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Exit Rich, Michelle Seiler Tucker and Simon Severino | STRATEGY SPRINTS 185

In this episode, Simon welcome Michelle Seiler Tucker, the founder and president of Seiler Tucker. Seiler Tucker specializes in selling business by representing over 10,000 buyers looking to buy a business and have a proven process in place that helps companies grow to the point where they can be acquired for the maximum amount. On average Seiler Tucker obtain a 20-40% higher selling price that what the business first appraises for. Services offered by Michelle’s office include: Business consulting, business brokerage, business valuations, business and franchise consulting, sales, and development. Let’s listen to Michelle’s sharing with the topic of “exit rich”.

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Bootstrapping your Dreams, Vivek Bhaskaran and Simon Severino | STRATEGY SPRINTS 183

In this episode, Simon welcomes Vivek Bhaskaran, the founder of QuestionPro. QuestionPro is one of the industry’s leading providers of web-based research technologies. His life motto is simple - “The two things that drive me every day are motorcycles and client success!” In 2008, his startup made Inc. Magazine's list of the fastest-growing private companies, ranking 25th among business-service providers. Since that time, Vivek has never looked back by spearheading both the product and global expansion of QuestionPro. He continues to play a key role in defining the company’s strategy, technology and leadership in the industry. You’ll often find Vivek on the road visiting our clients and helping them strategize and design solutions to their ever-evolving...

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Making It Easy to Get Business Funding, Brock Blake and Simon Severino | STRATEGY SPRINTS 179

In this episode, Simon welcomes Brock Blake, the founder and CEO of Lendio. Lendio is a company that helps the US economy get back on track by making small business loans simple. As an ambitious and strategic entrepreneur and leader, Brock is passionate about solving major market problems. As a leader, he focuses on recruiting high-quality talent, articulating the company's vision, and creating an attractive culture. Listen to Brock’s sharing on how to raise capital. 

 

3 Valuable Insights

  • Always put yourself into others’ shoes 
  • People want to be a part of something bigger than themselves
  • Don’t be threatened by people that are smarter than us, not only hire them but empower...
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Sales for Introverts, Reuben Swartz and Simon Severino | STRATEGY SPRINTS 180

In this episode, Simon welcomes Reuben Swartz, the founder of Mimiran CRM, the Chief Nerd on the Sales for Nerds podcast. He has a computer science background but spends most of his time helping clients with sales and marketing. Listen to Reuben’s sharing on sales for introverts.

 

3 Valuable Insights

  • Make sure you have good positioning
  • Get yourself out of your shell and go talk to people
  • Selling and marketing should be considered as helping, teaching and connecting with other human beings

Show Notes

(00:15) Simon: Welcome back, everybody, to the strategy sprints podcast, I'm your host, Simon Severino. And today my guest is founder of Mimi ran, the CRM for solo consultants...

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The 1-Page Marketing Plan, Mostafa Hosseini and Simon Severino | STRATEGY SPRINTS 182

In this episode, Simon welcomes Mostafa Hosseini, the founder of Persyo Inc and WP Spell Check. He works with coaches, consultants and experts to build their business with less involvement of time. His mission is to help clients create and implement their one-page strategic marketing plan in 7 days or less. Listen to Mostafa’s sharing on confidence for entrepreneurs.

 

3 Valuable Insights

  • Figure out target market
  • Building houses without a plan is impossible
  • Keep implementing and updating the plan until having a working strategy

 

Show Notes

(00:14) Simon: Welcome back everybody to the Strategy Sprints podcast. I'm your guest, Simon Severino. Today, my guest...

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Resilience, Meaning & Control | Graham Ward and Simon Severino | STRATEGY SPRINTS 166

In this episode, Simon welcomes Graham Ward, the adjunct Professor of Organizational Behavior at INSEAD Business School in France. His expertise is in leadership, high performance teams, group dynamics, team dysfunction and change. Formerly, Graham spent over 17 years at Goldman Sachs (GS), a US investment bank, both as a business leader and latterly spearheading an initiative to introduce a Global Leadership Development office that he led for three years. Listen to Graham Ward’s sharing about resilience, meaning and control in personal development.

 

3 Valuable Insights

  • Busy-ness is not necessarily correlated to productivity
  • The act of creation in business requires moments of reflection
  • The reality is people can't control everything very much, including people and health.
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Pre-Launch Marketing Strategy | Ryan Peck and Simon Severino | STRATEGY SPRINTS 176

In this episode, Simon welcomes Ryan Peck is a world-renowned sales expert and #1 international bestselling author of Getting Organic Sales results and Getting Organic Sales Care.. He is the author of the new book Insight Parenting: Empowering Parents from Within. Listen to how Ryan Peck shares steps we can take to grow our business by capturing audiences.

 

 
 

3 Valuable Insights

  • Keep communicating with your audience through social media to build credibility
  • Be grateful for what you have
  • Validating your ideas before starting the business

 

Show Notes

(00:13) Simon: Welcome back everybody to the strategy sprints podcast. I'm your host. And my guest today is organic sales King,...

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How I raised $10M, Nicholas Hinrichsen and Simon Severino | STRATEGY SPRINTS 178

In this episode, Simon welcomes Nicholas Hinrichsen, the CEO and co-founder of Clutch and advisor of Volanty. He is dedicated to helping Credit Unions improve the financial well-being of their members. Raising venture capital is the easiest thing a startup founder is ever going to do. Listen to how Ryan Peck shares steps we can take to raise capitals for business.

 

3 Valuable Insights

  • Experiment before selling the product
  • No company that you see that successful started out doing exactly what the company is doing right now, but people, people serendipitously stumbled into whatever they're doing right now
  • If money is your own motivator, the main motivator will not last long at all,...
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How To Get More Referrals, Bill Cates And Simon Severino | STRATEGY SPRINTS 181

In this episode, Simon welcomes Bill Cates, the relationship marketing expert of Referral Coach International, hall of Fame Speaker, author of "Get More Referrals Now!", Beyond Referral, Radical Relevance" and the Cates System for Exponential Growth. His mission is to help professionals
and companies attract more ideal clients through more compelling value, referrals, and introductions. Listen to how Bill Cates shares steps we can take to get more referrals.

 

3 Valuable Insights

  • Work to control what we can control
  • People appreciate it when we are doing something just for them
  • Think about all the different things I can do to serve people and generate revenue

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The Joy of Living with Barry Shore and Simon Severino | STRATEGY SPRINTS 177

In this episode, Simon welcomes Barry Shore, the ambassador of joy, founder of barryshore.com, serial entrepreneur and former quadriplegic. His mission is to transform the world through JOY. Listen to Barry Shore’s sharing about the joy of living.

 

3 Valuable Insights

  • Become a conduit of goodness
  • Make a difference in the world
  • The joy of living can be summed up in one-word, giving

Show Notes

(00:17) -Simon: Welcome back everybody. To the spread, the breads podcast. I'm your host, Simon Severino and my guest today as successful serial entrepreneur with two multi-million dollar exits and three issued p tents. Today is the ambassador of joy. He's transforming the words...

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