Overview

On this episode of Business Insanity Talk Radio, we first talk about how you can go about documenting the processes and systems in your business so you can delegate more, and actually have the business run while you are away. Then, reducing the gender gap in STEM careers starts now with today’s young girls and my guest has a program that can help. We also show you what you can be doing at home with your kids to help them embrace innovativeness and an entrepreneurial mindset. Plus, we tell you all about a new study that’s out from AT&T that identifies six emerging technology trends that are creating new opportunities for businesses to reinvent day-to-day operations. Finally, we show you how to generate real and measureable results using digital marketing strategies.

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Segment 1: Mike Michalowicz is the author of Profit First, Surge, The Pumpkin Plan, and his newest release Clockwork. By his 35th birthday, Mike had founded and sold two companies – one to private equity and another to a Fortune 500. Today he is running his third multi-million dollar venture, Profit First Professionals. Mike is a former small business columnist for The Wall Street Journal and the former business makeover specialist on MSNBC. Over the years, Mike has traveled the globe speaking with thousands of entrepreneurs, and is here today to share the best of what he has learned.

1:15 – What was the inspiration behind your new book Clockwork?

2:45 – Why you should schedule a 4-week vacation.

4:00 – Are you spending your time doing or delegating? Mike shares how to delegate effectively.

6:00 – When it comes to doing less and delegating more, start small. How?

7:15 – What is the Queen Bee role in business? Why is it so important?

9:15 – How do you go about capturing the systems and processes of our business?

Segment 2: Dr. Cristal Glangchai is a scientist, entrepreneur, and mentor with a passion for igniting the entrepreneurial spirit in girls and reducing the gender gap by creating confident girl leaders in STEM and executive roles. She is the author of VentureGirls: Raising Girls to be Tomorrow’s Leaders.

15:30 – Why are women underrepresented in STEM fields?

16:30 – How does STEM education impact entrepreneurship?

17:00 – Why we should encourage young girls to experiment and not shy away from failure.

18:15 – 65% of kids will have jobs that we cannot even imagine today.

19:00 – How parents can and should encourage kids as young as 5 years old to embrace their innovativeness and entrepreneurial mindset.

20:15 – How does the VentureLab program work to reduce the gender gap in STEM?

23:00 – What kinds of entrepreneurial activities can parents do with their children?

Segment 3: Anne Chow is President of National Business for AT&T. She leads over 12,000 business professionals who support 95 percent of AT&T’s business customers nationwide. She also owns the P&L for the small and medium-sized business market which includes all of AT&T’s B2B services including wireless, networking, and application solutions, covering over $15B in revenues.

31:00 – AT&T recently conducted a survey of nearly 4,000 consumers that identified 6 emerging technology trends that are creating new opportunities for businesses to reinvent day-to-day operations.

32:30 – Why do small business owners tend to be late adopters of technology?

34:00 – What is 5G? What will it allow small business owners and consumers to do?

Segment 4: Will Deane is a successful entrepreneur by means as a Digital Marketing and an eCommerce Expert. He has built and scaled several multi-million dollar businesses specializing with results-based marketing.

40:30 – What is Digital Marketing from a small business owner’s perspective?

41:15 – Where do you start with digital marketing?

43:45 – What to do if your digital marketing efforts don’t seem to be working.

45:30 – Where to start with a paid digital marketing budget.

Segment 5: Barry Moltz shares how to get your business unstuck.

49:30 – Do any of these sound familiar?

50:15 – How to take your business to the next level.

51:30 – What’s in the Unstuck course?

52:25 – Special offer code.

To learn more visit, www.barrymoltz.com/unstuck

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