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03. Scott Anderson & the Entrepreneur’s Addiction
Business Design
07/08/21 • 15 min
👔 Scott has owned nine businesses. 01:50
🛑 Burnout is a typical occurrence for most entrepreneurs. 03:38
⚠️ The reality of a “burnout pandemic” will become more evident in the next year. 05:28
🐘 Birthing and nurturing their “baby elephant” is the ‘“juice” for most entrepreneurs. 07:43
🫂 Scott believes his most important work is in helping others through depression stemming from burnout.12:22
🤔 Nurturing your business can be an addiction. 15:23
Connect with Scott: www.doubledareyou.us
⚡Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com
02. Bob Phibbs & Reimagining Retail
Business Design
07/05/21 • 22 min
👨⚕️ Bob “the Retail Doc” works to cure retail’s illnesses. 01:46
👦 He was a very curious kid, and some thought he would be a scientist, but he chose to be a performer. 04:51
🏡 Bob worked many different jobs early in his career, and he surprisingly found that he loved retail. 06:07
🎭🎶 On music, writing to 20 conductors on Broadway in the ‘70s, and ending up in retail. 07:08
🛒 It's hard to convert "just-looking" into "I'll take out my wallet." 09:06
🫂 People who feel they matter, purchase more
(Another line) The secret sauce of retail is discovery. 13:13
💲 Retail is mindless in most cases, with too much noise and distractions. 17:49
Connect with Bob: www.retaildoc.com
Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com
01. Dr. Pelè & Profitable Happiness
Business Design
07/01/21 • 20 min
🤩 On the power of music. 01:29
🎸 What is "profitable happiness"? 02:00
🤠 On the power of a good hat.
🤔 On "Minnesota nice" and tribalism. 04:51
🖥️ Interruption marketing vs. permission marketing. 08:07
🇳🇬 What Pele learned from life in a refugee camp: Happiness comes before success. 10:32
🎵 On the power of singing in a warzone. 14:16
🐰 A self-proclaimed, “energizer bunny” or a “broken clock”. 15:56
⚽ The meaning of Pelè; Naming children in Ebo culture. 17:435
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18. Nicola Kleinmann & The Importance of HR
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08/12/21 • 19 min
🎡 London coming back to life. 1:31
😇 “There is opportunity if you look for it.” 02:19
🌟 Nicola’s work as an HR and Talent consultant. 03:42
🧱 Creating the right foundation has a major impact on your business’s success. 06:19
🤔 The companies that are flexible and open to remote work will be the most successful. 09:00
❓ Measuring an employee’s performance by output and contribution is powerful. 12:21
➡️ Two mistakes most startups make. 14:10
Connect with Nicola: www.yourpeople.associates
🤓Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com
21. Haitham Ahmed & Education for All
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08/17/21 • 21 min
📚 Haitham has had an omnifarious education. 04:04
🧑🏫 Transitioning from being a great leader to a great educator. 05:42
🖥️ COVID19 and online education: Find courses you are interested in. 07:01
👦 Haitham’s origin story. 08:37
🌍 He wants to create high-quality, low-price courses to help educate people in the topics they’re interested in. 09:57
📗 Haitham’s thesis was on improving leadership skills by using Neuro Linguistic Programming. 14:32
🎓 Everyone needs something to learn. 15:39
Connect with Haitham: www.haitham.website
🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com
09. Steve Feld & Strategies to Satisfaction
Business Design
07/27/21 • 20 min
🦅 The story behind the Eagles’ record on Steve’s wall. 01:28
💻 Using proprietary software to uncover businesses’ hidden annualized revenue in just 45 minutes. 04:58
⚠️ Small businesses waste their money on ineffective marketing! 05:51
🔑 Strategy is key: Steve prefers a sniper approach. 07:54
👔 Steve’s passion is to help small businesses. 09:51
🦄 Becoming a “unicorn” overnight is not possible in business. 12:58
🏀 Steve’s experience with the Harlem Globetrotters. 14:36
🔥 Know who your target market is and satisfy them. 16:48
Connect with Steve: www.bizcoachsteve.com
🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com
04. Wilbert Carl Farris & AbCollar
Business Design
07/12/21 • 28 min
✈️ Wilbert spent 40 years in the aerospace industry. 02:54
🎯 Exercise-induced neck and back pain spurs an invention. 04:19
🤩 Product users discovered new and innovative uses. 08:40
🤑 Are you in this for money or to help people? 11:43
