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Founder Interview: Abraham Gin on Entrepreneurs and Leadership

The Startup Magazine

We interviewed Mr. Abraham Gin, an entrepreneur, business coach, and CEO of Gin Consulting Group , which provides unique leadership development and training platforms. Another example is the City Table Leadership website that is created for the city of Kansas.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

But it’s rare that an entrepreneur or business owner doesn’t leverage their background in some way to launch their business. It could be studying entrepreneurship in school or it could have been working with a government contractor or maybe someone had a sales job. 1 – Medical Device Sales.

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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

Both Sides of the Table

How about in the last 12 months deals announced with Dwolla (Iowa) and Pollenware (Kansas City). From the local wins you get pools of money from tech entrepreneurs and investors eager to reinvest it back into the community – the most likely source of a return on their capital. Angry Birds? From startup Rovio in Finland.

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Enterprise Wizardry For Small Companies: Welcome To Oz

YoungUpstarts

One day, we all look up and realize our businesses aren’t in Kansas anymore. Now, change is like a twister out of Kansas that sweeps us up and drops us in Oz. As a serial entrepreneur, he has a background in Fortune 500 sales, marketing, and corporate training, digital publishing and media.

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10 Reasons Podcast Guesting is the #1 Killer Content Marketing Tactic of All Time

Duct Tape Marketing

For example, next month I will be on John Lee Dumas’ highly popular podcast Entrepreneur on Fire – and plan to use this as an “as seen on” eye candy for my websites. Oh yeah, Sales ! I have probably had at least $100,000 in new business (annualized) for my agency in a few short months, and it has definitely boosted book sales.

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A Startup Journey With GrubHub Founder Mike Evans

Duct Tape Marketing

9:19] You put in a lot of hours – there are a lot of entrepreneurs and startups some of who don’t achieve anywhere near the level of success you did – what toll did that take on your personal life? [12:51] But that's just part of the rejection of doing sales. It's very hard for people about have that mindset.

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SEO for Growth

Duct Tape Marketing

In my book SEO has risen beyond the tactic level to the strategic level – in fact, that’s precisely why I teamed up with SEO pro Phil Singleton to write a new book on the topic called SEO for Growth – The Ultimate Guide for Marketers, Web Designers, and Entrepreneurs. SEO for Growth is Your One-Stop Digital Marketing Guide.

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