seasonfour

When your computer freezes you simply rebooted it.  When your modem is running slowly tech support tells to try rebooting it.

But what about when you feel that your life is stuck?  When you feel that you’re going in circles? Or going nowhere.  When you simply don’t know what what you want to do next.

Perhaps what you need is to reboot your life.

If you feel like your life could use a reboot then this podcast episode is for you!

Debbie Gissoni faced life changing tragedy and had to find a way move past the trauma and find the happiness and inspirationto create a new life.

From this experience she developed methods that helped her and that later she shared with others through her bestselling books and now her new course.

Today she’ll tell us how she turned her life around, as well as tools and exercises we can use to help us rethink and reboot our lives.

Before we get started, if you’re looking to develop knitwear collections that will reboot retail sales, then SPINEXPO is the place to go.  It’s the primary exhibition for yarns and knitwear.

The fair is a rich resource featuring well-edited, high quality collections, as well as cutting edge technical innovation. 

Not to mention outstanding  trend information that can not be found anywhere else.  You can learn more at www.spinexpo.com.  There’s also a link in the show notes.

Also checkout our website.  You can find all of the previous episodes of a Seat at The Table, the show notes, news about our upcoming workshops and lots of other useful information.  You can find it at www.seat.fm.

Now let’s join Debbie and find out how we can reboot our lives.

USEFUL LINKS

Learn more about SPINEXPO:  www.spinexpo.com

Connect with Debbie Gissoni
- Website:  selfpowernow.com
- LinkedIN:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/dgisonni/

A Seat at The Table website:   seat.fm

Visit A Seat at The Table's website at https://seat.fm

 When most people start a business their core focus is on product development, driving sales and creating customer loyalty.

Few think about selling the business.  Or more importantly, “if some day I wanted to sell this business what would make it attractive to investors?”

By the time they start to think about this, it’s often too late.  Turns out, that what’s a great business for the owner, is not necessarily that appealing from an investor’s point of view.

If you’re looking to ensure that your business is saleable - if or when you want to sell it - then John Warrillow is your man.

John started and exited four companies, and is the author of bestseller, “Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive without You” and host of Built to Sell Radio.

He is also Founder and CEO of The Value Builder System, a blue print for companies that shows you exactly what you need to do to build a business that some else would want to buy.

John has helped countless business owners build more valuable companies. 

In this podcast he shares critical insights that point out what to start doing now to build a company that’s Built to Sell.

Before we get started, if you’re looking to develop knitwear collections that will standout in the market, then SPINEXPO is the place to go.  It’s the primary exhibition for yarns and knitwear.

The fair is a rich resource featuring well-edited, high quality collections, as well as cutting edge technical innovation. 

Not to mention outstanding  trend information that can not be found anywhere else.  You can learn more at www.spinexpo.com.

Also checkout our website.  You can find all of the previous episodes of a Seat at The Table, the show notes, news about our upcoming workshops and lots of other useful information.  You can find it at www.seat.fm.



USEFUL LINKS

Learn more about SPINEXPO:  www.spinexpo.com

Get the Value Builder “Cheatsheet” and workbook that John mentioned in the podcast:  www.builtToSell.com/seat

Read John Warrillow’s book “Built to Sell”:  https://bit.ly/builtToSell

List’s to the Built To Sell podcast:  https://builttosell.com/radio/

Connect with John Warrillow: 

- Built To Sell website:  www.BuiltToSell.com
-  LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnwarrillow/

Our A Seat at The Table podcast website:   seat.fm

Learn more about the Current Situation in Sourcing reports:  bit.ly/current_situtation

Visit A Seat at The Table's website at https://seat.fm

Have you ever thought of what it might be like to live your dream life?

But then thought “well that will have to wait.  There’s no way I can do that right now. “

Or maybe you’ve felt stuck, a lack of opportunity because of where you’re living or the nature of your job?

What if there was a way to start moving towards living your dream life right now.  A way to build a successful and happy life, regardless of where you are?

