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36. Holly Duckworth & Being Born a Second Time
Business Design
10/01/21 • 25 min
🗺️ Huge watercolor world map behind Holly. 02:15
👓 Cat eyeglasses and electric blue as a brand signature. 02:54
🔵 About electric blue and Debbie Gibson. 04:41
🗽 As a Bicentennial baby, Holly’s core is presence, freedom, red, white, and blue. 06:22
😇 Her focus is mindfulness: being fully present in the moment with no judgment. 07:39
😮💨 Living in an unsustainable world of getting bigger, better, faster, and having more. 09:00
🚐 Growing up in a double-wide and a growing passion for presence. 10:39
🪣 Bucket of mindfulness: the sense of presence comes from being fully present in this moment. 12:55
🎵 Holly is a fan of country music. 15:05
🧠 Mindfulness has transformed. Now, it's really neuroscience-based and a secular series of practices. 16:42
💙 Growing up with love, happiness, and learning life is resilience. 21:50
😎 We'll never get the brand perfected. The idea is to keep building it. 23:2
Connect with Holly: www.hollyduckworth.com
🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com
💡 Screw Harvard, go to Crazy MBA: www.crazymba.com
10/01/21 • 25 min
35. TJ Bonaventura & Power of Podcasting
Business Design
09/28/21 • 24 min
🌬️ San Francisco summers. 01:31
🎙️ Left the corporate world to open a podcast production studio in the beginning of the pandemic. 03:19
👌 Freedom of expression: There are no slippery slopes in podcasting. 04:57
🙌 TJ never wanted to go to business school, it turns out he never needed to. 06:03
🧐 Starting a podcast in 2016 was hard and frustrating. 07:13
🥳 The rise of podcasting. 08:15
😀 The story behind his made-up name and Italian last name. 09:49
🗣️ Creating audio content that tells a story. 12:21
👍 Two growing trends in podcasting. 14:51
💲 Building audio content for indirect revenue.15:48
✍️ Audiobook podcasts are a new field for authors and writers. 16:25
👂 Using podcast elements in audiobooks. 17:41
🎯 Netflix is going into podcasting: Audio killed a video star. 18:22
🎧 Create branded pieces of audio content. 20:13
💎 Long conversational podcasts for kids are an antidote. 21:12
Connect with TJ: www.linkedin.com/in/tj-bonaventura
🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com
💡 Screw Harvard, go to Crazy MBA: www.crazymba.com
09/28/21 • 24 min
34. Craig James & The Abrupt Nature of Change
Business Design
09/24/21 • 29 min
🔠 Breaking words down into their elements. 01:23
💬 Words are important at the root level to really know what we’re talking about. 01:54
😹 Cat-Strat and all the funny and serious words associated with it. 03:24
✌️ The need to re-invent, re-boot, restart, and to reflect is more important than ever before.04:47
💫What has changed and how change is happening; 05:38
🌪️ About the abrupt nature of change and the seismic and systemic element of change. 06:45
🦄 Challenging people to be different from others may be boring but is impactful. 09:37
🤔 Holding space and taking the time to stop and think. 12:57
🆒 Experience, reputation, and recommendation as a business model.16:53
😇 The generational lap instead of the generational gap. 17:55
🤓 “If we focus on the negative, that’s what’s going to happen.” 20:51
👉 Idealism is an important ingredient to think of what’s possible even though it’s not practical. 22:39
🗣️ Craig would like to chat with Barack Obama. 25:20
Connect with Craig: www.cat-strat.com
🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com
💡 Screw Harvard, go to Crazy MBA: www.crazymba.com
09/24/21 • 29 min
33. Laura McCann & Scents With Intent
Business Design
09/21/21 • 25 min
🤔 Smellovision and smell dispensers on computers. 01:37
🏬 Opening a new retail store during the pandemic. 02:32
😷 Masks affected her business but she was still able to provide samples. 03:22
👏 As a manufacturer and wholesaler, Laura is now more focused on a direct-to-consumer model. 04:49
👀 Physical stores vs. online models in the fragrance industry. 06:35
🍾 Cracking the code of creating the first mainstream aroma perfume brand. 08:17
