – government, education, family, religion, arts and entertainment, and media. Through a unique educational program for entrepreneurs, 7 Degrees offers a hands-on team approach to developing business acumen, networking and mentoring skills. Not only does the program develop entrepreneurs, but it impacts the culture through integrity, creative ideas, energy, research, and the right team. Larson discusses specific strategies to succeed in spite of a tough economy.

For more from Raymond Larson, listen to the entire show or visit www.raymondlarson.org.

Donna Fenn, Author of UpSTARTS! How GenY Entrepreneurs are Rocking the World of Business and 8 Ways You Can Profit from Their Success

Donna_Fenn_HiDonna Fenn is a contributing editor to Inc. Magazine and an expert on the entrepreneurial habits of Gen Y. Learn how eight key factors contribute to Gen Y business success:

  • Building collaborative tribes
  • Deploying technology for competitive advantage
  • Disrupting the status quo
  • Deconstructing the Gen Y market
  • Generating branding buzz
  • Leveraging social mission
  • Creating dynamic workplaces
  • Morphing and growing strategically.

Whether you’re studying Gen Y’s approach to business to beef up your bottom line or aiming to be tomorrow’s great under-30 entrepreneur story, these concepts and steps will help get your business out in front of the pack.

For more from Donna Fenn, listen to the entire show Monday, August 9, 2010, at 12pm EST/9am PST or visit www.donnafenn.com.

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Dr. Tom Anastasi, Author of Successful Entrepreneur: American Dream Done Right

Tom Anastasi photoTom Anastasi, author of The Successful Entrepreneur: American Dream Done Right, lays out a roadmap to minimize risk and maximize success. Unemployment is causing many to consider hanging out their own shingle. Tom guides the new entrepreneur through four phases to success:

  1. Start Up covers research on product viability, budgeting, and start-up capital
  2. Being the Boss offers valuable advice on employment issues and leadership styles
  3. Sales and Marketing explains pricing, marketing strategies on a budget, and effective sales
  4. Years Two to Five addresses signs of trouble, getting through tough times, and selling the business.

For more from Tom Anastasi, listen to the entire show or visit tomanastasi.com.

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Adrienne Leigh, Business Broker & Franchise Expert: What You Need to Know to Be a Successful Franchisee

Adrienne Leigh imageAn experienced entrepreneur with more than 25 years of business ownership, consulting, and franchise experience, Adrienne Leigh, coaches clients through the due diligence process to ensure that they are a match for a particular business or franchise. Selecting a company or franchise to buy is an art as well as a science, and Adrienne considers both perspectives. She takes much of the guess work out of the equation, and helps reduce the risk. As an astute negotiator, Adrienne enables new franchisees to optimize their investments.

For more from Adrienne Leigh, listen to the entire show or visit www.frannet.com.

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Steve Howard: How to Get the Wealthiest Generation to Buy and Accelerate Economic Growth!

Steve Howard imageSpeaker and writer Steve Howard is the founder of a training and consulting firm, and his new book, Boomer Selling: Helping the Wealthiest Generation in History Own Your Premium Products and Services, is a practical resource to help organizations understand the motivations and buying habits of this unique generation. As the American economy recovers, it will be on the backs of Baby Boomers, and Howard explains why:

  • Boomers are the engine that drives our economy
  • Most companies are wasting money going after the wrong customers
  • Customization is critical when selling to Boomers
  • 80% of Boomers buy premium products.

For more from Steve Howard, listen to the entire show or visit boomerselling.com.

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David Allen: How to Make it All Work

David Allen imageDavid Allen is an international expert in personal and organizational productivity who has inspired millions. In his bestselling book, Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and the Business of Life, he presents a road map to success, providing bearings to figure out where you are in life and directions for getting to where you want to go. The ultimate benefit of getting things done is to experience the fulfillment and freedom that come with being positively engaged in our lives. If you feel overworked and overwhelmed, learn how to gain control of your work and life within the framework of your own goals! Making It All Work applies to every walk of life, whether you are an executive, student, professional or entrepreneur.

For more from David Allen, listen to the entire show or visit www.davidco.com.

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Entrepreneur Jen Groover on Taking Control of Your Career, Life & Destiny

Jen Groover image With her book What If? and Why Not?: How to Transform Your Fears Into Action and Start the Business of Your Dreams, branding strategist Jen Groover inspires individuals to empower their lives and our culture by beginning with simple questions like, “What if…?” and “Why not…?” An innovator who helps others innovate themselves, Jen engages people to think, be, do and become. She shows people how they can be in control of the messages they send in every aspect of their work and life. Whether stepping up to a new career, building a new business, making your voice heard, or helping someone else overcome a hurdle, Jen shows you how to make a difference.

For more from Jen Groover, listen to the entire show or visit jengroover.com.

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Tony Rubleski, Bestselling Author of Mind Capture: How to Stand Out in the Age of Advertising Overload

Tony Rubleski image Tony Rubleski, marketing consultant and author of Mind Capture: How to Stand Out in the Age of Advertising Overload, shares referral, retention and repeat marketing strategies for entrepreneurs, professionals and sales teams across industries. Understanding and applying the principles of Mind Capture can determine success or demise in today’s fast-paced, web-based world. Learn:

  • Why people buy
  • How to capture attention when attention spans are short
  • How to stand out in the sea of marketing chaos and win more business
  • How to differentiate in the crowded and highly fragmented media universe.