This episode is part of our Launch to Legendary series where we get to hear from entrepreneurs and innovators who have taken the ordinary and turned it into the extraordinary.  Who have built their businesses by seeing opportunities in inopportune circumstances.  Who’ve defined success in their own terms.  Together we’ll be able to learn from their experiences and be inspired by what they’ve achieved.

Jayne Nakata lives in Fukushima, Japan a place you might recognise as ground zero for the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

She managed to get past the devastation of seeing everything around her  thrown into chaos and ruin, as well as having her own plans turned upside down - and she went on to build her best life.

In this podcast episode, Jayne talks about mistakes people make when trying to create their dream life. How you can create an amazing life even when you live in a small town.  And also the power of community.

Before we get started, whether you’re launching a new brand or looking to grow your existing brand then SPINEXPO is a must visit fair.  It’s the primary exhibition for yarns and knitwear.

The fair is a rich resource featuring well-edited, high quality collections, as well as cutting edge technical innovation. 
Not to mention outstanding  trend information that can not be found anywhere else.  You can learn more at www.spinexpo.com.  There’s also a link in the show notes.

Also checkout our website.  You can find all of the previous episodes of a Seat at The Table, the show notes, news about our upcoming workshops, contests and lots of other useful information.  You can find it at www.seat.fm.

Now let’s sit down with Jayne Nakata and find out to start building our best lives.

USEFUL LINKS:

Learn more about SPINEXPO:  www.spinexpo.com

Connect with Jayne Nakata:

Website    https://www.jaynenakata.com/

Facebook URL  https://www.facebook.com/transformationswithjayne

Instagram URL  https://www.instagram.com/transformationswithjayne/

LinkedIn  https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaynenakata/

Visit A Seat at The Table Website:  https://seat.fm

Visit A Seat at The Table's website at https://seat.fm

One of the many sectors that have been disrupted by the pandemic is commercial real estate. 

From consumers embracing online shopping and people working from home for over a year - to what could be long term migrations out of cities, this kind of movement clearly impacts the property sector.

However to fully understand what’s happening - and to be able to see where there might be opportunities - or obstacles - requires data.  And the ability to not only collect that data, but also to analyse it in ways that highlight things that might otherwise be overlooked.

Like many industries, commercial real estate has been slow to adopt technology.  However that’s changing now - and it’s affecting everything from identifying top locations to shining a light on operating costs.

Rob Finlay, Founder of Lobby CRE,  knows the knows the extraordinary value of combining tech, innovation and data within the commercial real estate sector.

He’s pioneered applications that essentially do for commercial real estate what Bloomberg terminals did for the financial sector - making previously difficult to get data accessible.

Rob joins me today to talk about what he sees happening in commercial real estate from market shifts and cost management to using data to identify new opportunities.


Before we get started, if you’re looking to develop knitwear collections that will standout in the market, then SPINEXPO is the place to go.  It’s the primary exhibition for yarns and knitwear.

The fair is a rich resource featuring well-edited, high quality collections, as well as cutting edge technical innovation. 

Not to mention outstanding  trend information that can not be found anywhere else.  You can learn more at www.spinexpo.com.  There’s also a link in the show notes.

Also checkout our website.  You can find all of the previous episodes of a Seat at The Table, the show notes, news about our upcoming Master Class series and lots of other useful information.  You can find it at www.seat.fm.

Now let’s here what Rob has to say about commercial real estate.

USEFUL LINKS:

Learn more about SPINEXPO:  www.spinexpo.com

Connect with Rob Finlay:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-j-finlay/

A Seat at The Table website:  https://seat.fm

Visit A Seat at The Table's website at https://seat.fm

Many people dream of launching their own fashion brands but once they get started find that it’s much more complicated than it looks.

That leads to stalled - or even failed businesses.  Brilliantly creative products - that could be part of profitable companies - even up dyeing on the vine.  Never making it beyond the sample room.

If you’re thinking of starting a fashion brand - or if you have brand and you’re stuck trying to grow it, then this podcast could bring you some of the answers you’re looking for.