👧 Laura started her career at the age of six as an actress but entrepreneurship is in her blood. 10:23
❓ Online business vs. mainstream business model and retail stores. 13:30
📈 “The truth is: you need more than one pillar for a business to see growth.” 16:39
🤗 Educating customers about vibrational and conscious beauty is required to become mainstream. 19:40
👃 Boost and shift your chakras, room, or mood. 21:22
😃 Laura will send some abundance to Kent and clear away to Randy. 21:54
Connect with Laura: www.adoratherapy.com
🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com
💡 Screw Harvard, go to Crazy MBA: www.crazymba.com
09/21/21 • 25 min
09/17/21 • 22 min
😃 Subaila’s big and welcoming smile. 02:11
👨⚕️ Rural hospitals in the US have a huge shortage for sleep and pulmonology specialists. 02:33
⚕️ Coming from a family of doctors, she wanted to understand the business side of medicine. 05:41
🫁 Telemedicine is growing: heart and lung exams through Bluetooth technology. 07:23
🩺 Five criteria for a virtual health examination. 10:27
🤔 Challenges with the broad implementation of telehealth. 12:09
💤 Subaila’s business is service-based, but she plans to introduce tele-sleep services to patients directly. 13:48
🤩 “Don't let your fears eat away your goals, stay humble, stay patient, and just be consistent.” 15:42
☀️ Her name means Sacred Light. 18:30
💻 Expanding the network of health professionals and hospitals into telehealth. 19:22
Connect with Subaila: www.telemedora.com
🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com
💡 Screw Harvard, go to Crazy MBA: www.crazymba.com
09/17/21 • 22 min
31. Cynthia Kahn & Transitioning to an Agile Mindset
Business Design
09/14/21 • 24 min
🖼️ Cynthia is an artist. 02:02
🖌️ She explains the process behind making drywall sculptures. 02:46
🤓 Cynthia believes in the importance of an agile mindset in business. 04:46
👉 What’s the difference between “Getting Stuff Done” and traditional agile theory? 06:55
🙃 Focus, accomplishment, feedback, and reflection: Following processes gives you the freedom to be more creative. 09:10
🎨 Incremental vs. iterative development: Cynthia paints using an iterative model. 13:03
👩💼 Where do you feel like you’re most effective? 16:12
🙌 Educating management on agile principles is extremely important. 18:33
🎯 Make sure that you have achievable goals and keep track of them. 19:57
Connect with Cynthia: https://gsd.guru
🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com
💡 Join us: www.crazymba.com
09/14/21 • 24 min
09/10/21 • 22 min
🌡️ People are never happy with the weather in Sweden. 01:19
💡 Magdalena helps people to understand their own internal idea generation process and how to create something their customers will want based on behavior. 02:36
🙃 She taught entrepreneurship for years, but while she was the CEO of a stand-up comedy club, Magdalena realized that creating ideas was what she did best. 03:38
💃 Magdalena’s roots, her education journey, and creating the psychology of ideas niche. 05:11
📵 When her clients are feeling stuck and unable to come up with ideas, she asks them to get off social media for a month and only consume high-quality content and magic happens. 09:00
🥅 Imposter syndrome and “What is the worst thing that could happen?” scenario. 10:14
🍿 “Popcorn People” are people who get ideas easily. These people won’t be able to see all of their ideas through, so Magdalena suggests giving them away or selling them. 12:28
🤩 “We are not consuming good enough content to feed our brains with good enough input to create good enough ideas.” 15:04
🧠 Magdalena is creating online courses on consumer behavior. She also announces her creation of the “Psychology Of Ideas Loop.” 17:37
Connect with Magdalena: www.bibik.co/eng/
https://www.bibik.academy/english
🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com
Join us: www.crazymba.com
09/10/21 • 22 min
29. Mark Evans & Providing Value as a Salesperson
Business Design
09/07/21 • 21 min
🍨 Mark’s unique approach to reaching out to Kent on LinkedIn. 00:50
😇 He likes sending personalized videos to people, which bring a level of personality and humanity to the interaction. 01:40
