Birthing of Giants with Lewis Schiff

When 1-800-Flowers.com founder, Jim McCann, bought a single flower shop in Manhattan, he knew that he wanted to be more than just a florist. Forty years later his small NYC shop is now a $1 Billion dollar giant. With his recent decision to move from CEO to Executive Chairman, Jim is taking on an even bigger challenge.

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In 2004 Dr. Charles (Chip) Mok founded Allure Medical in the metropolitan Detroit area, and quickly established a very successful practice. When he decided to expand into a national company with multiple practices in major cities, Chip made the decision to implement a unique management structure - one that would eventually lead his employees to fire their boss!

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This week I’m shining a spotlight on one of our very own Board of Experts members, Bill Roark. Sixteen years ago, Bill co-founded Torch Technologies, a technical services provider for the U.S. Defense Department. His mission was to create a company where every employee shared in its growth and success. The result is a $350 million, 100% employee owned company. Here’s how he did it.

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In our latest podcast Chairman of the Board Lewis Schiff interviews John McDonald, Birthing of Giants Fellowship graduate and founder of Semihandmade, an Inc 5000 winning company filling a unconventional niche in the custom furniture space. John’s journey to success and the future he’s building for Semihandmade is equally unconventional!

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Can You Rewire Your Brain? Since 2005, Lewis Schiff has been researching behaviors of America’s most successful people–self-made millionaires who built businesses around what they do best. In Schiff’s eyes, this is the new American Dream: do you and do well doing it!

Expect the best return on your time, on your investment, on your talents. In The First Habit, Schiff, who has interviewed over 1,100 self-made millionaires, including many of the most famous entrepreneurs in the world, describes the attitudes you must master in order to realize this dream.

For more information on the Birthing of Giants Fellowship program, click here to visit the program's website.