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The Unapologetic Capitalist
by The Unapologetic Capitalist
Leave your ego and politics at the door, and generate substantial long-term value with The Unapologetic Capitalist.
Episodes
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When Personalities Clash: Conflict Mgmt
Conflict arises in any venture. When that conflict escalates or becomes on-going between founders, partners, leaders and managers, it can destroy the value in even the most stalwart companies. In this episode, The UC discusses strategies and tactics to mitigate conflict, retain value, and right…
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Disciplined Entrepreneurship-Bill Aulet
There is a ton of advice out there on starting a company. Some of the advice is sage, but much of it is inappropriately projective, often capricious, and even wayward. Starting and growing a company demands diligence, patience and most of all productivity. The Unapologetic Capitalist has an…
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Don't Take the Blame-Take Responsibility
Everyone is ready to take credit when things go well. Yet, it is all finger pointing at others when things go south. It is much easier to blame someone else. But blame is unproductive and detrimental. It is a post mortem, backwards looking exercise. Being a productive leader means taking...
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Why Are You So Busy? Manage Time Better!
Too many people are boasting that they are 'so busy.' If you are consummately busy, you are either a poor time manager, seriously undervaluing your time, or both. Some say how 'busy' they are to imply that they are important because they are so demanded. So we should feel blessed by their mere...
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Acquisition: Thinking Beyond the Deal
This show focuses on the long-term partnership that is contemplated when considering acquisition and funding. The transaction is merely the ‘wedding’ for the goal of a lifetime partnership or ‘marriage.’ Too many companies and funds consider the transaction to be the big ‘ta da.’ However, the...
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Venture Update: Textile Based Delivery
The Unapologetic Capitalist revisits with Jordan Schindler, CEO of Textile Based Delivery and Nufabrx to check in on the growth and progress since originally profiling the venture in June 2014. Jordan talks about the evolution of the company from its inaugural Nufabrx product into developing...
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Is Your Venture Investment Ready?
Building value often requires investment. However, needing cash doesn't mean you are ready to ask for and incorporate investment. Being "funding ready" means knowing how much you need, what those dollars are being optimally used for, and how and when those dollars will convert to a meaningful...
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Making Changes to Build the Value in You
The same strategies and tactics that can be used to create growth and value in your venture can also be applied to increasing the opportunities for you and your career. In this episode, the Unapologetic Capitalist discusses making decisions that bring supportive growth to your career path.
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5 Tactics to Increase Revenue
Companies of all stages struggle to increase revenues. This discussion contemplates an approach that lays out a clear path to imminent, significant, low-risk profit growth that leverages a company’s current customer base and core business.
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2 Simple Strategies to Generating Revenue
The top of mind question for businesses is: How can we generate more revenues? This week, The Unapologetic Capitalist relays two simple strategies to plant seeds for quick, low risk and profitable growth in your business and revenues.
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Is Your Social Media Helping or Hurting?
Is social media is adding value to your venture? Megalomaniac CEO's overuse their platforms so their addicted egos can garner the continuous adulation they need from many manufactured ‘fans.’ Studies show this sinks the value of the company they are supposed to lead. Others are so private that...
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Media's Role in Running Your Company
Can the media be an effective tool in building value in your company? How does media build your company’s brand and personal reputation? Can the media be used to proactively or even reactively manage your reputation? Special Guest: Davidson Goldin founder of Goldin Solutions specializing in...
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You, Your Company & Social Media
You, Your Company, & Social Media: A Tricky Ménage à Trois. There is no doubt that social media has power. As a marketing and distribution tool it is only growing in power. However, most have misunderstood the nuances of social media and fail to leverage it properly. Many have also misunderstood...
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What Kind of Leader are You?
Are you a good CEO? What kind of leader are you? Many CEOs sink the value of their company by getting distracted by their own media. A good leader and CEO will prioritize the needs of the venture over their personal wants. It is important to learn what outlets and assets to properly leverage to...
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Who is the best CEO for your venture?
A CEO’s job is to build long term value in their company. Yet many CEOs fail. Having the right CEO to lead a company is critical to a venture’s success. The wrong CEO can be disastrous. Learn to spot the red flags, and ask the right questions to understand who the best CEO is to lead your venture...