I’m Jane Singer and thank you for joining me on A Seat at The Table. 

This episode is part of our Launch to Legendary series where we get to hear from entrepreneurs and innovators who have taken the ordinary and turned it into the extraordinary.  Who have built their businesses by seeing opportunities in inopportune circumstances.  Who’ve defined success in their own terms.  Together we’ll be able to learn from their experiences and be inspired by what they’ve achieved.

In today’s podcast episode we’ll be hearing how Susan Berman started an accessories business while she was in business school and grew it into a brand that retailers from Barney’s to Anthropology loved. Her Susan Daniels brand was so eye catching that it won that all-important placement in store windows, as well as being worn by cast members of popular television series including Gossip Girls.

Susan talks about what she wishes she knew when she got started.  What were the biggest ‘blind spots’ she faced - and what she’d do differently if she were starting over.

Before we get started, whether you’re launching a new brand or looking to grow your existing brand then SPINEXPO is a must visit fair.  It’s the primary exhibition for yarns and knitwear.

The fair is a rich resource featuring well-edited, high quality collections, as well as cutting edge technical innovation. 
Not to mention outstanding  trend information that can not be found anywhere else.  You can learn more at www.spinexpo.com.  There’s also a link in the show notes.

Also checkout our website.  You can find all of the previous episodes of a Seat at The Table, the show notes, news about our upcoming Master Class series and lots of other useful information.  You can find it at www.seat.fm.

Now let’s dive in as Susan talks about starting and growing a successful brand.

USEFUL LINKS:

Learn more about SPINEXPO:  www.spinexpo.com

Connect with Susan Berman:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/berman-susan/

Visit 'A Seat at The Table' website:  https://seat.fm

Visit A Seat at The Table's website at https://seat.fm

Amazon is usually admired for its massive scale, obsession with serving customers and founder Jeff Bezos’ relentless entrepreneurial spirit.

What doesn’t get discussed as often is the management principles and strategies that are the backbone of this organisation.  The tenets that provide the infrastructure on which the Amazon empire has been built. 

However Amazon’s management philosophy and organisational tactics and strategies played a critical role in getting Amazon to where it is today - and continue to be one of the keys to its ongoing success.

The company’s approach to everything from launching new businesses and benchmarking progress to fueling innovation is both awe inspiring -  and daunting! 

Few understand the inner workings of Amazon’s management principles better than John Rossman, a former Amazon executive who lead the development of the Amazon marketplace in its formative years.

He worked with Jeff Bezos and other senior members of the company’s leadership as they implemented management concepts and tactics that were at least as innovative and groundbreaking as the company’s business model itself.   

John understands Amazon’s unique business principles so well that he wrote a book about them.

Today John joins us here on A Seat at The Table to give us an insiders view of Amazon, and to discuss his new book “The Amazon Way”.

Before we get started, if you’re looking to develop knitwear collections that are bursting with creativity, then SPINEXPO is the place to go.  It’s the primary exhibition for yarns and knitwear.

The fair is a rich resource featuring well-edited, high quality collections, as well as cutting edge technical innovation. 

Not to mention outstanding  trend information that can not be found anywhere else.  You can learn more at www.spinexpo.com.  There’s also a link in the show notes.

Also checkout our website.  You can find all of the previous episodes of a Seat at The Table, the show notes, news about our upcoming Master Class series and lots of other useful information.  You can find it at www.seat.fm.

Now let’s sit down with John and learn about what Amazon does differently - and why it works.

 USEFUL LINKS:

Learn more about SPINEXPO:  www.spinexpo.com

Read John Rossman's book "The Amazon Way":  https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Way-Leadership-Principles-Disruptive-ebook/dp/B00KHT2UJS

Connect with John Rossman on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-rossman/

John Rossman's blog:  www.the-amazon-way.com

A Seat at The Table website:   https://seat.fm

Visit A Seat at The Table's website at https://seat.fm

What can business leadership learn from a professional artist?  Turns out - a lot!

At a time when we’re being encouraged to ‘think outside of the box’ fine art is probably as far outside of the traditional business setting as you can get.

