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20 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Toughest Business Lessons Learned

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CEO Hack: Step process
CEO Nugget: Distinguish between the balcony and dance floor
CEO Defined: Helping more people

Website: https://brianrollo.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianlrollo/
Book: The 10 Habits of Influential Leaders https://amzn.to/39vcw66

Podcast Interview: https://iamceo.co/2021/02/13/iam915-expert-helps-managers-become-influential-leaders/
Full Interview: https://cbnation.tv/2022/11/25/expert-helps-managers-become-influential-leaders/

Jan-Benedict (“JB”) Steenkamp is Knox Massey Distinguished Professor of Marketing at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. In a recent Stanford University study, he was ranked in the global top 0.1% across all sciences.

JB has written several books for business practitioners, his most recent one being Time to Lead: Lessons for Today’s Leaders from Bold Decisions that Changed History. In today’s time of global crisis and obvious lack of faith in leaders at all levels, more than ever, we need to – and can – learn from the great men and women in the recent and more distant past, who often faced much greater challenges. He has given executive seminars and guest lectures on all continents and to a multitude of organizations including the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.

CEO Hack: Taking leadership tests
CEO Nugget: Having the motivation and resilience to overcome adversity
CEO Defined: Leader with the ability to get the organization into the direction they want to achieve

Website: https://www.jbsteenkamp.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-benedict-steenkamp-bb535ab/

Book link: https://www.amazon.com/Time-Lead-Lessons-Leaders-Decisions/dp/1734324821/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2MEQO8HFMRF72&dchild=1&keywords=jan-benedict+steenkamp&qid=1607026595&sprefix=jan-b%2Caps%2C165&sr=8-1

Podcast Interview: https://iamceo.co/2021/02/12/iam914-author-derives-lessons-on-historical-leadership/
Full Interview: https://cbnation.tv/2022/11/25/author-derives-lessons-on-historical-leadership/

Sarah is a local entrepreneur who has been working in restaurants for most of 20 years. Having done everything from bussing and hosting up through chief operating officer, she decided to venture out and start her own consulting firm, Your-White-Knight. During the height of covid as restaurants are failing, she began working with several local places to help them find a way to survive and then to thrive.

CEO Hack: Having people
CEO Nugget: Take more chances
CEO Defined: Life title that defines your existence ii) Stepping up to your role every day

Website: http://www.your-white-knight.com/

Linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-white-031372118/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SarahWhiteAdvocacyConsulting

Podcast Interview: https://iamceo.co/2021/02/13/iam913-entrepreneur-helps-businesses-survive-and-thrive/
Full Interview: https://cbnation.tv/2022/11/16/entrepreneur-helps-businesses-survive-and-thrive/

Katiana Jolimeau (KJ) is the owner of Trips Travel Agency. She embarked on a career in travel after having spent many years in the financial services industry. In that time she has spent many years providing travel planning services and concierge to clients worldwide. Her travel specialties lie in international destinations, sporting events and behind the scenes access. If you're looking to follow your team during World Cup or plan your next Safari trip, she's the one who can make your travel dreams come true.

CEO Hack: Reading a lot more ii) Full Focus Planner
CEO Nugget: Keep checking your inbox
CEO Defined: Taking control of your life and the people you love

Website: https://www.tripstravelagency.com/

Facebook Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/Tripsloveoftravelgroup

Podcast Interview: https://iamceo.co/2021/02/09/iam911-owner-makes-travel-dreams-come-true/
Full Interview: https://cbnation.tv/2022/11/16/owner-makes-travel-dreams-come-true/

Daniel Booter is the CEO and founder of D.B. Marketing Group, a marketing company that helps celebrity clients and companies develop and execute their marketing strategies. The company focuses on many aspects of marketing such as social media, photo, film, graphics, branding, & crisis management. All the exclusive work done by Daniel with The NBA, Capital Hill, and Jeff Hamilton as well as his contribution to the United Nations with the coordination of the marketing work for their globally recognized large-scale events, are highly praised. In addition to serving as CEO, Daniel also uses his knowledge in marketing towards assisting non-profit organizations that help underprivileged children in different countries because he believes he can use his marketing knowledge to inspire young entrepreneurs & people across the world.

CEO Hack: Consistent learning
CEO Nugget: Working consistently everyday
CEO Defined: Having freedom, being adaptable and staying the course

Website: https://www.dbmgnyc.com/

Instagram: www.instagram.com/danielbooter
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@danielbooter

Podcast Interview: https://iamceo.co/2021/02/08/iam910-founder-helps-develop-and-execute-marketing-strategies/
Full Interview: https://cbnation.tv/2022/11/16/founder-helps-develop-and-execute-marketing-strategies/

Scott Wayman is the Founder and CEO of Kangarootime, the leading software for childcare centers and preschools. A passionate entrepreneur, Scott spent more than a decade working with many healthcare systems across the United States and enjoyed founding a successful Healthcare Informatics business, Medstreaming.

