Business Video Roundup: Morality + Leadership, Building a Brand & More
GaryVee: What Businesses Need to Focus On in 2024
“If you’re asking me what can an ecommerce business learn from me, the answer is brand over everything,” Gary Vaynerchuk tells an entrepreneur during a Q&A in Brisbane, Australia. “Brand is the ultimate way to sell.” This video is nine minutes of Vaynerchuk giving excellent, no-nonsense advice, explaining what businesses should be focusing on as we head into 2024.
Harvard Business Review: What It Means to Be a Moral Leader
Harvard Business Review’s Adi Ignatius speaks with Dov Seidman (author of How: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything) about what it means to be a moral leader. Seidman suggests that the days of business leaders avoiding prominent social or political issues is over. “I think the business of business is society,” he says. Customers, employees, and stakeholders expect business leaders to have a take on things, leading the way for what they believe is right. It’s a fascinating discussion that touches on leadership principles, the importance of reflection, and the aspects of humanity that will become more valuable as A.I. grows.
Columbia Business School: Is Capitalism Working? A Conversation with Oren Cass
Interesting discussion at Columbia Business School featuring Oren Cass, author of The Once and Future Worker: A Vision for the Renewal of Work in America. It delves into public policy, exploring right-of-center ideas about capitalism and American business.
David Eichler of Crafty Cow on Building a Personal Brand for Business
“The more we put ourselves out there and show who we are… that’s what people want to see, how people get connected with you,” says Devin Eichler, founder and CEO of Crafty Cow. In this interview with Restaurant Influencers, he dispenses lots of helpful wisdom, including tips for smartphone storytelling on social media, digital hospitality, and responding to reviews.
Fix My Pitch: How to Turn a Pitch Meeting Setback Into Success
Former Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch contestants who failed to garner investment money return to get a second chance at the spotlight. Business coaches Tina Frey and Anthony Sullivan offer up tips on how to improve a pitch that isn’t quite working.
READ MORE FROM AMERICAN COMMERCIAL CAPITAL
The Bank Said No. Your Growth Doesn’t Have to Wait.
Part of our Honest Answers series — straight talk about financing a growing business.
You did everything right. You landed the bigger customer, won the contract, or saw demand climb faster than you expected. So you went to the bank for a line of credit or a term loan to fund the growth — and the bank said no.
It stings, and it doesn’t always make sense.…
The Growth Trap: How Staffing and IT Firms Run Out of Cash by Winning Great Customers
There’s a particular kind of failure that blindsides good companies. It doesn’t come from losing customers, botching a project, or getting undercut on price. It comes from winning — specifically, from landing the exact large, creditworthy, name-brand customer the founder has been chasing for years. The contract closes, everyone celebrates, and four months later the company can’t make payroll.
We call this the growth trap, and it’s one…
How Much Does Invoice Factoring Cost — and How Is My Rate Determined?
It’s the first question almost every business owner asks us, and it’s the right one to ask: what is this actually going to cost me? A lot of factoring companies get vague here. We’d rather just show you the math.
Here’s the short version, and then we’ll break down every piece of it: most of our clients pay an average discount rate of about 4.4% per invoice, and…
