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Manny Larcher, CEO of Stopwatch Creative, featured as an Expert at New Albany, Ohio accelerator

3/28/2022

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Manny Larcher is the CEO of Stopwatch Creative, a marketing and operations agency helping hundreds of brands grow around the world. Stopwatch Creative helps its clients develop or improve their ideas and technology while implementing various marketing strategies to achieve goals.
They also incubate SaaS platforms, like Collaborate and Elevate, YourInfoDaily, and FirstCallRecovery to name a few.

Manny was recognized as one of the Top 20 Young Professionals in Columbus by CityPulse in 2020 and featured in Shoutout Atlanta.

Great questions for Manny:
  • How can I maximize the efforts of my team?
  • Are my marketing efforts really creating the action I want?
  • Am I using the best and current tech stack or strategies for growth?

Click here to schedule 30 minutes with Manny.
Expert Office Hours – Friday Apr 1, 2022
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How to Stop Procrastinating  - Here are 19 Tested and Trusted Strategies

3/27/2022

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“Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible” ~ George Claude Lorimer

  1. Use the Two-Minute Rule. The two-minute rule says that if you are planning an activity that can be done in less than two minutes, don’t continue planning; just do it.
  2. Take a small first step. If you fear a task for whatever reason, consider working only 5 minutes and stop. When you start working the fear fades and you grab momentum to continue and finish the job.
  3. Routines help. If you turn the repetitive and boring tasks into routines, you will do them with little effort, since they are habits that we do almost unconsciously. Trust me, routines simplify your life.
  4. Make decisions. Sometimes you are unconsciously postponing a task because you don’t think about it. Take a few minutes to clarify what that task means and make a decision.
  5. Track your time. Keep a journal about which tasks you perform each day and the time you spend on each. By recording how you spend your time, you create an internal commitment that makes you more responsible about how you use it.
  6. Learn to say no. I bet many of the tasks you are postponing are commitments you got because you did not know how to say no.
  7. Do not be afraid to leave. It may not be the right time to do something. Sometimes you believe you have to finish something just because you began. If over time, that project no longer makes sense or it is not important enough, just leave it and do other things.
  8. Manage your energy, not your time. It is important to work at your best moments. If you are exhausted or cranky, your chances of procrastinating will increase considerably. To have a better attitude, take enough rest, control your nutrition, and exercise.
  9. Use the Seinfeld strategy. Jerry Seinfeld uses this strategy to write jokes every day. If you have to do a task every day, get a calendar and mark with an X each day that you get it done. The goal is not to break the chain of X’s on the calendar.
  10. Break the work into small and specific tasks. A large and complex project can be overwhelming. Dividing it into small tasks allows you to see the path and the resistance to confront it decreases.
  11. Set a reward for completing the task that resists getting done. Motivate yourself thinking about what you are going to do after completing the task —something that you feel like doing, relaxing and not involving any effort. Define your own incentives.
  12. Make it fun. If it is a boring task, try to find ways to make it fun. Games, Seinfeld strategy, Pomodoro technique, rewards on every major advance, etc.
  13. Make it public. If it is a major challenge, make it public. Talk about it with your family and friends, post it on your social networks, blog about it... You will feel accountable and committed, and the job will be hard to postpone.
  14. Use the right words. State your actions in a clear, concise, and motivating way. Words matter when you are facing a new task.
  15. Use a short to-do list. A long list can ruin your sense of control and become a source of stress and frustration. The shorter your "next actions list", the easier it will be for you to focus on what you need to do.
  16. Use the tools you like. Do not try to do everything with a sheet of paper and a pencil. Using attractive things can help you eagerly start a particular task.
  17. Review your goals regularly. If a task is complicated, uncertain, or boring, but it is important to achieve a goal, keeping in mind that goal will help you not to procrastinate.
  18. Work on your habits. If you know yourself and find out why you defer constantly certain jobs, you will be able to change your habits and lead them towards less procrastination and greater productivity.
  19. Avoid distractions. The more temptations you have to do something else instead of what you have to do, the easier it will be to procrastinate. Keep your smartphone, notifications, and access to the internet off when facing hard tasks.

Innovate with CollaborateandElevate.com so you can focus on what matters! See why over 200 businesses depend on us to connect them with opportunities ~ collaborateandelevate.com/membership/
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Sole Classics partners with Columbus City Preparatory School for Boys for special release and volunteering opportunity

3/23/2022

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Happy Air Max Month. With the global holiday quickly approaching, Sole Classics is proud to partner with Columbus City Preparatory School for Boys (Boys Prep) for a three year commitment beginning this Saturday, March 26th at 9am for Air Max Day.


