The Startup Equation Podcast

Ja-Naé Duane is a speaker, strategist, social scientist, artist, creative economist, and co-author of The Startup Equation: A Visual Guidebook to Building Your Startup. The book is filled with infographics, visuals, and case studies—a vibrant, practical guide to creating a winning business model for any startup.  The Startup Equation leads you step by step through Read More …

10 Steps to Building Community

One of the buzzwords these days is community. Most brands struggle with creating community, and the first reason is that most brands want the community to be about them. I like to take a different approach, why build one at all? Or, why not join an active community where you can be an influencer or Read More …

Dealstorming A3

Dealstorming is a problem-solving technique that Tim Sanders developed over the last fifteen years into a repeatable, cyclical process that has evolved to include the following seven steps: qualify, organize, prepare, convene, execute, analyze, and report. His book,  Dealstorming: The Secret Weapon That Can Solve Your Toughest Sales Challenges goes much deeper into each of these steps. Read More …

Getting thru a Sales Problem

Tim Sanders has spent most of his career on the cutting edge of innovation and change. He was on the ground floor of the quality movement, the launch of the mobile phone industry and, most notably, the birth of the world wide web. He was an early stage member of Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner’s broadcast.com, Read More …