I am a serial entrepreneur, and I have recently launched my most aggressive and potentially world-chaging venture yet. It is a company called Indie Connect (www.indieconnect.net) and its purpose is to teach active and aspiring musicians, singers and bands how to make money making music. The company will also connect them with the industry professionals who can help them.
Several years ago I became involved in CEO Space, an organization that helps CEOs, business owners and entrepreneurs connect with Fortune-level training, capital, customers, resources, contacts and more. I have since been mentored by some of the most brilliant business minds in the world. I have finally learned the right way to build a big business. Now I am doing that for myself as well as consulting others on the mindset they need and the processes they need to put in place. I have now interviewed or coached over 1000 business of all levels. Until recently, I was the TN State Director for CEO Space.
In late 2007 I authored “CEO Secrets – What They Know About Business That Every Entrepreneur Should”, which contains much of the knowledge that successful CEOs and entrepreneurs possess that separates them from unsussessful ones.
Lastly, until recently I served on the board of managers of Indie Extreme LLC, a company that is making it possible for independent record labels and indie recording artists to be very succesful and profitable. See www.indieextreme.com.
You can contact me at vinny@vinnyribas.com.
Vinnie-
I just ran across your page from a family member (Tony Bodoh) and your article hit home for me. I just started my own business as well and was not as prepared as I would have liked to have been by d-day but it was amazing how much more energetic I feel now that I am following my passion.
Thank you for your words of encouragement to all of the readers you have!
Michelle
By: Michelle on January 5, 2009
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Michelle, if you don’t have the book yet, you need it. I just finished reading CEO Secrets and I am blown away by the number of things involved in launching and running a business that I never imagined. I know I would never have known what, much less who to ask. I can’t wait for the 2nd edition or the sequel.
By: Troy C Giersdorf on January 31, 2009
at 10:08 am