Introduction
On this episode of Business Insanity Talk Radio, we first talk to a Silicon Valley veteran who gives us insight into what the culture is really like at companies like Facebook and Twitter. Then, we’ll discuss how to successfully make the transition from college to career. Next, there are a lot of companies out there that can produce one innovation, but we’ll share the secret to keep innovating over and over again. Finally, learn about your chance to have your business featured on Dale Earnhardt Jr’s No. 88 Nationwide Chevy.
Listen and enjoy:
Segment 1: Antonio García Martínez is both a veteran of Facebook and Twitter and now he has a tell-all book out called “Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley”.
1:30 – What are Chaos Monkeys?
3:00 – Things you don’t know about Silicon Valley, including the strange Facebook initiation rite called “on-boarding”.
5:15 – Antonio shares how his experience as a Facebook product manager resembled “an Afghan warlord or pirate captain”.
6:30 – Why Mark Zuckerberg is a genius.
7:30 – How is working at Twitter different than working at Facebook?
9:15 – What is the most important aspect of a successful culture?
Segment 2: Anne Deeter Gallaher is the author of The Future Belongs to Students in High Gear: A Guide for Students and Aspiring Game Changers in Transition from College to Career and CEO of Deeter Gallaher Group LLC. She is passionate about entrepreneurship and high gear work environments. Anne was recognized as one of Pennsylvania’s Best 50 Women in Business.
15:15 – What does it mean to be in high gear?
16:30 – Why your resume, degree and “hard skills” will only get so you far in landing a job after college.
18:00 – The most important skill for any college graduate.
20:00 – How to build an impressive personal brand.
21:15 – What do employers expect from college graduates and how to you exceed those expectations?
23:00 – What is the job market like for college graduates?
Segment 3: Dana Oliver is a Senior Director of Research & Development at Medtronic’s Surgical Technologies ENT / NT division and have helped grow this business unit from $100 million to approximately $2 billion in annual revenues over fourteen years. He is the author of two self-help business books; “Mantra Leadership – Don’t Become the Emperor with No clothes”. Most recently, he published “Mantra Design – Innovate, Buy, or Die! Discover the Secrets for Profitable and Lasting Innovation”.
31:15 – How to continually and consistently innovate.
32:30 – Steve Jobs is famous for saying the customer doesn’t know what they want. How does Apple listen to customers?
34:00 – Why it’s important to evolve your products through customers’ eyes.
34:45 – Why you need to think narrowly when it comes to innovation.
36:00 – How to handle failure.
Segment 4: Barry Moltz shares how to get your business unstuck.
40:30 – Do any of these sound familiar?
41:15 – How to take your business to the next level.
42:45 – What’s in the Unstuck course?
46:00 – Special offer code.
Segment 5: Sarah Jacobs is the associate vice president of Small Business at Nationwide, the No. 1 total small-business insurer in the country. She is accountable for enhancing products and capabilities for business owners and distribution partners.
49:30 – Nationwide’s contest for NASCAR small business fans.
51:00 – What should small business owners know about business insurance?
52:00 – Visit www.nationwide.com to learn more about small business insurance and http://www.watercoolerdalejr.com/ to learn more about your chance to have your business featured on Dale Earnhardt Jr’s No. 88 Nationwide Chevy.
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