💪 Fitness product uses in the medical community..13:40
🤔 Wilbert’s product has not yet reached the masses as it should. 20:27
📜 Holding the patent and profits from licensing. 22:18
😇 Often the simplest devices are the ones that get us through life. 23:30
Connect with Wilbert www.abcollar.com
Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com
27. Angela De Souza & Supporting Women Globally
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08/31/21 • 18 min
🌹 Rose petals metaphor. 01:08
👩💼 Angela started her business by accident: She wanted to create a safe space for businesswomen to do business and be inspired. 01:46
🙃 Her first business failed: Having a great idea is not enough, you need to have the skills to run a business. 03:52
✨ Angela learned her most valuable lessons from her failures. 04:48
💭 Her parents had noble hopes and dreams for her. 06:29
🤔 Men and women do business differently: Women tend to downplay what makes them unique and special. 08:04
💲 Angela’s company is a membership organization and their clubs and conferences are franchise owned. 10:58
🕵️♀️ She maintains the quality of franchisees through clear systems and processes, regular training sessions, and visiting their clubs for assessments. 12:02
✌️ Focusing on what's really important: avoid nitpicking and micromanaging. 12:53
🚧 “You don’t know what you don’t know when you start.” 14:37
🌍 Future plans: Making the support they offer to women globally accessible. 15:41
🐱 Muffin joins the conversation. 17:02
Connect with Angela: www.womensbusiness.club
🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com
48. Mary Meston & Coaching with Clarity
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11/12/21 • 28 min
📚 Mary has the most incredible background behind her. 01:39
🪶 The Quilly Award for a best-selling book. 03:15
🏆 The Road to Success book with Jack Canfield. 04:10
3️⃣ Right-handed and left-brained: Mary was a parent to her brothers. 06:28
💧 Clarity: helping people get clear; it sounds so very simple, it's so basic, but it is really foundational and fundamental. 08:56
⚖️ Balancing time, scope, and budget with clarity to get the best possible results. 10:20
🤔 Back in the day, big brands and logos won the day, but now flexible players are breaking in the space. 12:15
😎 Family history: Triggers Mary’s brothers know how to use. 14:17
⭐ Sense of oscillation built-in adaptability, capability, and flexibility for Mary.16:31
🧐 The knee-jerk moment for Mary is when people she is working with think they’ve done it all perfectly. 17:50
🧠 Developing the EQ doesn’t come only with experience. 19:30
😇 Coaching for Mary is an advisory and a guide. 21:48
⚡ You have Mpowered behind you. 25:09
Connect with Mary: www.mpoweredsolutionsgroup.com
🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com
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38. Bob Norton & Piloting Entrepreneurship
Business Design
10/08/21 • 28 min
✈️Bob is a pilot and is surrounded by model airplanes. 02:20
🛩️ He received his amateur pilot license: a story about piloting in a hailstorm. 03:30
🍔 Having a “$100 burger” and flying over Cape Cod. 04:12
🤕 Bob’s broken wrist: an unfortunate event while playing with a dog. 05:20
👉 Why searching for competitive intelligence and creating updated competitive landscape maps for businesses is essential. 06:04
👑 Small businesses should create models that have zero competitors: differentiation. + competitive landscape maps. 08:11
👦 “A serial hobbyist,” as he calls himself, Bob was a curious and focused child who owned 4 businesses before he finished high school. 11:45
🧘♂️ His Dad was passionate about education and practicing Transcendental Meditation. 13:21
🗣️ Bob talks eloquently: Adjust the language you use while talking to people. 14:06
🥧 “Vision pie” and 11 elements of complete vision. 16:02
😎 Tombstone writing: he pushed the envelope in leadership and management systems. 18:59
✌️ Bob believes in servant leadership and explains what the most significant error big companies are making is. 20:12
⚡ Blockchain will touch every industry and cryptocurrency is one application of that. 21:50
🎓 Entrepreneurship University. 25:09
Connect with Bob: www.airtightmgt.com
🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com
💡 Screw Harvard, go to Crazy MBA: www.crazymba.com
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FAQ
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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