Yesterday I had the privilege of being at an expo where Amanda Lang of CBC News was talking to Peter Aceto, the CEO of ING Direct Canada. When ING Direct Canada opened in 1997 people could not believe that there was a bank that had no physical presences. The founders of this bank knew there was a better way to ensure people could “save their money” and that was to cut out all the overhead. “How do you build a bank without a bank”, was the question they had to answer. As we know, it has become a very successful business model, started in Netherlands in 1991 and now in over 40 countries. It even has competitors, like Presidents Choice Financial launched in 1996. Someone saw the need and then looked for a solution that was not what everyone else was looking for.
Category: Mastermind Groups
Make Your Business Work for You
Please take this link if you would prefer to listen to this article I was having lunch with my ex-accountant some years ago. We were talking about business owners and how difficult it was to run a business on your own when she came out with a statement I found surprising. She said to me, […]
Prosperity Pyramid – How to do away with the traditional sales funnel and stop cold calling
We have all heard of the ‘sales funnel’ for business. Traditionally we have been taught that we find our leads and pour them into our sales funnel. As we work through the sales process, creating more and more touches to our leads we work ourselves into their conscious. As they get to a point where […]
Working in Mastermind Groups – Three Things to Look for When Joining a Group
There are a lot of types of support you can engage in to help grow your business, like mentoring, training, coaching, etc. When you commit to learning and growing using these support systems you will always take away something of value. Today I’d like to talk about three things to look for when you are thinking of joining a mastermind group to get the support you need to grow your business.