2000 Books for Ambitious Entrepreneurs - Author Interviews and Book Summaries
by Mani VayaOn 2000 Books podcast, we interview today's top Business and self help authors and get the the most important actionable ideas from the world’s greatest books for ambitious entrepreneurs. We also summarize classic business books and self help books for entrepreneurs such as Napoleon Hill - Think and Grow Rich, Dale Carnegie - How to Win Friends and Influence people, Good to Great, Lean Startup, Zero to One, Never Eat Alone, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos. Some of the authors interviewed include David Allen, Dan Pink, Adam Grant, Chris Brogan, Mike Michalowicz. Our goal is to provide you the best, most actionable ideas from these great books so that you as entrepreneurs, startup founders and CEOs can get to the next level in business and in life using the ideas from these great books
Episodes
40:[Strategy] Aligning Strategy & Sales - Frank Cespedes |3 key components of strategy that every entrepreneur must apply rigorously
45m · Published1. The 3 key components of strategy that every business must apply rigorously - from startups to Fortune 500 companies 2. Why we must resist the temptation to make every sale that comes our way? 3.Why your desk is a very dangerous place to conduct business from ? 4.Why most businesses do not get to $10M in sales and what to do about it.
39:[Social]Hug Your Customers - Jack Mitchell | 4 strategies for increasing profitability
33m · Published1. Why loving your customers will improve your bottom-line 2. How Passion and Long term relationships are keys to long term sustainable business 3. Why we must understand our customers more than our products 4. How to become a customer centric organization 5. How to build powerful relationships with employees so that they help you get to the next level Visit us at: http://www.2000books.com Get Free Audio book: http://www.2000books.com/free Schedule a FREE call with me: http://www.2000books.com/discuss
38:[Marketing] Brainfluence - Roger Dooley | 1 Key to communicate with the decision making part of your customer's brain
35m · Published1) How to tap into that 95% of your customer’s brain that ultimately makes the buying decision? 2) HOW to build a Tribe that loves your business?
37:[Entrepreneurship] Disrupt You - Jay Samit| Don't just create value. You must also Capture Value
46m · Published1) How to achieve success without needing to raise funds from outside investors. 2) Why fast speed to failure is every great entrepreneurs Ammunition. 3) Why as entrepreneurs, we need to not only create value, but also capture value. 4) Why there is little difference between obstacles and opportunities.
36:[Self Help] Happiness Project - Gretchen Rubin| 4 keys to get more happiness in your life
1h 0m · PublishedHappiness Project spent more than 2 years on the NY Times Bestseller list. We discuss: 1) Why happiness is the key to achieving more in life? 2)The 4 keys to live a happier, more meaningful life.
35: [Self Help] Make it Big- Frank McKinney| 3 Keys to living an Extraordinary life
41m · Published1) Why and how you must commit to killing the ordinary approach in your life in order to become extraordinary? 2) What do we need to do in order to build an extraordinary life? 3) How can we build our risk threshold so that we can go after our biggest dreams? 4) Why we must GIVE now - and not wait till we have enough money/success - in order to grow our own life. Download the FREE 4 Disciplines of Execution guide by Texting the word SUMMARY to 44222 or going to www.2000books.com/summary
34:[Productivity] Getting Things Done - David Allen| 5 keys to Getting Things Done
43m · Published5 keys to Super Productivity: - The paradox of having complete control v/s playing a big game in life. - Why we need to build an external brain and how can we do that. - The paradox that the more something is on your mind, the less it is actually happening - Why There are no problems - only projects. If you haven’t labeled the problem as a project, you are a victim of the situation - Why we don’t need more time. We just need more mental space
33:[Startup] Insight Out - Tina Seelig| 4 step process to go from idea to reality
30m · PublishedThe 4 step process that every entrepreneur must go through in order to take ideas from conception to reality. Dr Tina Seelig is the director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP), the entrepreneurship center at Stanford University's School of Engineering. She teaches courses on creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship at Stanford. Dr. Seelig earned a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Stanford University School of Medical where she studied neuroplasticity. She has written 17 books and educational games. We had Tina on the show on Episode 27 and we talked about her book: “What I wish I knew when I was 20: A crash course on making your place in the world”. If you haven’t heard that episode you should definitely check it out as we talk about the one key difference between those who succeed in entrepreneurial ventures and those who don’t.
32:[Finance] Profit First - Mike Michalowicz| 4 Keys to Making more Profits without working more
28m · Published- How to make your business a cash generating machine rather than a cash eating monster? - Parkinson’s law - The idea that When a resource is made available, we consume it all. And it is the same with our own money - Why it is much easier to lose weight if we start using a smaller dinner plate and how we need to treat our money the same way? - Why logic does not work when it comes to money and what to do about it?
31:[Entrepreneurship] Scaling Up - Verne Harnish | Why most businesses never get to $1 Million Revenue mark
34m · Published- Why most businesses never get to the $1 million revenue mark and what to do about it
- The most important people metric you need to monitor when in early phase of your entrepreneurial journey
- The most important thing to own in your customer’s mind
- How to pulse faster in order to execute faster
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2000 Books for Ambitious Entrepreneurs - Author Interviews and Book Summaries has 472 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 118:57:55. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 22nd 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 28th, 2024 08:41.