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Q&A with Meg Salyer

Innovation 2 Enterprise

She served as the first woman president of the Rotary Club of Oklahoma City, (2003/2004), one of the largest Rotary Club in the world. What advice would you give to entrepreneurs pursuing a startup in Oklahoma? We celebrate our big successes, and rally together with creative solutions when challenged. Get started!

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Coaches: How To Sell Happiness to Your Customers (Delivering on Your Promise)

Startup Grind

Coaching has the greatest potential to encourage breakthroughs when it’s a one-on-one relationship: You assume the role of mentor and your clients pay good money to listen to, and follow, your advice. A master of her craft, she knew the value of personalized party accessories, so Mintz launched her own party supply company in 2004.

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Do entrepreneurs really have common character traits?

NZ Entrepreneur

The interpretations and definitions of these terms are open to some debate though and high-risk tolerance and creativity, also regarded widely as central to an entrepreneurial mindset is not included in this model. These 5 factors are conscientiousness, openness to experience, emotional stability, extraversion, and agreeableness.

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

Mix it up with different agencies, people run out or creativity/contacts. Selling LowerMyBills: o In 2004 he was getting a lot of call to take more money but was not interested. o Huge on PR, “Be Everywhere” is his motto – fly to NY, proactively everywhere he could get press. To make PR big you need to find a way to “make news”.

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Want to know why charging $12 / year converts higher than $9.99?

Both Sides of the Table

And I’m sure everyone remembers the video that put them on the map – the one I first saw – which was the Bush/Kerry video This Land is Your Land (“you have more waffles than a house of pancakes), which was part of the 2004 elections and both candidates were asked about while they were campaigning.

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