In order to be eligible to purchase the Nike Air Max 1 “Blueprint” we are asking that you join us at Boys Prep for our first beautification initiative. Volunteers will be able to select the size they want to purchase on-site while supplies last on Saturday morning, then pick them up at Sole Classics that same day. This will be the only way to purchase from us.

If you volunteer, you are guaranteed a pair. If we run out because we have too many volunteers, then we will let you know before you begin working so that you can make a decision. If you would not like a pair we would still love for you to join us for this amazing effort. One pair per volunteer over the age of 12 can be redeemed.

Sole Classics will also provide an opportunity to donate new or gently used shoes. Details for that will follow soon.

Please RSVP by clicking this link if you are interested in this initiative. You can walk up on the day of without RSVP’ing, however, in order to help us plan we are asking that you commit to letting us know.


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We sell shoes, so we do not have any expertise in the listed areas that we will be assisting in. If you have professional experience in anything from Slide 2 of the post, please let us know on the RSVP form.

Drop any questions you may have in the comments and we will get back to them as quickly as we can.

Thank you for reading all of this, we know it was a lot. God bless & thank you for the love that you continue to show our local youth. ❤️
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LaRon Batchelor with Coffee Uplifts People, Passport Ventures, Caminus Ventures joins It's Bigger Than Business Podcast with Manny Larcher

3/21/2022

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LaRon Batchelor joins Manny Larcher on the It's Bigger Than Business podcast to share about the impact his business ventures are having and share some tips along that he's learned along the way including ​"the best brands out teach, not out sell."
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LaRon Batchelor is the Founder/CEO of Passport Food & Beverages - they've created passport to connect other brands to grocery stores like Whole Foods, Co-Founder/Partner of Coffee Uplifts People (with Angela Yee of the Breakfast Club - click here to read her recent interview with Entrepreneur), and Co-Founder of Caminus Ventures, they are launching the first accelerator program for Black entrepreneurs in food, beverage and adjacent industries, with a start studded team including the acclaimed chef behind many restaurants worldwide, Marcus Samuelsson.

Listen to the episode now on all platforms via It's Bigger Than Business platform.
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More About LaRon:

I have lived at the center of digital storytelling, moderating focus groups, mobile phone research, beverage distribution and marketing for over 20 years. While producing digital ethnography for Nokia and Verizon, I explored and analyzed the current mobile device landscape: how technology is being used in consumers' lives and how the role of the service provider/carrier is viewed. Markets included America, England, India, Russia and Japan.


I started out with a pretty keen eye spotting international urban cultural trends. I was engagaed as a trend spotter/videographer for major brands. Traveling to Japan and Europe with my camera, with a New York sensibility and the ability to commune with almost anyone, I filmed a library of over 3,000 hours of conversations.

The late Guru/Gang Starr (Keith Elam) personally gave me my first film producer project - filming the making and launch of the seminal Jazzmatazz albums (featuring Erykah Badu, Isaac Hayes, The Roots, The Neptunes, etc.). I have filmed on behalf of and conducted marketing research on 4 continents for Nissan, Virgin Records, Robert Graham Clothing, TBWA, Prescient Research (UK) , GURU, NOKIA, Trace TV (France), TRUE Agency, Coca Cola and Universal Music (Japan), among others.

I served as the Consulting Vice President/Key Accounts at Drink King Distributing, a New Jersey/New York snack & beverage distributor. I oversaw the launches and retail programming of entrepreneurial and established brands such as; Sparkling Ice, Polar Beverages, Tate's Bake Shop, Aqua Ball & Aqua Hydrate, Eternal Water, Cannabis Energy Drink and OWYN. I managed and called on the following Key Accounts: Stop & Shop, Fairway, Shoprite, King Kullen, Walgreens, Bolla Market, Target, Food Bazaar & Independent Ownership groups throughout New York and New Jersey.
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Tyler, the Creator’s Coveted Grammy

3/20/2022

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source: Rolling Stone
by Quenton Harris

Tyler, the Creator has risen to prominence over the past decade with his unique, jazzy pop fusion style production and deep voice lyricism. Back in 2010, he tweeted a prediction that he would one day achieve top honors in his craft and bring home a Grammy.

This was met with controversy, the fanbase he had just couldn’t visualize an underground artist with an edgy and angry style winning such an award. However, he wouldn’t be discouraged, and continued to grind towards his goal. Fast forward to 2017, and the release of his 4
th studio album ‘Flower Boy’, This project would serve as the turning point in his career, and his sound suddenly became more accessible and attractive to a mainstream audience.

Although he wouldn’t win with this project, It would earn him his first nomination for the coveted award. Being so close to the finish line only fueled his vigor when going into recording for his next work, ‘IGOR’; a record widely recognized as a 10, and the perfect example of how jazz and pop should be integrated into a hip hop format. It would go on the smash the charts debuting at #1 on billboard and selling 165,000 copies in just the first week. He earned yet another nomination, only this time he won! In his speech he would go on to mention his 2010 tweet and all the doubters he’d faced over the years. 

