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Two More Interviews on Entrepreneurship

admin — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:22:40 +0000

Here are two more recent podcast/radio interviews on entrepreneurship done by Dr. Alvin Jones and Start-Up Spark. Enjoy!

Dr. Alvin Jones Radio Interview with Ryan Allis – (9min 17sec, WMA file) – A March 26, 2008 radio interview on WCBQ-AM 1340 and WHNC-AM 890 with Dr. Alvin Jones from the Paradise Radio Network about:

Starting in business
Going to UNC
Being the son of a priest
What iContact does
The quote about taking action by Scottish Mountaineer W.H. Murray
Setting big goals
Understanding the entrepreneurial system
Evaluating business ideas
The three questions to ask prospective buyers
Accessing the world of equity capital

Start-up Spark Interview with Ryan Allis (17 min 38 sec) – A discussion with Shannon Cherry from Start-up Spark about:

Growing up in Florida
Advantages/disadvantages of young entrepreneurs
The MAR system
Bootstrapping and living in the office
Doing whatever it takes to keep expenses low
How we hired our first employee
Using equity initially to reduce cash burn
The importance of systems and building a team when scaling
How to avoid creating a job for yourself
Why hiring people smarter than you is critical
The definition of an entrepreneur
Figuring out the purpose of your life
What will motivate you to get through the hard times
The mission of The Humanity Campaign

Now #2 on Amazon! | Dare Mighty Things

admin — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:09:44 +0000

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Zero to One Million reached #2 on Amazon around 5am this morning and is still there as of 1:30pm! We’re still pushing to get to #1. I’m up against Oprah-backed Eckhart Tolle. That guy is amazing! My only hope may be to get on Oprah!

Check it out at http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/books

My plane got re-routed and I’m sitting here in the Detroit airport working on getting back to RDU. Boarding now!

What We Accomplished Today — #3 overall on Amazon

admin — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:29:32 +0000

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Blog Readers—

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support of the launch effort today of Zero to One Million!

We reached #1 in Business & Investing, #1 in Marketing, #1 in Entrepreneurship, #1 Mover & Shaker, #2 in Non-Fiction, and #3 overall on Amazon today, only bested by Oprah-backed Eckhart Tolle and the perennial favorite John Grisham. We beat out Eat Pray Love, Good to Great, The Tipping Point, Blue Ocean Strategy, Ready, Fire, Aim, The Four Hour Workweek, Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, Getting Things Done, The E-Myth Revisited, and well, every other book in the world other than Tolle’s A New Earth and Grisham’s The Appeal.

The momentum we built today will spread a message of entrepreneurial possibility to tens of thousands of aspiring entrepreneurs across the United States and the world for many months to come. You’ve also helped with the beginnings of a lifetime effort to reduce poverty and hunger by increasing access to health care, education, technology, and entrepreneurial opportunity through The Humanity Campaign.

It’s been an amazing day in so many ways. It is truly amazing what can be accomplished through word of mouth in the name of changing the world and spreading a message of entrepreneurial opportunity.

I wanted to publicly thank Carlos Garcia, Buck Rizvi, Shawn Casey, Tom Bell, Cindy Turrieta, Nana Gilbert-Baffoe, Keith Baxter, Derek Gehl, Dearl Miller, Matt Gill, Michael Simmons, Mark Shay, Rich Sloan, John Jantsch, Adam Gilbert, and Ilia Nossov for recommending Zero to One Million to their lists today.

To have the #3 bestselling book in the nation on Amazon on launch day is an over-the-top successful book launch by any measure. Thank you very very much for making this possible!

Here’s a list of some of the blogs we reached today…

Thank you sincerely for your help!

-Ryan