Inside the Minds of Enterprise Retail & Consumer CEO & Founders

• •connecting with supportive people
• •operational efficiency enabling revenue growth and scale
• •focus on what we can do, not what we can't
• •authenticity in advertising and messaging
• •build network with startups, incubators, and vcs

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• •having too many options without enough information
• •the difficulty of knowing when to 'pull the plug' on a venture
• •traditional yearly budget planning clashes with pace of change
• •thinking the journey is over once money is secured
• •total sales of only $1,000 in the first year

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• •new balance revenue growth - 23% year-over-year increase (2023)
• •doing $10 million in business (company revenue)
• •postcards from constituents (indicator of congressional influence)
• •putting in the most hours (harvard business review study on ceos)
• •buyers more focused on negotiation

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• •playing above the line - choosing to live as a victor with a mindset of abundance
• •be creative and take risks: encourage out-of-the-box thinking for innovation
• •defining types of innovation: clarify if discussing business, customer experience, or product innovation
• •learning when to quit / write it off - recognize when a venture isn't working and cut losses
• •demonstration over rhetoric: move from talking to acting, deliver results to build credibility and influence

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• •starting without a 'proven concept' for investment
• •trying to raise too much money too early
• •analysis paralysis and not just starting
• •when everybody else says no (for entrepreneurs, this is a green light)
• •lack of clarity in strategy communication and cascading to organization

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