He is living proof of manifestation; though it only comes if you’re willing to put in the work behind the scenes.

 
Check out Tyler’s ‘IGOR’ -

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CollaborateandElevate.com Surpasses 200 Customers: Customers include Financial Professionals, Authors, Insurance Companies, Lawyers, and more!

3/19/2022

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Collaborate and Elevate, a platform created to connect others with opportunities, has announces that they have acquired 200 Customers in under 18 Months adopting their solution.    

New & Improved in real time, helping Small Business Owners,

Customers include Restaurants, Universities, Lawyers, Banks, Insurance Companies, Entertainment Companies, Accountants, Independent Financial Professionals and Consultants, Venture Capitalists, Mortgage Lenders, and Entrepreneurs in various industries -- all benefiting from the competitive intelligence that they provide, with companies of all asset sizes, ranging from under $100,000 to over $350 Million a year in revenue.

“Over the past year and half, our razor-sharp focus has created products for the audience we grew into caring about over the past few years. Prior to the pandemic, we only held free events which were sponsored with food and drinks, featuring numerous speakers doing good work in the community. When the pandemic began, it was evident that we needed to create a virtual offering for CollaborateandElevate.com, enabling us to add even more value to the professionals who routinely attended our events," said Manny Larcher, founder and CEO. "Our customers receive intelligence enabling them to engage with the best digital communication platforms, while benefiting from increased productivity from their team and customers. We are honored that today we are able to call more than 200 businesses customers part of the Collaborate and Elevate family and I look forward to continuing to grow our customer base exponentially in the days, weeks, months and years to come.”

Learn more and view testimonials online on collaborateandelevate.com
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Collaborate and Elevate also routinely features entrepreneurs via the It's Bigger Than Business podcast and their YouTube channel. Watch one of their recent videos with Georges Duplessy, co-founder of Virtual Badge.

They cover various topics from Georges introducing to computer programming, learning Pascal, being born in Haiti and coming to Miami where he attended college studying computer science, working in Disaster and Damage Relief with companies like FEMA, and how that led to starting a company around improving the safety or others with Virtual Badge.

​Virtual Badge is helping professionals in the various industries including construction industry keep track of staff, contractors, and vendors. A B2B Enterprise SaaS identity platform for workforce and risk management. Our solution allows work sites to ensure end-to-end compliance for all of their employees and contractors.

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From Haiti to Miami, Georges Duplessy co-founder of Virtual Badge joins the It's Bigger Than Business Podcast

3/18/2022

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In this new It's Bigger Than Business podcast episode, co-host Manny Larcher catches up with Georges Duplessy, co-founder of Virtual Badge. 

They cover various topics from Georges introducing to computer programming, learning Pascal, being born in Haiti and coming to Miami where he attended college studying computer science, working in Disaster and Damage Relief with companies like FEMA, and how that led to starting a  company around improving the safety or others with Virtual Badge. 

Virtual Badge is helping professionals in the  various industries including construction industry keep track of staff, contractors, and vendors.  A B2B Enterprise SaaS identity platform for workforce and risk management. Our solution allows work sites to ensure end-to-end compliance for all of their employees and contractors. 
Episode Now Available on All Platforms
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About ​Startup Showdown - Tech Startup Pitch Competition with $120,000 Investment Prize Every Month

The Startup Showdown series is hosted by Panoramic Ventures, the venture capital investing team of BIP Capital, one of the most active VC firms in the Southeast. Panoramic is led by highly successful entrepreneurs and investors Paul Judge and Mark Buffington.
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"Startup Showdown is a unique opportunity for early-stage startups to present to well-known investors and innovators in the tech ecosystem as they look to take their companies to the next level," said Judge, Managing Partner of Panoramic. "Finalists will pitch to VCs while establishing long-lasting connections in the entrepreneur ecosystem. Our goal with this series of competitions is to democratize the funding process in order to showcase the most promising talent in the next frontier of innovation, regardless of race, gender, or geographic location." 

Read the announcement from shared nearly one year ago.

Stay up to date with Startup Showdown and click here to follow on instagram.
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You can also watch the interview via YouTube and subscribe to our channel!
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More About Georges

Georges published his first computer program at 12 years old while he was growing up in Haiti. He spent the next 5 years freelancing in various computer languages until the 2010 Haitian Earthquake hit the country with devastating effects after which he moved to South Florida to pursue a degree in Computer Science at the University of Miami thanks to a merit-based scholarship.