Yet it seems that occasionally  swapping Excel sheets for art supplies can give executives a totally new perspective on where their business is now, where they could be heading - and how to get there. 

I’m Jane Singer and Welcome to A Seat at The Table! 

Each week I sit down with leading executives, entrepreneurs, authors and innovators who share their experience, expertise and insights about the future of business.

This week I had the opportunity to speak with Nora Herting, a pioneer of visual strategy.  She’s CEO and Founder of ImageThink, a visual leadership company that has worked with clients ranging from pharmaceuticals like Pfizer and  Johnson & Johnson to tech giants including IBM and Google, as well as NASA and Toyota.

In this episode Nora talks about the power of visual thinking as a catalyst for personal and organisational change.  She explains her unique visual approach that blends strategic thinking with creative expression.

Before we get started, if you’re looking to develop knitwear collections that are bursting with creativity, then SPINEXPO is the place to go.  It’s the primary exhibition for yarns and knitwear.

The fair is a rich resource featuring well-edited, high quality collections, as well as cutting edge technical innovation. 

Not to mention outstanding  trend information that can not be found anywhere else.  You can learn more at www.spinexpo.com. 

Also checkout our website.  You can find all of the previous episodes of a Seat at The Table, the show notes, news about our upcoming Master Class series and lots of other useful information.  You can find it at www.seat.fm.

Now let’s find out Nora helps companies discover the game-changing benefits of thinking like an artist.

USEFUL LINKS:

Learn more about SPINEXPO:  www.spinexpo.com

Find out more about Nora Herting and ImageThink: www.imagethink.com

Connect with Nora on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/nora-herting-imagethink/

Visit "A Seat at The Table" website:  https://seat.fm

Learn more about Current Situation in Sourcing:  www.bit.ly/current_situation

Visit A Seat at The Table's website at https://seat.fm

The old saying that there are riches in niches is proving to be increasingly accurate.

As consumers demand greater personalisation, brands that meet those requests are seeing steady sales growth - as well as healthy margins.

In the past, brands grew their sales by trying to provide something for everyone.  Today, that strategy is becoming increasingly unprofitable. 

New brands that focus on narrowly defined market segments are grabbing the high margin business.  And those super narrower segments are showing great profit potential.

Identify a consumer who is under served and give them exactly what they are looking for and you will be rewarded for your efforts.

I’m Jane Singer and Welcome to A Seat at The Table.  Each week I sit down with industry leaders, entrepreneurs, innovators and authors who share their insights, expertise, experience and vision for the future of business.

This week I sat down with Amy Lipton, founder and CEO of Spitfire Petites, which focuses on providing fashionable activewear for women golfers who wear petite sizes.

Amy parlayed a successful marketing career in the tech sector into an equally as successful role as fashion innovator.

In this episodeshe’ll share how she’ positioned Spitfire Petites to compete and win in the hyper competitive activewear sector.


Before we get started, if you’d like to create winning knitwear collections then SPINEXPO is the place to go.  It’s the primary exhibition for yarns and knitwear.
The fair is a rich resource featuring well-edited, high quality collections, as well as cutting edge technical innovation. 
Not to mention outstanding  trend information that can not be found anywhere else.  You can learn more at www.spinexpo.com.  There’s also a link in the show notes.

Also checkout our website.  You can find all of the previous episodes of a Seat at The Table, the show notes, news about our upcoming Master Class series and lots of other useful information.  You can find it at www.seat.fm.

Now let’s find out how Amy built her fabulous fashion-driven activewear brand.

USEFUL LINKS

Learn more about SPINEXPO:  www.spinexpo.com

Spitfire Petites:  www.spitfirepetites.com

A Seat at the Table website:  https://seat.fm

Current Situation in Sourcing: https://bit.ly/current_situtation

Visit A Seat at The Table's website at https://seat.fm

Getting into the fashion industry as a designer is not easy.  Staying in the industry can be even more difficult.  Especially nowadays when companies are facing so much uncertainty.