2️⃣ Salespeople need to embrace these two things in order to make their messaging stand out. 02:54
👍 Responses to Mark’s unusual approach are mostly positive, but regardless of the response he gets, he knows it’s all about the connection and the person he’s trying to help. 04:26
❗ Advice for Founders: Build and sell a minimum viable product first. 06:21
🤓 Replication and systematization: Every process and procedure in your sales funnel should be documented. 07:40
🤩 How his parents and sisters shaped him into the man he is today. 09:36
👨👦 Mark’s entrepreneurial roots: His father comes from a long line of printers who enjoyed being integral communicative parts of those communities. 11:23
🙃 When faced with a difficult decision, Mark uses the risk his parents’ took as a way to put things into perspective. 12:47
🔥 Mark’s passion is helping entrepreneurs create an onboarding and hiring system in which they can multiply their sales efforts. 14:44
🤝 What makes Mark feel like he’s making a difference in the world? 16:30
✌️ Advice for salespeople: Ask better questions! 17:33
📈 Helping small and medium-sized businesses grow their sales teams. 18:09
Connect with Mark: www.getsaleskit.com
🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com
09/07/21 • 21 min
09/03/21 • 26 min
🤩 GymWisely uses customized memberships to offer people the most affordable way to partake in whatever wellness solution they decide fits their lifestyle the best. 07:54
🏙️ How to bridge the gap between marketing to service providers and marketing to consumers. 10:54
😎 Consumers are now “looking for wellness more as a lifestyle.” 13:00
🕵️♂️ Quality control of the apps, trainers, programs, and services offered on GymWisley’s platform. 15:33
😇 Rick is passionate about helping people, and he’s always willing to pitch in when asked. 20:07
🍏 His business model is based on helping people figure out what they need in their wellness journey, and then what is the best, and most affordable, way to incorporate that into their lifestyle. 21:45
🤓 Bringing wisdom into the mindfulness and health journey. 24:54
Connect with Rick: http://gymwisely.com/
🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com
09/03/21 • 26 min
37. Alex Brown & Truly Free Conscious Branding
Business Design
10/05/21 • 26 min
🧔♂️ Alex has an amazing beard. 02:12
🛢️ Crowdfunding project: five guys in California with greasy beards. 02:41
🤩 Doing a product launch that went viral: The Beard Club. 03:25
📈 Learning to grow a brand (and beards). 06:23
😎 His consultant business and non-toxic detergents. 07:41
🗝️ Emotional chord with customers - getting beyond the product is the key. 09:26
🤢 Allergic reactions due to toxic chemicals in detergents was the initial reason to join the new business. 12:17
💚 Supporting orphans, deaf people, and victims of sex trafficking. 13:31
📢 Having a business model that cuts through the noise. 16:54
☘️ Alex’s vision and why the grass looks greener on the other side. 18:24
🤔 Addiction to entrepreneurship is real. 20:58
🍏 Creating a home environment free of chemicals is attainable. www.trulyfreehome.com 22:16
Connect with Alex: www.thealexbrown.com
🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com
💡 Screw Harvard, go to Crazy MBA: www.crazymba.com
10/05/21 • 26 min
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How many episodes does Business Design have?
Business Design currently has 50 episodes available.
What topics does Business Design cover?
The podcast is about Entrepreneurship, Podcasts and Business.
What is the most popular episode on Business Design?
The episode title '36. Holly Duckworth & Being Born a Second Time' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Business Design?
The average episode length on Business Design is 25 minutes.
How often are episodes of Business Design released?
Episodes of Business Design are typically released every 3 days.
When was the first episode of Business Design?
The first episode of Business Design was released on Jul 1, 2021.
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