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One thing I’ve learned about myself, life and from others is a lot of times what you believe in is what will either hinder your progress or help you. The guy, who made Starbucks a great success, Howard Schultz, came from an unprivileged childhood. Steve Jobs was adopted. Ted Rogers of Rogers Communication acquired back what his father had lost.
Whoopi Goldberg could have said” I’m not pretty enough to be an actress.” Oprah Winfrey could have said” I’m too fat to be on TV.” Richard Branson could have said “I don’t have wealthy connections so I will not start Virgin Records.”
President Obama could have said, “I’m black so there’s no chance I will be elected”
VP, Joe Biden could have committed suicide because of his lost family.
Nelson Mandela could have kept a low profile after his release from prison but he chose to stand tall, free and proud. Michael Jackson could have said “I have a skin problem so my music career is over” Michael Jordan could have said in college “There are better players than me, I will not improve my game.”
In life you can’t let adversity deter you from pursuing your goals, purpose or passion. In life, you do choose the outcome of some situation. I’ve had my share of adversity but like any fighter, I know adversity is only going to make me stronger, better, wiser and will prepare me for more great success.
I’m a fighter, winner, never surrender and never quit kind of guy. Thank God, I play to win. I welcome founders, venture capitalist, people, partners, leaders, motivators, innovators
I personally think it's time for founders to come together and work together towards making this world better.
That's why I'm offering my services, expertise and connections or other towards helping my fellow Founders and Entrepreneurs. Any way that I can help, I will help.
Contact myself. I will be working with GTA SM BD, FOUNDERS UNDER 40™ Group, & BJ MANNYST to help 4 service businesses before the holidays.
Contact myself today and I'd be glad to see what I could do for you.
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Looking for Marketing Help / Assistance / Another Perspective / Extra Hand for Your Start Up, Small Business, eCommerce, Professional Services, Tech, Business Services, Business Concept, SaaS or Other?
....or maybe you just like to bounce a business collaboration idea?
I will be working with GTA SM BD, FOUNDERS UNDER 40™ Group, & BJ MANNYST to assist any service business before the holidays or just anytime.
Contact myself or our general email box today and I'd be glad to see what I could do for you.
* Please note my services are not entirely free. No credibility, don't waste your time. Better have a WIN-WIN_WIN mindset or just don't waste our time. Checkout BJMANNYST.com
Protect Your Trademark: Conduct Simple Searches
Protecting a trademark is best left to lawyers and professional services, but the least a business can do on its end is to routinely check the search engines—any Bing or Google will do—to confirm no one else is misusing the name.
Google also offers Google Alerts, a free notification system for alerting any time your mark appears on the news or Web. However, Google Alerts should not be used exclusively.
"Google Alerts are probably not going to tell you what's happening on the trademark registers, and not necessarily what's going on with domain names out there," Prahl says.
If and when a red flag appears, rather than jump the gun and immediately contact the infringing business, experts maintain that Google Alerts should only be used to give an idea of the activity surrounding the mark out there.
"Google Alerts is not a law firm," Evans says. "You're trying to cut costs, but you'd still need to seek an attorney so they can interpret the data that you're getting."
*Article from Inc.com
On behalf of members of Founders Under 40™ Group and I, we’d like to Thank Mr. Jobs for his inspiration and his actions in life and business. As always, behind every great founder is as much a greater team. We’ll never forget you sir. Thank You.
Working with other Founders, I’ve come to respect the people who sacrifice, fight, and who can find time to laugh through it all. I enjoy talking to other Founders whether big or small such as the Founder of a Fortune500 company or the co-Founder of a SaaS company. Members of Founders Under 40™ Group or GreatestFounders™, this is the time to help shape the future of this fragile world. This is time to be soldiers of change and rise.
My personal and business life and role is not rosy but I’ve been fortunate with great blessings that others would gladly die for. I thank God for the great leaders who came before me and set a good example for me to follow. I thank the Founders Under 40™ Group group members for their unwavering continues support. In time the red carpet will be out. FU40 codename “Endure” will be rewarded.
I’m just helping to lay some fertilizer and foundation. We’re looking for some specific things but FU40 welcomes other contribution. If you're a credible founder, VC or a credible past founder, please feel free to reach out via LinkedIn or email.
BJ Mannyst Team assist Founders Under 40™ Group Team + GreatestFounders™ to support founders & entrepreneurs around the world.
* Founders Under 40™ Group, www.foundersunder40.com, and FU40 logo are Trade Marks.
For all the Founders Under 40™ Group members, GreatestFounders™ Members, Freelancers, Founders, CEOs and Business Owners out there, great marketing talent, development, and execution is more critical now than ever. If a company like R.I.M can not win some marketing battles against Apple, then what would a company with no marketing clout accomplish?
Accomplish very little and depending on other factors such as industry. Companies like Apple, Nike, Intel and P&G set the bar pretty high. They are like Kobe Bryant, he might dominate today but that doesn’t mean he stops working on his game.
Marketing focus requires unwavering discipline to find an opening in the market and mind of the consumer. As you know, the mind is crowded with so many brands. And in order to increase a brands success, it must step up focus. Many TV networks are starting to realize the fragmented audiences so they’ve created more specialty channels. Companies are choosing to be either: Low or High-end, Hispanics or Asians, Traditional or Rebellious, etc. It seems like it’s the end for the middle ground?
So what I recommend companies or brands do is to stop reaching the whole market, you can’t have your brand appeal to the young and turn around with a campaign to reach young professionals. Each target needs a different approach and possibly a new offering.
A narrow focus also requires a narrow focus name and tag. BJ Mannyst could try to do products or really expensive marketing services but we focus on service businesses, inexpensive-quality, business advice, no nonsense, and we’re not afraid to take on new tactics. And plus we’ve got strategic partnership with Founders Under 40™ Group, GTA SM BD and others.
So less is a lot more, be narrow focused first then diversify, take a page from Wal-Mart. There’s Wal-Mart and there’s Sam’s Club. There’s Lady Gaga and there’s Celine Dion.
You don’t get marketing focus overnight. It’s step by step. I’m always learning and improving my focus.
There’s no single day that goes by that our team doesn’t think about how do we assist the millions: of local small medium service busine...