That’s gotten many designers wondering what alternatives might be available for them.
 
If you love the fashion industry but are looking for a way to pivot from some the industry’s traditional careers, then this is the podcast for you!

I’m Jane Singer and thank you for joining me on A Seat at The Table. 

This episode is part of our new Launch to Legendary series where we get to hear from entrepreneurs and innovators who have taken the ordinary and turned it into the extraordinary.  Who have built their businesses by seeing opportunities in inopportune circumstances.  Who’ve defined success in their own terms.  Together we’ll be able to learn from their experiences and be inspired by what they’ve achieved.

In today’s podcast episode we’ll be hearing how Lacee Swan parlayed her talent and love for illustration into an incredibly successful business doing  collaborations with  leading brands, as well as creating her own product line. 

And how each time she was faced with adversity, she managed to find a way to make her next move towards building a profitable business that she loves.  One where her art can bring a touch of joy and encouragement into the lives of people around the world.

This is not just a story of remarkable business success. It’s also a story of faith, of learning to be your own cheerleader, and of never giving up on your goals and dreams.

Before we get started, if you’d like to create winning knitwear collections then SPINEXPO is the place to go.  It’s the primary exhibition for yarns and knitwear.

The fair is a rich resource featuring well-edited, high quality collections, as well as cutting edge technical innovation. 

Not to mention outstanding  trend information that can not be found anywhere else.  You can learn more at www.spinexpo.com.  There’s also a link in the show notes.

Also checkout our website.  You can find all of the previous episodes of a Seat at The Table, the show notes, news about our upcoming Master Class series and lots of other useful information.  You can find it at www.seat.fm.

Now let’s hear Lacee’s inspiring story of how she went from fashion designer to highly sought after illustrator and successful entrepreneur.

USEFUL LINKS

Learn more about SPINEXPO:   www.spinexpo.com

See Lacee Swan's illustrations and products:  www.laceeswan.com

A Seat at The Table website:  www.seat.fm

Visit A Seat at The Table's website at https://seat.fm

What does it take to create a business selling very high end, exclusive products online - without any physical retail presence?

How do you manage to standout from all of the noise and chaos on social media, let alone establish the level of trust necessary to convince customers, who are an ocean away, to spend tens of thousands of dollars on something they have not been able to touch or examine?

I’m Jane Singer and thank you for joining me on A Seat at The Table. 

This episode is part of our new Launch to Legendary series where we get to hear from entrepreneurs and innovators who have taken the ordinary and turned it into the extraordinary.  Who have built their businesses by seeing opportunities in inopportune circumstances.  Who’ve defined success in their own terms.  Together we’ll be able to learn from their experiences and be inspired by what they’ve achieved.

In today’s podcast episode I’ll be speaking with the incredible Alex Alfieri , founder of Butterlane, who along with his partner Monte Cutteridge, has turned the business of selling antique jewellery on its head and built a wildly successful business through their strategic use of social media.


This is not just a story about remarkable business success, it’s also a story about integrity, unwavering dedication and loyalty, and overcoming seemingly impossible obstacles.


Before we get started, if you are looking to develop knitwear collections that will be bestsellers - both online and offline - then Spinexpo is the place to go. 

 It is the primary exhibition for yarn and knitwear.

The fair offers a carefully curated selection of high quality yarns and knitwear that’s bursting with creativity.  Not to mention outstanding  trend information that can not be found anywhere else.  You can learn more at www.spinexpo.com.  There’s also a link in the show notes.


Also checkout our website.  You can find all of the previous episodes of a Seat at The Table, the show notes, news about our upcoming Master Class series and lots of other useful information.  You can find it at www.seat.fm.


USEFUL LINKS:

Learn more about SPINEXPO:   www.spinexpo.com

Butterlane Antiques:  www.butterlaneantiques.com

A Seat at The Table podcast:  www.seat.fm

Visit A Seat at The Table's website at https://seat.fm

When we think of eBay we usually think  ‘that’s where you sell all of those things from your closets, basement or garage that you no longer want. It’s that auction site.'

