Business - Entrepreneurship

December 8, 2011

Interview with Jim Collins, author of the book Great By Choice

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Mike Carruthers:
Some companies even in this economy are doing well, why is that?

Jim Collins:
Basically we found that you need 3 behaviors; fanatic discipline, empirical creativity, and productive paranoia.
 

November 22, 2011

Interview with Brendon Burchard, author of the book The Millionaire Messenger: Make a Difference and a Fortune Sharing Your Advice

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Mike Carruthers:
Are you an expert at something?

Brendon Burchard:
Every single one of us has a life story or experiences or wisdom that we’ve gathered in our life (either from a personal life or professional life) that can actually help other people.
 

October 3, 2011

Interview with David Kord Murray, author of the book Plan B: How to Hatch a Second Plan That's Always Better Than Your First

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Mike Carruthers:
To reach a goal in life or in business you need a plan, that would be Plan A.

David Kord Murray:
Plan A is extremely important and I’m a big fan of planning, just realize that the plan is going to change.
 

September 6, 2011

Interview with Jim Beach, co-author of the book School for Startups: The Breakthrough Course for Guaranteeing Small Business Success in 90 Days or Less

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Mike Carruthers:
If would be entrepreneurs should understand anything is that you don’t have to be a genius to start your own business.

Jim Beach:
The Global entrepreneurship monitor which is run by Babson University, says that 93% of businesses around the world are copies of someone else’s business.
 

September 5, 2011

Interview with Jim Beach, co-author of the book School for Startups: The Breakthrough Course for Guaranteeing Small Business Success in 90 Days or Less

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Mike Carruthers:
The secret desire of many people is to be an entrepreneur.

Jim Beach:
72% of Americans say they want to be entrepreneurs but they’re afraid because they don’t think they have the creativity and they have an aversion to risk. And if we can remove those 2 things, and we can, anyone can be an entrepreneur.
 

August 23, 2011

Interview with Hal Gregersen, co-author of the book The Innovator's DNA: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators

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Mike Carruthers:
One way to discover how great innovators create their ideas is to ask them.

Hal Gregersen:
So we met with people like Jeff Bezos at Amazon and asked how did he get this great idea that turned into a company called Amazon.
 

June 2, 2011

Interview with Marnie Pehrson, author of the book Trust Your Heart: Transform Your Ideas Into Income

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Mike Carruthers:
While you hear a lot about internet entrepreneurs you don’t have to start an internet business to be successful - it just has to be something you’re good at.

Marnie Pehrson:
I have a friend who loves to get on the phone and talk to people and sell them things. Well there’s not too many people who like to do that. So she services herself out to other entrepreneurs and she makes their calls for them.
 

May 10, 2011

Interview with March Ostrofsky, author of the book Get Rich Click!: The Ultimate Guide to Making Money on the Internet

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Mike Carruthers:
How do you make money on the Internet? There are a lot of misconceptions.

Marc Ostrofsky:
Everyone thinks you have to create the new Facebook or Google or Yahoo, that’s not the case the game is to create new income for yourself whether it’s $100 a day or $1000 a day.
 

May 5, 2011

Interview with Andy Boynton, author of the book The Idea Hunter: How to Find the Best Ideas and Make them Happen

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Mike Carruthers:
Of course it’s possible that a great idea can be the result of ah ha moment, but most great ideas actually take a very different course.

Andy Boynton:
I think we know enough about innovation and studying innovation by now the best ideas are combinations of old ideas – and that it’s not the divine moment.
 

April 14, 2011

Interview with Peter Sheahan, author of the book Making It Happen: Turning Good Ideas Into Great Results

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Mike Carruthers:
Not to burst your entrepreneurial bubble but if you have a great idea for the next big thing just remember…

Peter Sheahan:
The world doesn’t need any new ideas there’s plenty of ideas out there. The real value is created with the person that does have the business smarts to execute on it.