How to Ask Investors (or Family!) for Money
Mike Maples Jr. is one fo the pioneers of seed-stage investing, and invested early in the likes of Twitter, Twitch, and Lyft. I asked him to do something a little unusual: give advice to small busines...
30 Sep 202435min
How to Transform An Organization, with Alibaba.com's President
How do you see the opportunity that others don't? That's what we discuss with Kuo Zhang, president of Alibaba.com, who has overseen a massive transformation of the company. Learn more about your ad ch...
23 Sep 202430min
Counterintutive Wisdom from LegalZoom's Founder
Brian Lee cofounded LegalZoom, ShoeDazzle, Honest Company, and now Arena Club, and he believes a lot of conventional business wisdom is backward. Here, he shares the hidden path to founder success. Le...
16 Sep 202432min
Can't Find the Right Employees? Create Them.
Removery had a problem: It wanted to rapidly expand and become the world's largest tattoo removal company, but it couldn't find enough tattoo removal specialists to hire. So it built a system to creat...
9 Sep 202429min
Transitioning Your Business? Plan Now to Increase Value and Impact
Are you prepared to sell your business? Even if a sale is many years away, you should start planning now — and avoid the common mistakes that devalue many other businesses. CLA managing principal of i...
5 Sep 202429min
How to Tell Everyone How Awesome You Are
Does self-promotion make you uncomfortable? You need to start — because if you don't talk yourself up, nobody else will! On today's episode, I offer my four rules of self-promotion, four ways to talk ...
2 Sep 202431min
Using Telecommunications to Help Solve Crimes
David Walker is the Founder of iCell Consulting LLC, a consulting firm specializing in telecommunications analysis. After a successful career in telecommunications, David decided to start the business...
27 Aug 202428min
This Packaging Change Sent Sales "Through the Roof"
Do you know what makes your brand special? Sometimes, you're wrong — and the "special sauce" you cling to can actually be holding your company back. That's the story of HiBall, an energy drink that wa...
26 Aug 202428min
