76. Creating and Executing On Strategic Plans, with Marc Daniels

Marc Daniels is the CEO and co-founder of ResultsBI, a business intelligence platform that has helped thousands of companies create a strategic plan, execute it, and track it. His passion is guiding entrepreneurs through creating a Strategic Plan of growth, and helping them execute that.

Join Jim and Marc as they compare and contrast strategic ambitions and execution frustrations.

3 Key Takeaways

• Planning Is Worthless Without Execution: For an ambitious entrepreneur with a laser focus on growth, meticulous planning is essential. Yet planning alone can only take an entrepreneur so far. The true path to success lies in effective execution. As Marc says in this episode: “Planning is crucial to your success. But it’s the execution that brings in the millions.”
• Riches in the Niches: Focus on your niche, core competencies. This allows you to respond quickly to customer demands, technological advancements and competitor moves. If you spread your business too thin, you’ll find it difficult to stay relevant in a dynamic business landscape.
• Experiment with Trends: If you pick a trend every quarter, eventually you’ll pick one that is right and adds a lot of value to your business.

Resources

Marc Daniels on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-daniels-231456a3/

Marc on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marcldaniels/

Marc on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarcResults

ResultsBI website: http://resultsbi.com

ResultsBI on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/resultsbi

About Our Guest

1970s: Marc Daniels launched one of the US's first computer mail-order companies.

1980s: Marc launched his first online presence and rebranded Varityper to PrePress Solutions, which grew from bankruptcy to $55M in yearly sales.

1990s: Marc worked with Instrumentation Engineering, which sold for $300M in 2001.

2000s: Marc worked on the launch of GameDealer.com, which sold to Electronic's Boutique, and co-founded Diligent Board Member Services, which sold to private equity for 941 Million NZD in 2016.

2010s: Marc is the CEO and co-founder of ResultsBI, a business intelligence platform that has helped thousands of companies create a strategic plan, execute it, and track it. His passion is guiding entrepreneurs through creating a Strategic Plan of growth, and helping them execute that.

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