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Unlocking Possibilities from Harvard to Wall Street with Gly Gabriel and Manny Larcher

3/7/2022

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Glyvolner "Gly" Gabriel is a first generation Haitian-American from Newark, NJ. He is also the first in his family to graduate from college, graduating from Harvard University with a degree in Biomedical Sciences and Engineering. He then forayed into "Wall Street," working as an analyst in the Global Capital Markets at Morgan Stanley.

Subsequently, Gly backpacked throughout Latin America, visiting 14 countries over the span of 13 months. It was during this trip that he discovered his life’s mission – to help people live happy, healthy, & fulfilling lives.

After returning, Gly founded New Norm Media, a video marketing & consulting agency that worked with conscious & purpose-driven businesses. But after achieving some initial traction in the business, he knew that in order for him to truly fulfill his mission in a way that was aligned with his unique skills and passions, he would need to pivot.Unlocking Possibilities from Harvard to Wall Street with Gly Gabriel and Manny Larcher

So now Gly focuses on helping professionals (especially of color) unlock their full potential, figure out the next steps in their life & career, and then actually make it happen. Gly believes that our dreams (both personal & professional) are possible, and through his unique “Be, Do, Have” model, he coaches these professionals on how to start to live life on their own terms.

Listen to the podcast on ItsBiggerThanBusiness.com (audio available on all platforms) and watch the interview below:
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Do This First Before You Spend Or Invest In Advertising

3/7/2022

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Do This First Before You Spend Or Invest In Advertising


This is the biggest mistake businesses make before they put together their advertising campaigns.

And it’s easy to fix.

A new prospect reach out to us looking for some help.

Their current online advertising campaigns were not working. And they needed to fix things before they ran out of all of their money.

Sound familiar?

We began by asking him about his ideal customer profile. They told us that their team spent about 30 minutes or so developing a general description, with some demographic information.

Not a very good start.

Our next series of questions had to do with the transformation his customer profile was looking for, specifically in these five areas:

Your Ideal Customer Profile or ICP is looking for transformation in their business and life. A different future from their present situation. How do they want things to change? Or, what does your product or service give or do for them in terms of transformation?
 
These are the five before/after states we shared with him for thinking deeper about transformation:
 
1.    Have - What do they have that they won’t have afterwards?

2.    Feel - How do they feel, their emotional state, before and after? 

3.    Average Day - What’s their average day like now versus afterwards? Use a story or narrative to describe it.

4.    Status - What’s the story they tell about themselves right now versus afterwards?

5.    Good versus evil - What’s the greater philosophical evil your product or service allows them to defeat? 
    
The team obviously hadn’t done any of this work. As we further shared, when you can clearly communicate the transformation your prospects will experience from working with you or buying your product/service, you’ll have them wanting to know more. 
 
You’ll have moved from “selling” mode to “advisor” or “guide” mode.
 
You’ll be the guide to their transforming their lives. And your advertising will be more effective.
 
Our overall detailed process to complete this takes at least several hours, and sometimes more. 
 
When you have your ICP thinking “Finally, someone who understands me” when they see your advertisement, you’ve nailed it!
 
Now that's moving from selling to advising or guiding. A much better place in which to be.

View case studies and previous work, and learn more and schedule a free consultation with Stopwatch Creative online on stopwatchcreative.com
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Kanye West on Why 1% Succeed and 99% Don't

3/4/2022

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Ye's Life Advice Will Leave You speechless and will make you reconsider your goals. Formerly known as Kanye West, his perspective on generating wealth in every area of life is Eye-Opening and will inspire you to be great. He also shares wisdom on how he manifested his dreams and created the life he wanted to live.

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Blank Slate Monument - a company making ​A Tribute to African American History in the Face of the Confederacy

3/1/2022

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Spotlight series: We love highlighting companies who are doing amazing work around the world. Today, we wanted to introduce you to Blank Slate Monument - a company making ​A Tribute to African American History in the Face of the Confederacy.
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by  Terry (Kojo)

I am honored to have been used by God as a catalyst in getting this project, The Blank Slate Monument, off the ground.

What started as a phone call to me back in 2018 has manifested into a nationwide tour with a major stop in Times Square, New York City!

As our nation faces the ghosts of our past to shape a more prosperous future, I am reminded of the theme from another project I was involved in, TED Global 2017, which was “Builders. Truth-Tellers. Catalysts”

Who knew that would be a premonition of things to come?

There is a famous saying in my native Ghana, Sankofa (pronounced San ko fah), which translates to “reaching back to knowledge gained in the past and bringing it into the present to make positive progress.”
How can reflecting on our nation's past help us propel forward? Well, that is a question for all of us to reflect on.

With July 4th upon us and record travel anticipated, I encourage you to spend some time with your family asking the hard questions. Yes, the truth is uncomfortable. Yet, if we are to propel our nation forward, it is necessary to sit in the discomfort
Learn more about Blank Slate Monument online
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