Profit and Loss Profit and Loss

This interview will have you falling out of your seat in laughter, and provide inspiration with a dose of reality. Join us this week for a mini Mastermind as we speak with Author, International Speaker, Public Speaking Trainer, and The Killer Pitch Master Precious Williams. Get your notebooks ready!

04:04 From attorney to pitch master

10:34 How to get out of a funk

14:15 What a pitch master can do for your business

16:00 SharkTank winning clients and bigger goals

19:28 4-Steps to slay your pitch

25:43 How to introduce yourself

27:06 Create your own lane

29:27 Four things NOT to do in your pitch

33:14 TEDxButler



Article referenced:

Secrets of a Pitching Pro



Contact Precious:

www.perfectpitchesbyprecious.com



FB: @PerfectPitchP

IG: @perfectpitchesp

TW: @PerfectPitchP

LinkedIn: @precious-l-williams

Free Quiz: pitchingforprofit.com

Book Precious for your speaking engagement: killerpitchmaster.com



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What does it take to "Go Big" in business, $8 to $10 million big? We sat down with the chief strategist of CMW Services and program manager for the Launch NY - Founders Go Big program, Crystal Wallace, to find out. 

SHOW NOTES:

Article: https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2021/09/07/rachels-mediterranean-chrusciki-bakery-la-divina.html?cx_testId=40&cx_testVariant=cx_13&cx_artPos=3



Interview:

07:56: What is Founders Go Big? 

09:59: What does it take to "Go Big"?

11:56: What's the ultimate goal?

13:48: Realizing "Going Big" is an option

14:49: The Process

20:47: Dealing with imposter syndrome in our communities

24:52: Industries involved with FGB

27:43: The future of FGB and opportunities

30:03: The launch of CMW Services and impacting startups



TERMINOLOGY USED:

B2B = Business to Business

B2C = Business to Consumer

IC = Independent Contractor

P&L Statement = Profit and Loss Statement



CRYSTAL'S INFO:

cwallace@launchny.org

launchny.org

https://launchny.org/entrepreneurs/founders-go-big/


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Family dynamics and business can be a tricky situation to maneuver, especially for the next generation. We've all heard horror stories. Adam Tidrow and Yahaira Zapata sit down with Speaker, Author, and Consultant to NextGens Nike Anani on pitfalls to look out for, how to weather a crisis, the gender confidence gap, and how to take your family business from Lifetime to Legacy. Nike has almost a decade of experience working in African family businesses, as a NextGen in her parents’ businesses, and also as a co-founder of several others. If there's someone to listen to first hand, she's the one!



Show Notes:

04:26 Gender limitations

05:17 Gender confidence gap

07:32 Steps on how to weather a crisis

13:45 Maintaining clients/customers when a NextGen steps in

14:46 Growing up vs Growing Old

15:47 Where family businesses struggle

16:22 How to propose new ideas to current/traditional stakeholders

20:43 Setting up the next generation for success in the business



Nike's Contact:

nikeanani.com

"The best time to start succession is YESTERDAY, the next best alternative is TODAY." - Nike Anani




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It's 2021, when's the last time you traveled? Listen is as Adam Tidrow and Yahaira Zapata chop it up and talk all things travel, humanity, business, entrepreneurship, and Covid.



00:27 Shenanigans and addressing the elephant in the room

08:01 Different areas and their precautions against Covid

10:22 Service Industry PSA

14:57 Opportunity Entrepreneur (referenced in Episode:22)

21:04 How PathStone can help



Articles referenced:

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/12/uncertainty-is-back-on-main-street-as-delta-variant-rattles-reopening.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/10/an-auto-rental-shortage-sparked-a-boom-in-peer-to-peer-car-sharing-.html



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Marie Rachelle, Founder of Business BEactive, is the Swiss Army knife of all things freelance, community building, public relations, and digital marketing/social media. Struggling with setting goals, adding a side hustle, or breaking free of a 9-5 job? Listen in as Marie Rachelle joins Adam Tidrow and Yahaira Zapata for a much-needed conversation on making yourself marketable, how to stay productive in any scenario, the value of coaches, and the future of office spaces post-pandemic.



Show Notes:

Value-Based conversation referenced from our Small Business Forum:

https://youtu.be/JdtaI9MMQDs?t=242



Book mentioned:

The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss



Marie's Contact:

Facebook, Instagram, Twitter: @bizbeactive

https://www.businessbeactive.com/




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She Means Business was a 13-week virtual entrepreneurship training program designed to take #WomenEntrepreneurs through the steps and processes needed to succeed in #business, going from ideation to launch, from recession to expansion, and job creation.

Listen in as Adam Tidrow and Yahaira Zapata catch up with the two winners of the pitch competition and discuss the importance of confidence and resilience as an entrepreneur/business owner, how to get out of your own way, and what to do when life comes at you at 100 mph. 



SHOW NOTES: 

Article - https://www.forbes.com/sites/theyec/2021/05/21/10-proven-ways-to-build-resilience-as-an-entrepreneur/?sh=2033ef985b97



CONTACT INFO:

Ali Lawrence

https://www.spiritandabundance.com/

Facebook & Instagram: @spiritandabundance



Ronette Hill

Facebook & Instagram: @mmkeepsakes1

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronettehill/




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