by Norm Brodsky | Mar 13, 2019 | Business Tips, Entrepreneurship, Mentoring, Small Business
We all love shiny things, but in business, it can sometimes be hard to tell what truly holds value for your company and what doesn’t. A couple of years ago, I encountered just this problem with an entrepreneur, “Kyle,” who owned two sports leagues...
by Lewis Schiff | Mar 6, 2019 | Business Tips, Productivity, Sales Amplification, Small Business, Women in Business
Vanessa Merit Nornberg is the owner of Inc. 500 winning company, Metal Mafia, and a member of our Board of Experts here at Birthing of Giants. Vanessa is an expert at sales amplification and at guiding sales teams to their greatest synchronization and success....
by Norm Brodsky | Feb 27, 2019 | Entrepreneurship, Kill the Legacy, Mentoring, Sales Amplification
As you build your company’s future, it’s important to evaluate regularly to ensure that you aren’t building vulnerabilities into it that could come back to bite you down the road. Recently I was discussing this common entrepreneurial mistake with a...
by Lewis Schiff | Feb 13, 2019 | Family Business, Meet the Fellow, Partnership
Gaining a new perspective has helped Michael Ellison finally kick off a plan he’s had for years. As President of Corporate Insight, Inc. – a New York based research and consulting firm that helps companies improve their digital offerings – Michael has long...
by Lewis Schiff | Feb 6, 2019 | Employee Owned, Entrepreneurship, Fellowship Program, Government Contractors, Partnership, Podcast, Stakeholder Capitalism, Technology
This week I’m shining a spotlight on Birthing of Giants Fellowship graduate, Bill Roark. Sixteen years ago, Bill co-founded Torch Technologies, a technical services provider for the U.S. Defense Department. His mission was to create a company where every employee...
by Lewis Schiff | Jan 30, 2019 | Entrepreneurship, Podcast, Women in Business
As we begin a new year at Birthing of Giants, we want to take a moment to celebrate the brilliant, GIANT entrepreneurs who’ve graduated from our Fellowship program. Several of them were brave enough to come onto our podcast and share their challenges, failures,...
by Lewis Schiff | Jan 23, 2019 | Entrepreneurship, Kill the Legacy, Networking, Podcast
In our latest podcast Chairman of the Board Lewis Schiff interviews John McDonald, Birthing of Giants Fellowship graduate and founder of Semihandmade, an Inc 5000 winning company filling a unconventional niche in the custom furniture space. John’s journey to success...
by Lewis Schiff | Jan 16, 2019 | Fellowship Program, Meet the Fellow, Networking, Technology, Women in Business
Hailing from the fast-moving world of tech, Angela Nadeau is always excited to have her mindset and business strategy challenged. Her company, CompuData, is a successful, Philadelphia-based IT services provider that specializes in enterprise resource planning (ERP)...
by Lewis Schiff | Jan 9, 2019 | Business Tips, Entrepreneurship, One Year From Today, Productivity
The most important step on the road to achieving your goals is having a clear idea of what those goals actually are. We’re so convinced that creating a one year plan is magical for business growth that we challenge YOU to be like our Fellows – business...
by Norm Brodsky | Dec 19, 2018 | Business Tips, Entrepreneurship, Mentoring, Productivity
In a recent column for Inc. Magazine I interviewed Birthing of Giants graduate and guest speaker, Shlomo Birnbaum. Shlomo heads up Single Serve Beverage Distribution, a New Jersey based consumer products company specializing in marketing and delivery of single serve...
