Lift Speaks

Lift Office

Welcome to Lift Speaks. Stories of what people do and their impact on the world. Lift Speaks is a show and an idea built from Lift Office, an innovative co-working space. We are the entrepreneurial hub of the Grapevine/Southlake/Colleyville area. Our members operate at the forefront of business, technology, and leadership. We're revealing how they do it so you can do it, too.

  1. 04/13/2019

    Ep33 Bob Farley | Expert Advice: How to Choose the Best Location for Your Business

    Are you curious how to select the best location for your growing business?  As a startup, have you considered why it's important to start and grow your new company in the same city?  Besides location, what are other factors in choosing the best location for your business?   If you are looking to start, move or grow your business, and are considering what is the best location for you and your employees, you'll enjoy learning from Bob Farley, Economic Development Director for Grapevine, Texas.   Bob Farley has had a long, and successful career in Real Estate Development.   Early in his career, Bob served in the public sector for the State of Texas as Senior Staff in charge of economic development for Texas Governor Bill Clements. He has also served as Chief Development Officer for the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce.   Bob then moved into the private sector and spent the next 25+ years working with large corporations conducting site selections and leading strategic plans for evaluating and entering new markets.  He has served as partner and in leadership positions in the respected firms of Greyhill Advisors and Hillwood Development Group.   Bob has spent the last 5 years as Director of Economic Development for the City of Grapevine, Texas. He is the first Economic Director for the city. Under his leadership, Bob and the team at the City of Grapevine have brought in over 1 Billion dollars of new development – and this does not include the indigenous growth in Grapevine.

    17 min
  2. 04/01/2019

    Ep31 Anthony John Amyx | How to Earn More, Work Less, and Have More Fun

    In 2009, Anthony John Amyx, Business Coach, put down his guitar to stop touring as a professional musician and decided to build a personal brand known as the #TwitterRockstar, where he trained over 10,000 people on how to use Twitter to generate leads and sales.   Along the way, he has been featured on CNN, BusinessInsider, CreativeLive and is a mentor to several of Forbes Top Social Media Influencers.   Today, AJ teaches entrepreneurs in the creative industries there is a way of living that defies the status quo and mediocrity. He wants them to know it is possible to thrive in the modern-day marketplace.     I started my business because . . .  I wanted freedom. I wanted to be able to work from anywhere in the world using a laptop and internet connection.   The thing I enjoy most about my business is . . .  seeing the positive impact it has on humanity. I see the impact it has on my clients and their families.   The biggest surprise for me as a business owner is . . .  my results are not solely driven by the things I do. I am learning the more I do the deep inner work of who I am being in the midst of my doing of marketing and sales tasks, I make more money while working less hours. This is very counterintuitive to my East Texan upbringing.   My advice to people considering starting a business is . . . do the deep work. Take radical responsibility for ALL of you. Every thought. Every emotion. Every result. It's all feedback trying to guide you to living in your greatest potential.   My older self would coach my younger self to . . . have unwavering confidence in myself and never look externally for validation or approval. But rather to source it internally, within myself.

    27 min

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Welcome to Lift Speaks. Stories of what people do and their impact on the world. Lift Speaks is a show and an idea built from Lift Office, an innovative co-working space. We are the entrepreneurial hub of the Grapevine/Southlake/Colleyville area. Our members operate at the forefront of business, technology, and leadership. We're revealing how they do it so you can do it, too.