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On this episode of The Small Business Radio Show…
SEGMENT 1 with Jarl Jensen, starting at 0:00: So many small businesses are worried about the economy and what 2023 will bring. Our first guest, Jarl Jensen, says that we need to take an engineering approach to fix our economy. What does that look like?
SEGMENT 2 with Mark J. Carter, starting at 18:45: I’ve always believed that ideas were meaningless without execution. How do you actually make ideas happen?
SEGMENT 3 with Jevonya Allen, starting at 36:00: Being an introvert in business was always thought to be a negative – until COVID came around. Those of us who are introverts were wearing that as a badge of honor! As we go back to networking in the business world… what is an introvert to do?
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More on each segment below.
Segment 1: Jarl Jensen is the Forbes Books author of The Big Solution: Deactivating The Ticking Time Bomb Of Today’s Economy. He’s the founder and president of Inventagon, a company creating simpler research and development solutions for organizations across the globe. Jensen holds patents for medical technologies that have reached sales of over $1 billion. He founded EuroMed, a company he sold in 2016, and has written five books about the economy and its relationship with society.
- How can an engineering approach can fix our economic problems?
- What our current banking system is doing to our world in terms of inequities
- What do you think the purpose of our economy is?
- What are some key areas you would address if you could engineer the economy?
- What can be done to make technology benefit the poor as much as it benefits the wealthy?
Segment 2: After 23 years of interviewing successful people from all walks of life, Mark J. Carter created Idea Climbing®, a body of work that helps people bring their big ideas to life through collaboration, creating successful mentoring experiences and relationship marketing. Mark currently creates interactive professional events called Keynote Conversations and media content including his Idea Climbing podcast and 8 Unedited Minutes video series. His book “Idea Climbing: How to Create a Support System for Your Next Big Idea” was published this year.
- The creation of Idea Climbing
- Relationship marketing
- Demystifying mentoring
- Mixing mentoring and marketing
- The importance of altruism in the business world
Segment 3: Jevonya Allen commands attention as the Creator and Chief Visionary Officer of Twisted Networking, an internationally recognized business networking organization. Known for her success as an author, a certified business consultant, and a networking coach, Jevonya’s mission is to teach people who are selling a product or service how to become skillful at building relationships that will result in both personal and professional growth.
- What introverts actually are vs the stereotypes once thrust upon them in pop culture
- Famous introverts who have made huge marks on society
- How the feelings around the words introvert and networking will change with one readthrough
- How introverts are uniquely built for success in business and entrepreneurship