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Selling Innovation by Going Old School
The Unapologetic Capitalist and CEO John Kawola of Harvest Automation discuss the challenges of bringing innovation to a traditional marketplace that is generally slow to adopt new technologies. CEO John Kawola talks about the need to invest in building face-to-face relationships with the…
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Building Product and Brand Awareness
The UC discusses the challenges of building product and brand awareness among multiple customer groups with Stayful.com CEO Cheryl Rosner. The show includes an in-depth conversation exploring the evolution from early adopting customers who are integrally involved in product development to mass...
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Launching Your Pilot Product
An excellent product launch is key to business success. Robert Frisch, CEO of Firelight Camps, discusses the key challenges of preparing for a product launch. Firelight is bringing ‘glamping’ (a high end camping experience) to unique hotel properties and vineyards. The UC and Robert discuss the...
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CEO Jordan Schindler Discusses Venture Growth
CEO Jordan Schindler of Nüfabrx discusses brining his venture to the next major milestone by balancing investment in sales and inventory management. The discussion hits the 3 key impediments towards achieving the critical milestones in a high growth venture and discusses solutions for building a...
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Innovators and Influencers
Michael O. “Coop” Cooper, one of the world’s top business coaches, facilitators and trainers, is the founder of Innovators and Influencers. Coop and The Unapologetic Capitalist discuss how high growth ventures can best work to achieve their next major milestone.
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Attract Customers and Earn Loyalty
Attracting new customers and earning their loyalty is hard and getting harder. Customers are fickle and overly informed. In today’s day and age of instant information overload, how can you effectively attract customers and earn loyalty? Technology and social media, have given discerning consumers…
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Getting Customers to "Stay & Pay"
Customer loyalty will add significant value to your venture. However, creating and cultivating customer loyalty has become more and more difficult in the digital age. Customers are finicky, and the options to use competitive or substitutive products keep growing. Good enough at the right price…
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Forget ‘Freemium’ Aim for ‘Stay & Pay’
Everyone loves free stuff. But once you’ve given your product away for free, you’ve just valued it at zero. People clamor to get free stuff like it is the most valuable thing ever, but once they’ve gotten it for free, they will almost never pay for it, because what they really value is the…
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Mastering the Art of M&A
The age old mantra of “buying low and selling high” is the basis for making money on any transaction including an M&A Deal. However, there is a difference in perspective if you are a day trader or a house flipper versus buying something to generate substantial long term value. For instance,...
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Productive Patience Leadership
Patience is a virtue. However, leaders and entrepreneurs tend to be inherently impatient. No matter what stage your company is in, you will always feel the pressure of time and results. Time and results are like a chicken and egg situation. More time will afford you the chance for results, and...
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Fixing a Broken Bridge
Getting deals done often comes down to business relationships. Sometimes you have to deal with relationships that have gone sour which puts any business in jeopardy. You will have to decide whether or not the value in that relationship is worth saving. There are MANY ways to cross a bridge, but...
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The Emperor's New Clothes
More often than not, you will have to deal with bad managers. However, business still needs to get done. It is very difficult to be the one who has to point out that the Emperor is naked. So here’s a bit of a conundrum: Are you going to believe in truth above harmony? Or would you prioritize...
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Snatching Victory f/ the Jaws of Defeat
Whether you are working on deal, raising money, dealing with a partner, vendor or employee, at some point, the relationship might start to go south. Defeat may be looming, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still salvage victory. What happens when you are crossing a proverbial bridge and see that...
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Talent: Nature v Nurture
Got Talent? What is nature versus nurture in the business world? What can be learned or taught versus that which is just innate? In our quest for building long term extraordinary value, it is important that we invest in what we can learn or what we can teach. We need to know how to spot and be…
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Dare to Succeed w/ Gerald Lucas
Show 25: Being Entrepreneurial: Special Guest, Gerald Lucas
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Chemistry Matters: When ‘All-Stars’ Fail
An All Star team isn’t necessarily the OPTIMAL team. Team chemistry matters and optimally allocating your resources to germinate good leaders and managers within your company is paramount for success. There is some logic (though often short-sighted) in plucking single players out of another...
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The Different Role of Leadership & Mgmt
There are times to lead and times to manage. It is important to know the difference between leadership and management. Leaders and managers are distinctly different roles. Many companies err because they don’t understand the difference between a leader and manager. Leaders fail when they manage...
