by Lewis Schiff | May 22, 2019 | Business Tips, Customer Service
When it comes to driving profits, sales is the obvious front-runner. If you’re not consistently converting leads into customers, then that’s certainly your number one problem. But once you’ve got them, you have to keep them. The way to keep customers...
by Norm Brodsky | May 15, 2019 | Company Culture, Stakeholder Capitalism
You’ve heard it said that people don’t quit jobs – they quit people. There’s a lot of truth in that. I brushed the dust off of this vintage post from my Inc. magazine column, because company culture is a vital component of any business, and...
by Lewis Schiff | May 8, 2019 | Entrepreneurship
In Birthing of Giants’ latest podcast, I interview KITEWIRE founder, Jere Simpson. Jere has been a participating member of the Birthing of Giants community almost since the beginning, where his classic story of an entrepreneur armed with a vision and the drive to make...
by Lewis Schiff | May 1, 2019 | Business Tips, Women in Business
In a recent post for Inc. magazine, Board of Experts member Vanessa Nornberg shared how the stewardess on a cross country flight ruined what was supposed to be a rare, luxury experience for Vanessa. She deviated from her usual economy class seat to fly first class,...
by Norm Brodsky | Apr 24, 2019 | Business Tips, Entrepreneurship, Mentoring, Partnership
it’s a well known saying in business that the best entrepreneurs think of ways to turn failure to success by finding opportunities where problems exist. But sometimes that’s easier said than done. Spotting a problem is usually easy enough, but the...
by Lewis Schiff | Apr 17, 2019 | Entrepreneurship, Family Business, Marketing, Podcast, Technology
When 1-800-Flowers.com founder, Jim McCann, bought a single flower shop in Manhattan, he knew that he wanted to be more than just a florist. Forty years later his small NYC shop is now a $1 Billion dollar giant. With his recent decision to move from CEO to Executive...
by Lewis Schiff | Apr 10, 2019 | Sales Amplification, Women in Business
Sales are the lifeblood of a company. Without them all business stops, so it makes sense to build a powerhouse team that knows how to close a sale. Vanessa Nornberg, owner of Inc. 500 company Metal Mafia, a board member here at Birthing of Giants, and an expert at...
by Norm Brodsky | Apr 3, 2019 | Mentoring
In a recent article for my Inc. magazine column, I talked about how often I get asked what I think separates a true entrepreneur from a businessperson. I don’t really think it’s any one trait, but having said that, there is one distinguishing...
by Lewis Schiff | Mar 26, 2019 | Business Tips, Sales Amplification
In a recent column Vanessa Nornberg – owner of Metal Mafia and a member of our Board of Experts – tackled a common sales training problem that many businesses have, especially with new, unseasoned salespeople. It might even be called a human issue, because...
by Lewis Schiff | Mar 20, 2019 | Company Culture, Entrepreneurship, Podcast
In 2004 Dr. Charles (Chip) Mok founded Allure Medical in the metropolitan Detroit area, and quickly established a very successful practice. When he decided to expand into a national company with multiple practices in major cities, Chip made the decision to implement a...
