Starting an Awesome Business | BTalk Australia
By Phil Dobbie | November 13, 2008
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Chris Golis is the author of The Humm Handbook: Lifting Your Level of Emotional Intelligence. He runs seminars and workshops on EQ.
Suzi Dafnis is Community Director of the Australian Businesswomen's Network.
Yvonne Adele helps organisations build a culture of ideas by teaching people at all levels to access their untapped creative thinking skills.
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(13min 38) Jana Matthews has written a number of books on starting a business and, in the process, has studied what makes successful CEOs tick.
On today’s BTalk Australia she talks to Phil Dobbie about how you can build an awesome business from scratch, including finding investors, turning your idea into a reality, then positioning the company for growth.
Share your observations, comments and experiences in the Talkback section at the end of this post.
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RE: Starting an Awesome Business | BTalk Australia
I recently went to a seminar on "demystifying angel investment". At the seminar a couple of angels said that by in large they depose the founder as CEO as often they do not have the skills to build the business. I couldn't help but think of visionary founder/CEOs such as Bill Gates, Michael Dell and Steve Jobs. You talked in this piece about the visionary founder stepping aside once the business entered rapid growth. This seems counter-intuitive to me. Visionary ledership is a crucial component of what companies need if they are to continue to innovate and stay ahead of the competition.
brendanjarvis
11/14/2008 01:18 PM
