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e’re so excited to release the 7th issue of eg Magazine. It’s quite simply our best issue yet! This is issue is ‘The Start up issue’, all about getting your entrepreneurial journey off to a flying start, ready to deliver the dream you have been nurturing for longer than you care to remember. Every single one of the 80 pages is all about helping you start that journey of making that entrepreneurial dream happen.
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In ‘The Heart of the Start’ knows a thing or two about we look at the late Steve Jobs raising funds for start ups. and explore the lessons from his journey. It really is a fantastic read! Along with our regular contributors (Sunil, Lilack, Alex, Cheryl and Ru) giving you great content with immediately applicable takeaway value, we introduce Patrick Dixon, the UK’s leading Futurist & Keynote speaker & Gary DouglasBeet, an authority on corporate fundraising, who
As always, it’s full of lots of FREE gifts and goodies! Over 10,000 readers engage with us which is a huge accomplishment and one we are really chuffed about! So, enjoy and let’s get ready for a great 2016. God bless & enjoy!
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Regular Contributors Sunil Bali, Executive Coach, Speaker, Writer
Sunil has been responsible for hiring over 50,000 people and has worked with some great entrepreneurs , professionals and leaders , as a former Head of Talent for two of Europe’s largest companies , Vodafone Group & Santander, and having run a £50 M business himself. He is on a mission to help create authentic, sustainable and rewarding business relationships. To this end he helps entrepreneurs and professionals to generate stronger relationships, results & revenues by showing them how to increase the level of trust people have In them and their business. In this issue Sunil talks about ‘The Hole Truth.’
Lilach Bullock, Social Media Expert
A business owner, social media consultant, internet mentor and genuine digital guru, Lilach is consulted by journalists and regularly quoted in newspapers, business publications and marketing magazines (including Forbes, Wired, The Telegraph, Prima magazine, The Sunday Times, Social Media Today & BBC Radio 5 Live). Listed in Forbes as one of the top 20 women social media power influencers, she is one of the most dynamic personalities in social media. She actively leverages ethical online marketing for her clients and for CommsAxis. In this issue Lilach shows ‘How to create Awesome Landing Pages.’
Alex Gordon, Speaking Coach
Alex is an accountant by training with years of experience within the City of London and running an accounting solutions practice. His real passion, though, is helping people to discover or rekindle their dreams. He regularly speaks to Audiences asking a poignant question, ‘What is your dream?’ He recently published his book of the same name and travels the UK preaching a message of redefining, refocusing and repackaging talents to bring solutions to your community, customers and clients. He lives in London with his wife Sharon and 3 children. In this issue Alex shares ‘5 Steps to Jumpstart your Ideas.’
Cheryl Nankoo, Executive Coach
Cheryl is an experienced Sales Consultant and Executive Coach with over 17 years business experience. As a Certified NLP Master Practitioner, she has coached and mentored people from all walks of life including senior executives, board members, elite athletes and even other coaches. In 2014 she qualified as an mBIT (multiple brain integration techniques) coach which looks at how we use our three brains (head, heart and gut) to make decisions. In this issue Cheryl highlights ‘3 tips to Sell from the Start.’
Ru Wikmann, Fitness Model & Personal Trainer
Ru is a model, personal trainer & body transformation coach based in a private health club in Central London. Unlike most fitness professionals, he knows what it is like to be seriously unfit and as a result knows how important the right mental approach is, in order to take action, overcome adversity, and succeed at reaching goas you previously thought were unattainable. Ru has an enviable track record and is known as the sculptor for a reason. When not in the gym or transforming bodies, he can be found strutting his stuff on the catwalk. In this issue Ru gives ‘7 Steps to be Present.’
Guest Contributors Dr Patrick Dixon, Author & Business Consultant
Patrick has been ranked as one of the 20 most influential business thinkers alive today. Chairman of Global Change Ltd, a growth strategy and forecasting company, he is author of 16 books and a physician. He has spoken to audiences in over 50 nations and is one of the world's most sought after keynote speakers at corporate events with clients from every industry ,with particular strengths in technology, marketing, consumer insight, banking and health . His extensive media audience totals close to 500 million people. In this issue Patrick explores
‘10 Trends that will Dominate Your Future.’
Gary Douglas-Beet, Managing Director (Funding)
Gary is the Managing Director of the Business Shaper Group Ltd and has over 20+ years experience as Management Consultant and in his early career was a business troubleshooter, helped both established and start up businesses to grow into successful organisations. His no nonsense approach is about getting his clients planning, strategising and developing their capability. Gary is an advocate of ‘Back to the Floor’ learning and is regularly recommended by Partners and the major banks, for his ‘hands on’ approach to helping companies grow. In this issue Gary talks about ‘The Future of Funding.’
