In this episode we have Brian Smith, founder of the UGG Australia brand. Graduating in 1978 as a chartered accountant in Australia, Brian came to America looking for the next big opportunity to bring back to Australia. While studying at the UCLA Graduate School of Management he noticed there was no sheep skin footwear in the U.S. With only $500 in capital he imported boot samples and over the next 17 years built the UGG Australia brand into a multi-million dollar international enterprise. He sold it in 1995 and the brand has continued to grow to exceed a billion dollars in annual sales for the past three years.
Advice
Contacting Brian
Website: www.briansmithspeaker.com
Email: brian@briansmithspeaker
Brian does a small amount of coaching. He won’t coach someone unless he is sure he can help. You can buy the book on the website or on Amazon.
“When you leave corporate you have to be careful that you don’t bring the lifestyle you used to lead into the lifestyle you are about to lead. There is hustle, grit and reinvestment. If you keep spending money like you did before you will run out of it.”
When people start a business the first thing they think about is making money. They don’t think about protecting that money and that’s where the legal comes in. The legal is there to protect your business and your brand, your income and your assets both personally and professionally. Gena tries to make law less scary, more approachable and easier for people to understand.
Three website documents it’s important to have at any stage of business.
How to contact Gena
Gena and her wife have a Facebook group for women entrepreneurs called Gena and Jordanna Your Magical Business.
Gena has a lot of freebies on her website www.genashingle.com/sign-up. Her website also lists all the things she does.
Today we are talking about planning for 2017. We want to share with you five key steps that will really help you plan 2017. These are things we collectively do ourselves that have worked for us.
We’re both coaches, strategists and business people in our own right. A lot of what we do is help people just like you build and grow your brands and scale them, make them profitable and really get you clear on what your goals should be for next year and how to get there. So if you’re looking for additional support check us out. Our websites are www.seemaalexander.com and www.kellylynnadams.com. We also both include a 30 minute free consultation. Whatever you want we are there for you and that’s the whole intention of this. We want you to have an incredible 2017.
Jenny Power’s background is in special events, marketing and PR. She used to work in the non-profit sector raising millions of dollars for worthy causes but working mostly by herself. She didn’t have anyone to bounce ideas off of so she started going to networking events. That’s when she noticed two types of people at these events, neither of which she was looking for. It was either the old boys club, guys drinking beer and hanging out, or it was a sorority mentality where you walk in and feel awkward and look for someone to talk to. She thought there had to be a better way. That is how she came up with the idea for Running with Heels, one of the top exclusive women’s networking organizations in the city.
Networking tips
Jenny wrote an article “The Secret Networking Tip” for Motto by Time, Inc. She was tired of seeing articles telling people to “fake it till you make it” and “just act like the best version of yourself”.
Advice
Hire a virtual assistant. You might not want to have a salaries person or someone in your house when you are just starting out.
Immerse yourself in a community of entrepreneurs.
Contacting Jenny
Website: www.running-with-heels.com
Facebook: Running with Heels LLC
Twitter @heelsandspiles
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Jenny Power’s background is in special events, marketing and PR. She used to work in the non-profit sector raising millions of dollars for worthy causes but working mostly by herself. She didn’t have anyone to bounce ideas off of so she started going to networking events. That’s when she noticed two types of people at these events, neither of which she was looking for. It was either the old boys club, guys drinking beer and hanging out, or it was a sorority mentality where you walk in and feel awkward and look for someone to talk to. She thought there had to be a better way. That is how she came up with the idea for Running with Heels, one of the top exclusive women’s networking organizations in the city.
Networking tips
Jenny wrote an article “The Secret Networking Tip” for Motto by Time, Inc. She was tired of seeing articles telling people to “fake it till you make it” and “just act like the best version of yourself”.
Advice
Hire a virtual assistant. You might not want to have a salaries person or someone in your house when you are just starting out.
Immerse yourself in a community of entrepreneurs.
Contacting Jenny
Website: www.running-with-heels.com
Facebook: Running with Heels LLC
Twitter @heelsandspiles
Podcast: Broadcast Broads Building Businesses