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also invented the infomercial and helped make “But wait, there’s more!” part of our cultural history.

1. acquire existing businesses from motivated sellers—without committing your own capital—that have already been validated, that are already profitable, or are strategically beneficial; 2) blow them up in two to five years for tremendous profit increase through optimization of the existing business and implementation of the strategies presented in par

Only geniuses like George Gilder, Steve Jobs, Tony Robbins, and Ray Kurzweil see such exponential changes ahead today.

This product solves a problem—a real pain point—that a lot of customers experience daily. There should be an existing large market.

Chet said, “The goal of the Dream 100 is to take your ideal buyers from ‘I’ve never heard of this company’ to ‘What is this company I keep hearing about?’ to ‘I think I’ve heard of that company’ to ‘Yes, I’ve heard of that company’ to ‘Yes, I do business with that company.’” Chet grew that company by using the Dream 100 to create one-to-one sales o

As far as billion-dollar companies go, most investors are lucky to have one in their portfolio. In my study, I found a number of angel investors who had five or more. Many of these top angels were former founders. Elad Gil (who started Mixer Labs and Color Genomics), David Sacks (PayPal, Yammer), Dave Morin (Path), Jason Calacanis (Weblogs.com), Je

Recency, Frequency, Potency, and Recommendation

2. Parent CEOs push the company to grow and evolve. They take big risks for larger rewards.

18 Characteristics of the Professional Salesperson