Jamie Lin, Business Development Director
Jamie Lin is a Cloud strategist and works with companies to evaluate an overall IT strategy to improve productivity and profits. She loves to share her expertise in providing creative cloud solutions with business owners and organizations that would love to be more collaborative, flexible and productive. If you would like to engage Jamie as the speaker at your next meeting, workshop or event, contact her at jlin@gizmoglobal.com In this issue Jamie gives ‘5 Tips
to utilize Google Apps.’
Elliot Kay, Author & International Trainer
Elliot Kay is an Author & International Trainer working with business owners and entrepreneurs to accelerate results through his unique Power To Succeed Trainings. He ahs also written 3 books to date. Working across both corporate and experiential training, he has delivered training programmes for the likes of Sky Television, Talk Talk, NHS and Hewlett Packard. Elliot is also a mentor on the Princess’s Trust Innovation Scheme. In this issue Elliot highlights ‘The
Power to Succeed.’
Simone Vincenzi, The Purpose Strategist
Simone Vincenzi’s purpose is to support individuals connecting with their unique purpose in life, living their life with inner confidence, enabling them to attract the abundance they deserve while making a positive change in the world. He is the Co-founder of GTeX (Growing Together eXponentially), an award winning speaker, author, Life and Business Purpose expert. After a successful career started at 14 years old in the catering industry, following his passion, he managed his first Michelin Star restaurant at the age of 19, working in more than 300 different restaurants in 2 different countries. In this issue Simone shows us how to ‘Start with the End in Mind.’
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Cover St o The Hear r y: The Story t of the Start of Steve
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Our Top 5 Startup Books Read them and be inspired and motivated to start your dream Our Top 3 Startup Web Tools Discover 3 great tools to get your BIG idea up and running
Personal Wellbeing
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The Heart of the Start What can we learn from someone who so much has already been said? Discover the Story of Steve in his own words. 10 Trends that will Dominate our Future What does the future look like and what are the key trends that will dominate the way we think, feel and live?
7 Steps to be Present Are we really capable of multitasking or is it a myth? Let’s explore the notion of mindfulness.
5 Steps to Jumpstart your ideas What is your dream? What are your BiG ideas? Here are 5 steps to finding and releasing them.
Start with the End in Mind What are the 2 keys to making sure that you’re always clear what you are trying to build.
The Hole Truth A paradigm shifting thought that shows the route to finding the answers that really matter.
Be Prepared or else... Every journey needs preparation. Maurice Wilson seemingly forgot this and paid the ultimate price.
The Power to Succeed Find out why the key to your success is your story and how you either frame or reframe it.
Money
The Future of Funding We explore the best way to fund your new startup or your existing business.
Sales & Marketing
3 Tips to Sell from the Start We look at how you can build sales into the startup experience from the very first day.
Training
You’re never too old to Dream BiG We explore the phenomenon of SuBo & Ted Williams and what their success has taught us about our own dreams
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How to Create Awesome Landing Pages Landing pages are a given for generating leads into your online and offline business. So how do you create awesome ones.
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5 Tips to Utilize Google Apps Google is a very versatile tool for any business especially for startups and provides a very viable office solution.
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B
y many people’s reckoning, Maurice Wilson was an interesting man.
He had an extremely successful army career, where he received the famed Military Cross ‘for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty’. Soon after that Wilson was injured in the chest and left arm by machine gun fire and was sent home, his army days over. Having convinced himself that Bradford held no credible future for him, he left for London, the USA, then New Zealand. Despite achieving some financial success, possibly partly due to being from a wealthy Bradford family, he never quite achieved happiness. At some point during his travels, Wilson developed an
illness which resulted in him becoming ‘physically and mentally ill, losing weight and suffering repeated coughing spasms.’ The story goes that after meeting a ‘mysterious man in Mayfair’, he underwent 35 days of prayer and fasting and was completely cured. As a result of his miraculous healing Wilson developed a philosophy that all the world’s ills can be cured by fasting and prayer and faith in God. So, he hatched a plan to climb Everest to highlight his belief and spread the word. He was going to defeat Everest on his own!
in God would help him! He did learn to fly and spent a five weeks rambling about Snowdonia as a prelude to the Everest attempt. Finally ready, he flew from England to India and secretly entered Tibet ready to conquer Everest. The next year his body was discovered by a British expedition at over 22,000 feet (some 7,000 feet shy of the summit). There was no doubt that Wilson was committed; there was no doubt that he was persistent.
He would fly to Tibet, crash land at the foot of the mountain and climb from there.
However, the picture emerged that though his motivation, his passion and his determination could not be doubted, he needed to have been more prepared.
There was only one little snag. He couldn’t fly and he hadn’t climbed before. He believed, though, that his absolute faith
Are you prepared for your journey? Have you considered the price you will pay?
However, the picture emerged that though his motivation, his passion and his determination could not be doubted, he needed to have been more prepared.
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