That was how eBay started, but a lot has changed since then.  Today it is a fast growing massive marketplace where savvy sellers can set up their own online stores.  

Consider this:

• In 2020, eBay’s global gross merchandise volume reached $100 billion, up 16.9% year-on-year.  
• It ranks second after Amazon in terms of GMV.  
• And it is the fifth largest marketplace worldwide, weighing in after China’s JD.com.
• The company ended 2020 with 185 million active buyers, and 1.7 billion global customer visits per month, making it the second most visited platform worldwide.

EBay is proving that it has the ability to sustain the gains it has seen during COVID.

Yet most brands and individual sellers overlook the huge opportunities here - particularly for their growing cross border sales.

If you want to learn more about the opportunities on eBay then the person to see is Kathy Terrill.  She’s a leading eBay super seller with a 15 year history as a top eBay  seller as well as 25 years in brick-and-mortar retail.   Her website name “I Love to Be Selling” says it all.

In addition to selling on eBay, Kathy is  an eBay educator and consultant, and small business advocate, as well running the only Facebook group exclusively for eBay store owners. 


Before we get started, if you are looking to develop knitwear collections that will be bestsellers - both online and offline - then Spinexpo is the place to go. 

From trend information to technical innovation, SPINEXPO is  the primary exhibition for yarns and knitwear.  The fair provides well-edited forums featuring high quality products that are bursting with creativity.  You can learn more at www.spinexpo.com.  There’s also a link in the show notes.

Also checkout our website.  You can find all of the Seat at The Table episodes, the show notes, news about our upcoming Master Class series and lots of other useful information.  You can find it at www.seat.fm.

USEFUL LINKS:

Learn More about SPINEXPO:  www.spinexpo.com

Connect with Kathy Terrill: 

Facebook Business page: I Love To Be Selling https://www.facebook.com/ilovetobeselling
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/love2beselling/
Pinterest: https://www.instagram.com/love2beselling/
Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathyterrill/
Website- link to free seller tips:
https://ilovetobeselling.com/webinars-and-workshops/free-tips/

A Seat at The Table website:   https://seat.fm

Learn more about   The Current Situation in Sourcing:   https://bit.ly/current_situtation

Visit A Seat at The Table's website at https://seat.fm

E-commerce is a tech driven channel and so when retailers look to enhance their online performance the first place they look is for more technology solutions.

However, the consumer is still a human being - whether shopping offline or online.  So connecting with them on a more personal basis is proving to be as important as the functionality that tech provides.

For a growing number of retailers, the ability to humanise their online stores is showing game changing results.

In this episode I’m talking with Lucy Norris, Head of Content at Ecrubox Digital, a  UK-based digital communications agency.

For the last two decades, Lucy has served as an advisor for a host of corporate, celebrity and non-profit clients providing strategic advice to help individuals and organizations tell their story.

Today she’ll be discussing some of the insights from a recent study that Ecrubox has done to better understand the role of humanisation in driving online sales and loyalty.

Before we get started, if you are looking to develop knitwear collections that will be bestsellers - both online and offline - then Spinexpo is the place to go. 

From trend information to technical innovation, SPINEXPO is  the primary exhibition for yarns and knitwear.  The fair provides well-edited forums featuring high quality products that are bursting with creativity.  You can learn more at www.spinexpo.com. 

Also checkout our website.  You can the previous episodes of a Seat at The Table , the show notes, news about our upcoming Master Class series and lots of other useful information.  You can find it at www.seat.fm.

Now, let’s hear Lucy’s views on why we need to add a human touch to our e-commerce stores.


Useful Links:

Learn more about SPINEXPO:   www.spinexpo.com

Learn more about Ecrubox Digital:  www.ecruboxdigital.com

A Seat at The Table website:  seat.fm

Visit A Seat at The Table's website at https://seat.fm

As we begin our fourth season of the podcast, we reflect on what we've learned over the last three years and talk about what's coming up in Season 4. We also talk about cancel culture and the wild and wacky world of the UMC.