Episodes
Friday Jul 29, 2011
How to Have a Wicked Start in Business with Bryan Janeczko
Friday Jul 29, 2011
Friday Jul 29, 2011
All entrepreneurs know how important it is to get off to a good start in their business. Today I’m talking with a visionary who wants your start to not just be good, but wicked good. Bryan Janeczko is the mastermind behind Wicked Start, an online platform designed to help small business owners and early-stage entrepreneurs realize their dreams of starting a business. Bryan has collaborated with a team of professionals who share this vision, creating a suite of tools, resources, and community to help clients manage the business startup process, each step of the way.
Bryan has over 15 years' experience in finance and entrepreneurship, having successfully founded multiple businesses. Prior to Wicked Start, he co-founded Nu-Kitchen, an online food retailer serving healthy and delicious prepared meals. He built the company into a multimillion-dollar business serving influential residents and celebrities, who helped solidify NuKitchen's reputation. In late 2008, he sold the business to Nutrisystem, a national weight-loss company. Bryan’s goal is simple: to increase the rate of business success. Our conversation in this podcast covers a variety of ways you can do that, including
- Honoring your introvert energy when leading others
- The role of love, heart and compassion in entrepreneurship
- Why you want to avoid the “birds of a feather” trap
- The most common mistake business owners make
- Bryan’s “Three Ps” to Success
- Benefits of sitting with the doldrums
- What entrepreneurs can learn from artists
Tuesday Jun 28, 2011
Building a Biz from the Ground Up: Tea Time with Amy Lawrence
Tuesday Jun 28, 2011
Tuesday Jun 28, 2011
What do you do when you have a huge AH HA! moment and no idea how to make it happen? You draw on your passion and find great people to support your dream. That’s what Amy Lawrence did, and in this edition of The introvert Entrepreneur podcast, she shares her story and lessons learned along the way about being an introvert owning a brick-and-mortar business. After spending 11 years as a teacher, Amy made the leap to entrepreneurship in 2003 when she opened her tea room, “An Afternoon to Remember.” Her tea room won many awards, including Best Small Tea Room in the U.S. In 2009 she closed her tea room in order to pursue her on-line company, Afternoon to Remember Fine Tea. Amy has published 8 books which have sold over 12,000 copies. Our conversation is the first podcast interview I've done with an introvert who owned a brick-and-mortar business. The lessons learned, however, are very similar to service-based businesses. Amy and I talk about Those first business-building months of figuring out what the heck you're doing and which end is up
- The importance of finding the right support networks
- How to nurture introvert energy by bringing in complementary partners
- Tips for dealing with difficult conversations (because "You're Fired!" isn't really most introvert's natural style!)
- Taking lessons learned and allowing them to inform the future
Wednesday Nov 17, 2010
How to Create a Cycle of Success with Julie Fleming
Wednesday Nov 17, 2010
Wednesday Nov 17, 2010
Sometimes in business – as in life – we get stuck. We find ourselves spinning our wheels or just not making the progress we want. The key is to move from the Cycle of Failure to the Cycle of Success. My guest today, Julie Fleming, shares a few tips on how to do just that. Julie works with small business owners who love what they do but don’t love marketing. Julie helps them learn how to attract their ideal clients by doing what they do best – serving clients. The result is that they get all the business they need, make more money, and love their thriving businesses. Julie is the author of The Reluctant Rainmaker: A Guide for Lawyers Who Hate Selling (Crow Creek Press, 2009) and the upcoming book Ignite It! Explode the Profit in Your Service-Based Business, due to be published in January 2011. Julie draws on her success as a lawyer, coach and business development expert to tell us:
- How to define success for yourself
- What it feels like to be caught in the Cycle of Failure
- How to make the move to the Cycle of Success
- Which business development activities have the most impact on your bottom line
Tuesday Sep 14, 2010
Introvert Island Books
Tuesday Sep 14, 2010
Tuesday Sep 14, 2010
At the end of every podcast interview, I ask my guests "If you were granted a year’s vacation on Introvert Island (all expenses paid) and only had room for three books in your suitcase, what three would you take and why?"Please visit www.IntrovertIslandBooks.com to find island books selected by my guests, as well as other recommendations of books by, for and about introverts.
Saturday Aug 14, 2010
Business Success Secrets Revealed
Saturday Aug 14, 2010
Saturday Aug 14, 2010
- Have you ever thought that if you had just the *right* filing system, life would be easier?
- Does the thought of firing a client seem too scary for words?
- Do you hold on tightly to ideas and the way things “should” be?
- Do you give too much away?
- Lynn Baldwin-Rhoades
- Barbara Breckenfeld
- Joan Chamberlain
- Arden Clise
- Deborah Drake
- Judy Dunn
- Leslie Irish Evans
- Bob Lange
- Jennifer Manlowe
- Val Nelson
- Carolyn Osborne
- Amber Singleton Riviere
- Linda Snyder