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Rebuilding & Engaging in the Marketplace
Building market share and engaging in your marketplace is pivotal for long term success in your business. One of the most effective and valuable ways to build market share is attending conferences and trade shows where your market share is captive and IN PERSON. Don’t think you can hide behind…
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Cutting the Fat & Making Tough Decisions
Terminating a relationship of any kind really sucks. There’s just no getting around that. However, so often we find ourselves in situation where we need to cut the fat in our organizations, and sometimes cut out a toxin. So whether you are cutting the fat or creating addition by subtraction…
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Think Like a Venture Capitalist
Learn the 3 key venture capital investment fallacies and how to avoid them so that you can be successful in fund raising for your venture. Understand the venture capitalist's perspective and priorities so you can get in front of the right investor at the right time with the right opportunity.
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View from the Venture Capital Seat
Venture capital investing and entrepreneurship one of the riskiest business paths to take. The great irony is that most of the folks involved in venture capital investing are perversely risk adverse. When raising money from venture capital investors, it helps to know what the view is like from...
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What is the Best Way to Raise Money?
Show 18: What is the Best Way to Raise Money?
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What Are the Risks Worth Taking?
Making money means taking risks. Venture capital is some of the riskiest dollars to invest, yet venture capitalists are some of the most risk averse people on the planet. Most of us fear losing our jobs or fear being wrong, and sadly too many find comfort in dangerous group think so that if they...
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Sell to the Right Customer
Making money depends on getting your product sold to the RIGHT customer at the RIGHT price at the RIGHT time. Business development means developing a pipeline of business so that you can ultimately sell to them. Many business development and sales people think they are good at their jobs, but the...
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New Leadership Working w Old Management
As a new leader, you might be tempted to come into your new position and make a big splash to establish your mark and prove your worth to everyone by making some sweeping new measure. However, that’s a lot like going into another country and demanding everything be done the way of your native…
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When Culture Meets Strategy & Execution
Company culture drives more success or failure of a company than most CEO’s are willing admit. It is important to have an understanding of your company and its culture to be an effective leader. Culture is cultivated not contrived so you can’t simply forge a culture out of thin air, nor can you...
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What to Do When it All Goes to Hell
You can do everything right, and your business may still kick you in the ass. Marketplaces go down. Customers can screw you. Employees can leave you in the lurch. There are a lot of injustices in the business world, and a lot of moving parts in the marketplace that you can't control. When you are...
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12: Getting Smarter & Staying Relevant
Being smart is knowing what you don't know and being open minded enough to hire it and learn it. The second you don’t think you have anything more to learn is the instant you become irrelevant to your venture. Put your ego aside and know what's important for you to know to add the most value to...
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Making Products That Make Money
Every business needs to sell something, whether it is a service, a consumer good, or a technology. This episode focuses on making the right product for your marketplace and customer. In addition, we will discuss the importance of excellent management to mitigate operational risks. It is critical…
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Keys to Growing Your Venture
It is one thing to get out in the market, and it is another feat altogether to STAY in the market place and grow and thrive. In this episode we discuss optimally investing in growing your business to garnering new customers while making sure you are leveraging your core customers that got you…
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Spending Mktng & Sales Dollars Wisely
Marketing and sales dollars are expensive, and need to be spent wisely and judiciously. There is a lot of literature out there and well intentioned advisers goading entrepreneurs to just get their product out there in a "fire, fire, fire" approach and forget about "aiming" or being "ready." But...
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Show 8: Presenting and Selling Yourself
Putting yourself out there effectively in the business world is essential. Whether you are pitching to investors, selling your product, building a customer base, recruiting, or interviewing, you are at some level selling yourself. Presenting yourself in a successful way is very challenging. Some...
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Leading, Managing & Running A Business
Leadership and management is HARD, and many unwittingly fail. You can have the greatest product in the world but few things will tank an opportunity faster than poor management. Successful business management and leadership is far more rare than most think. This show discusses effective…
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Show 6: Pitching Your Venture
Getting attention for your business is all about the story you tell. It isn't enough for your product to be excellent. If you can't relay your opportunity in a compelling way, you will not get the investor, customer, or personnel interest that is critical for business success. This episode goes...
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Show 5: What is Your Business Worth?
No matter what stage your business is in, the understanding of what your venture is worth will always be important. A venture is worth what someone else is willing to pay for it. However, the market isn't always there to set the price, and CEO's and founders rarely listen to what the marketplace…
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Leave your ego and politics at the door, and generate substantial long-term value with The Unapologetic Capitalist.
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