In 2015, as a young parent-guardian, Scott was inspired to found Kangarootime when he discovered that many of the groundbreaking technologies being used in health systems and physician offices could greatly benefit childcare owners and leaders in the early education industry. He designed Kangarootime to bring the same efficiencies to childcare and to give childcare professionals the tools to scale their classrooms, automate their businesses and better communicate with the families they serve.

Scott has won awards for Kangarootime at Tech Week LA as a Finalist/Runner-Up, is a VatorSplashLA Champion, and is a member of the Year 4 Cohort of winners at 43North. Formerly a resident of Los Angeles, California, Scott relocated himself and Kangarootime to Buffalo, NY in 2018 after winning the 43North competition. He has become one of the most well-known entrepreneurs in the area and works closely with the entrepreneurial community in Buffalo to provide mentorship and insight. When he’s not coming up with new ways to improve the world around him, he enjoys cycling, brewing beer, being a devoted husband, dog-lover and prankster.

CEO Hack: Creating a culture of relentlessness
CEO Nugget: Be every smart with inter-personal relationships ii) Tie up the relentless mode before starting the journey
CEO Defined: Commitment to learning for a lifetime

Website: https://www.kangarootime.com/

Podcast Interview: https://iamceo.co/2021/02/04/iam906-founder-brings-efficiencies-to-childcare/
Full Interview: https://cbnation.tv/2022/11/16/founder-brings-efficiencies-to-childcare/

In the words of Tony Robbins: “Mike is an extraordinary man. He’s brought me insights on how to reach people on the Internet that are so valuable. This is a man you should deal with. Take advantage of what he has to offer.” Mike is known for being a media master who knows how to help his international clients get attention, create premium brands, and elevated status in days. Mike has had four business exits, two to publicly-traded companies. His first, Digital Cafe, one of the first digital marketing agencies in the world, sold to IPG, The Interpublic Group. His two SaaS companies, Traffic Geyser, and Instant Customer, were sold to a publicly-traded company. His most recent was You Everywhere Now to a private buyer.

CEO Hack: Money Phone
CEO Nugget: You don't know when your time is going to come up - build a business around your life
CEO Defined: Being accountable to your team and clients and a distinct set of values you won't compromise

Website: https://www.mikekoenigs.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MikeKoenigs
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/MikeKoenigs/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/koenigs/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MikeKoenigs/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MikeKoenigs
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/MikeKoenigs/

Podcast Interview: https://iamceo.co/2021/01/06/iam877-media-master-helps-clients-create-premium-brands/
Full Interview: https://cbnation.tv/2022/11/07/media-master-helps-clients-create-premium-brands/

Oscar Diaz has 20 years of experience in the IT industry. Oscar studied Information Technology Engineering at UNITEC (http://www.unitec.edu.ve/). During his five year program, he worked as a Coding Instructor and participated in several university programs to attract new students to the faculty. After graduating, Oscar started working in the Telecommunication Industry at Digitel Corp (www.digitel.com.ve). His first position at Digitel was as a System Administrator, where he had several servers under his responsibility, including the email system that supported 3000 users. In the next five years, Oscar demonstrated he was willing to take on new challenges and responsibilities; this allowed him to climb the organizational ladder and earn a management position where he was in charge of the server infrastructure running on Microsoft products (200+ servers and 10+ engineers on his team under his direction). After that, Oscar moved to the position of Application Manager, where he was in charge of (a) Business Intelligence, (b) Web Application Development, and (c) Customer Liaison Units (where he had 20+ engineers, business analysts and team leads working under his supervision). After ten years working in the Enterprise world and seeing the opportunity of bringing Enterprise IT practices to small and medium-sized businesses, Oscar founded Tecbound Technology in 2011. The goal of the company was to bring quality IT service to business owners and help them navigate the challenges of using IT in their business. Tecbound has grown ever since and now has a presence in Calgary, Vancouver, and Latin America. Oscar sponsors several children through not-for-profit organizations like World Vision and Christians Children’s Fund, and has a passion for helping kids to get involved in sports activities to promote family values, respect for others and encourage them to become the best they can be.

CEO Hack: Two books - (1) Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill (2) Never Split the Difference by Christopher Voss
CEO Nugget: Start early, don't overthink it because there's never a right time to do it
CEO Defined: Learning and running a business, looking after employees and taking care of customers

Website: https://www.tecbound.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tecbound-technology/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tecbound
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tecbound
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tecboundtech

Podcast Interview: https://iamceo.co/2021/01/05/iam876-founder-brings-quality-it-service-to-business-owners/
Full Interview: https://cbnation.tv/2022/11/07/founder-brings-quality-it-service-to-business-owners/

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