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In this episode, I interview Ann Sieg, the Founder, and CEO of E-commerce Business School based in Bentonville, Arkansas in the United States of America. Ann has set up her own business to help entrepreneurs learn how to become third-party sellers on Amazon and become capable leaders. 

With over 35 years of experience in managing various businesses, Ann has decided to focus on the E-commerce space for Amazon to pursue her passion for coaching and empowering people. E-commerce Business School was established in 2014 and has been running for over 9 years. Helped thousands of people build a massively successful business on Amazon with 25 FTEs.

Ann has said that growing a small business requires tracking for entrepreneurs to know the numbers and stay consistent. So she says, “I've always had track and it goes back to my sports world efforts. And it just keeps you where you need to be.”

This Cast Covers:

• Currently managing a training and mentorship company.
• Helping people learn how to become third-party sellers on Amazon.
• Focused on learning how to set up the automation pieces for the students to have a scalable Amazon business.
• Teaching online marketing for about eight years.
• Providing high-level hand-holding experience and is mostly meant to empower people.
• Running different businesses for over 35 years.
• Learning the benefits of doing business within the home.
• Empowering people to do tasks efficiently through working online.
• Running things smoothly and having them organized.
• Satisfaction in bringing people together.

Links:

• Ann’s Linkedin
• Ann’s Facebook
• Ann’s Twitter

Additional Resources:

• E-Commerce Business School
• E-Myth-Revisited by Michael Gerber 
• Wellbeing at Work Jim Clifton & Jim Harter 

Quotes:

“Tough times can make you work your fanny, you've got to match underneath your button.” —Ann Sieg

“As a CEO, you got to go where you got to fix the company and turn it around.” —Ann Sieg

“Learn more about what you're made of and what you're capable of.” —Ann Sieg

“You just got to track  to know the numbers and stay consistently growing.” —Ann Sieg

“In business, you're always having problems you're trying to solve, it never ends.” —Ann Sieg

Music from https://filmmusic.io “Cold Funk” by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com. License: CC by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. 

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