You can differentiate yourself in your career, your business and association, with Tony’s “mind capture” techniques.

For more from Tony Rubleski, listen to the entire show or visit www.mindcapturegroup.com.

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John Assaraf, Bestselling Author of “The Answer: Grow Any Business, Achieve Financial Freedom and Live an Extraordinary Life”

John Assaraf imageJohn Assaraf is a successful multi-millionaire entrepreneur in real estate, internet technology, and consulting. He has researched the principles of success and teaches others how to tap into the success he has achieved. His passion for brain research and quantum physics led him to discover the natural law of attraction and the power of thought, belief, visualization and affirmation to create dreams consciously and sub-consciously. If you want to get to the next level in your business or job, overcome a pattern of failure or find a new job, start retraining your brain to succeed.

For more from John Assaraf, listen to the entire show or visit www.johnassaraf.com.

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Roee Madai, Israeli Consul for Economic Affairs to the U.S.

bioRoeeMadai182x255 Roee Madai is the Israeli Consul of Economic Affairs to the Southern Region of the U.S. Entrepreneurship, venture capital, research and development, an educated workforce and government, industry and university collaboration have put Israel in the global economic spotlight. In the past three years, Israel’s economy has grown more than 5%, which has enabled  it to utilize its relative advantages in the field of technology. Multinational companies operate 120 research and development centers in Israel, representing an important engine for their future growth in communication, information and software, life sciences and renewable energy.

For more from Roee Madai, listen to the entire show.

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Ben Dansker, Israeli Business Consultant: How to Create Successful Business Opportunities in the Middle East

bioBenDansker182x255Ben Dansker, a business consultant in Israel for small to mid-size organizations, discusses how entrepreneurship, venture capital, research and development, an educated workforce, and government, industry and university collaboration have put Israel on the global economic map. Gain insight into:

  • Opportunities in various markets and sectors
  • The potential in Israel and the region for U.S. manufacturers
  • Qualifying and developing partners for success
  • The analysis of local markets for launching businesses
  • Qualifying potential distributors or importers
  • Logistical and administrative aspects of doing business in Israel and the region

Israel is opening its doors to the global market and organizations are entering. To help them optimize their potential in Israel and elsewhere in the region, Ben applies his knowledge of U.S. and Middle Eastern business to enable them to succeed.

For more from Ben Dansker, listen to the entire show.

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Lewis Howes, Professional Athlete, and Author of LinkedWorking: Generating Success on Linkedin

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Lewis Howes is a professional athlete and author of LinkedWorking: Generating Success on Linkedin. He is developer of SportsNetworker.com, where he has put into practice the techniques he recommends to business people, consultants, and professionals to help them take their businesses, practices and careers to the next level. Besides his own success in applying relationship building strategies, Howes presents numerous success stories to demonstrate winning techniques in a variety of industries. He shares how to:

  • See opportunities in everyone
  • Identify capstones and weak ties
  • Lead a life of altruism
  • Harness the power of reconnection
  • Be concise, compelling and value driven
  • Persist patiently.

For more from Lewis Howes, listen to the entire show on Monday, April 19, at 12pm EST/9am PST or visit www.lewishowes.com.

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Simon Sinek, Author of “Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action”

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Entrepreneur Simon Sinek reveals how a leadership edge in business, politics, or any area of life is a matter of re-focusing the mind. In Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action, Simon reveals that exceptional leaders and companies share a common bond: they know why they do what they do, and he explains why the “why” matters. It begins with a cause or purpose—the reason that compels leaders to continue striving and inspiring followers to believe and take action. Complete with a framework for launching a product, building a business, or turning an idea into a social movement, Sinek proves that with a little discipline, anyone can learn to inspire.

For more from Simon Sinek, listen to the entire show or visit www.startwithwhy.com.

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Transforming the World: How Business Accelerators Facilitate Entrepreneurship and Promote Economic Growth

While big businesses and corporations get all the government and media attention and publicity, it is small businesses and individual entrepreneurs that add the greatest value and diversity to our U.S. and global economy. These smaller entities drive growth in the economy and are the foundation for long term success. Fortunately there are growing numbers of groups and associations that are reaching out to encourage and assist entrepreneurs and start-up businesses in these difficult economic times. One of these organizations is Houston Technology Center (HTC), and this week we had the opportunity to speak with Paul Frison, one of the driving forces behind HTC’s success.

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Entrepreneurship for Everyone!

Success in any career position involves hard work, commitment, a goal-oriented work ethic, and an entrepreneurial mindset. However, in a contract position or in the contingency workforce in which you really are working independently, it is even more essential to cultivate and refine these traits in order to achieve goals and ongoing success. Michael Gerber, founder of “E-Myth Worldwide,” was the featured guest to discuss the traits, skills, and practices of the successful entrepreneur. Whether marketing a business or your skills for a potential job, it is essential to tap into your own creativity and imagination in order to define and achieve your entrepreneurial vision and goals.

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