This episode is a presentation I made recently to a bunch of entrepreneurs and aspirants about what to include in your pitch about your venture. I go over a dozen points you should hit whether its your elevator pitch or your pitch deck for demo day at an accelerator.

I try to keep it simple and to the point. There are some questions I respond to along the way. Hope you find it helpful!

John

This lecture is driven by an initial question: what does it mean that Amazon is now a trillion dollar company? I discuss: Balance Sheets, Present Value, Wisdom of Crowds, Statistics, Amazon, Nike, Supply and Demand, micro economics, Discounting Cash Flows, AI, autonomous vehicles, and lots more.

There are notes in the video to help explain and expand on some of the topics being discussed. This is a lecture I gave on marketing. It goes along with my book MBA ASAP marketing 2.0 Some of the concepts may make more sense to see. This lecture is available on YouTube so you can see me at the white board. But most of it translates to just audio.

I hope you find it informative. Send me an email at jjcousins@ gmail.com and tell me what you think or send me a message on twitter @jjcousins.

Cornelia consults, speaks and writes on management and human resource issues. In this episode we discuss management issues and tools to build trust and teams, maximize your impact and influence, and how to best respond to challenges that face managers at all levels.

Cornelia is an incredible resource and this episode is jam packed with great advice and ideas.

Brenner is a cofounder and CEO of The LINK Group, a FinTech startup in Utah’s “Silicon Slopes.

Brenner is an adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurism in the Strategy Department of the Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah where he has mentored nearly 200 student based startups. He also serves as Strategic Liaison for the Foreign Direct Investment office of Southern France known as Team Cote d’Azur.

Brenner has was a CoDesigner and Director of Business Development at Microsft Xbox’s Indie Built Studios, Global Brand Director for Burton Snowboards and advised Cannondale, GT, Schwinn and Mongoose on their Strategic Marketing Plans.

Brenner’s excellent adventure. Listen to his remarkable journey. His enthusiasm and engagement are contagious. He talks about product development, marketing, social impact, economic development and so much more.

In this episode Dr. Jonikas talks about his pathbreaking work on what makes startups successful and how to avoid common, but not obvious, pitfalls.

Donatas interviewed over 1400 startups and codified their experience into what methodologies actually work to reduce risk and up the chances of being successful.

Put together his research and findings in his book Startup Evolution Curve.

Here is how he describes the book:

I have written this simple and actionable step by step guide to share my global research findings on how to start a startup business based on innovation or innovative business idea.

Check out his website www.evolutioncurve.com where you can download 20 startup planning templates and 100 pages from his book.

This episode is a twelve minute conversation with Engel Jones. It is from his podcast where he interviewed 1001 people in 3 months. Now that takes efficient coordination and organization! I was one of his interviews and this is that conversation.

Check out his website with all his podcast interviews at twelveminuteconvos.com

Leadership Flow

Croft is a very interesting, thoughtful and engaging leadership thinker and practitioner. In this episode he provides lots of actionable ideas and advice.

In positive psychology, flow, also known as being in the zone, is the mental state of operation in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity.

Croft discusses how a leader can create and maintain flow states across an organization. He has a unique perspective on organizational behavior based on communication and conversation.

In this episode I am interviewed by Avinash Bajaj of The MBA Jam podcast from London. You can find his podcast at thembajam.com

We talk about all things related to my MBA experience at Wharton, my career, and how MBA ASAP came about.

I hope you find it valuable relative to your own experience with an MBA program, or with your thinking in considering it as a path.