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Defining Leadership: Top-Ranking Titles and Responsibilities
While the titles of the ranking members of any large company may sound like a veritable alphabet soup, each of these top positions has their own set of unique challenges and responsibilities, and the road to each may be very different. If you want to enter the fast-paced world of business with an eye toward...
The Power of a Can-Do Attitude: Why Smart CEOs Always Say Yes
If you want to disrupt your industry, you need to adopt a mentality that distinguishes you from other leaders. When everyone else is saying no, you should always say yes. “Yes” seems like an innocuous word, but it’s one that many entrepreneurs and CEOs are so reluctant to say. “Yes” is a verbal agreement; one...
Essential Bodywear and Merit Goodness CEOs Share Keys to Entrepreneurial Success [Radio]
On this edition of StartupNation Radio, your host, Jeff Sloan, chats with Carrie Charlick, CEO of Essential Bodywear, and David Merritt, CEO and founder of Merit Goodness. Created in 2003 by Carrie and her friend, Essential Bodywear’s goal is to make bra shopping fun and exciting with a high level of service that uplifts and...
The Importance of Executing Your Idea [Radio]
Ideas, intentions and plans are great, but they are nothing without execution. On this edition of StartupNation Radio, Jeff Sloan and Norm Pappas talk with two entrepreneurs who had an idea, put together their business plan and most importantly, brought it to market. Brian Hutto, CEO of Staymobile, did not have an "original" idea of...
Relentless Lori Blaker Takes Her Family Business Global [Radio]
Welcome to another edition of StartupNation Radio, where we discuss how making it to the top of a family business is harder than you think. There are some who say that you’ve got it made when your family owns a business. Your career will be a cake-walk. Our guest Lori Blaker, CEO of TTi Global, had...
Why ‘Hands-On’ Is The Most Valuable Leadership Style at a Startup
There are two ways to build a startup: you either raise a lot of money and take on more risk, or you take a small amount of money, find a small, loyal team and you bootstrap. We chose to bootstrap our business, and as a new CEO, I adopted the hands-on approach to leadership. Being...
Making a Case for Thinking Inside the Box
Oh... the box. That "thing" we do. That "widget" we promote. That "idea" we present. Every company, every brand, every piece of media fits in a box. The shape, size, color, texture, smell (etc.) of the box changes, but there is indeed a box for each of us. That's commerce. That's how we define and distribute...