Author: Robert Lockard

Success on Amazon – What You Need to Know by Joe Hansen

Robert LockardSeptember 28, 2021Leave a Comment

Joe Hansen is a seasoned entrepreneur and business executive and the CEO & Founder of Buy Box Experts. He cofounded and sold four other companies prior to starting Buy Box Experts in 2013, quickly growing it into one of the most profitable and invaluable digital performance marketing agencies for merchants on Amazon.

In 2015, he also co-founded the PROSPER Show with James Thomson where they were responsible for growing the business from a two-person startup to the largest U.S.-based educational conference for Amazon Sellers. The company was successfully sold to Emerald Expositions (NYSE: EEX) at the end of 2017.

Hansen developed The Marketplace Flywheel®, a proprietary brand and revenue optimization process that the Buy Box Experts team of 200+ employees use to create quick and long-term growth for brands on Amazon.

Want to know how to grow your business and brands on various ecommerce marketplaces, particularly Amazon? Hansen has the answers you’re seeking.

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Making Accounting Work for Your Business by Brian Hayes

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Brian Hayes joined NOW CFO as a consultant in 2014 and quickly became a partner in the firm. He was instrumental in opening new markets in San Antonio and Austin, Texas. He then became a Regional Partner in the Salt Lake City, Utah office with responsibilities managing offices in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, and Arizona. In May 2021, he was promoted to Chief Financial Officer of NOW CFO and manages all accounting and finance functions for NOW CFO and its offices nationwide.

Hayes has worked in multiple industries, providing accounting and financial leadership. He started in the structural fumigation industry where he was responsible for financial and operational management in San Diego, California. He moved to Utah in 2012 and shortly thereafter, started his own accounting firm and was quickly hired by a client to become their controller and operations manager. His influence was key in helping to negotiate a large purchase and merger of a fruit processing facility in Brazil. During this time, he completed his education.

His experience includes price modeling, inventory management, nonprofit accounting, land development, construction accounting, cash-flow management, financial statement preparation, as well as managing and growing businesses through mentorship and sales leadership.

He attended Colorado Technical University in Colorado Springs and obtained his Bachelor’s of Science in Accounting and his MBA in Finance.

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How to Create a Culture of Growth by Blake Modersitzki

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Blake Modersitzki is a General Partner at Pelion Venture Partners. He joined Pelion in 2002 and has led the firm through four successful funds. He is focused on backing entrepreneurs building unique and disruptive technology. Over the years, he has led investments in Redhat, Riverbed, Fusion.io, Integral Ad Science, DOMO, enCommerce, Soasta, and Metacloud.

Prior to joining Pelion, Blake was Managing Director for Novell Ventures and VP of Strategic Business Development. He directed Novell’s venture strategy, including both its direct investments in companies and indirect investments in venture-capital funds. During this time, he served on the boards of several public and private companies, as well as the advisory boards of several venture-capital firms.

As a venture capitalist, he spends a lot of time with entrepreneurs and business founders, learning about their challenges.

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Increasing Your Website Conversion Rates by Sophie D’Souza

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Sophie D’Souza is the Vice President of Optimization at Spiralyze, a data conversion rate optimization firm. She has helped companies grow revenue by millions of dollars.

Digital growth driven through A/B testing and optimization provides support for her view in life that everything can be iterated and improved upon.

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Inventory Management + Growth Summit QuickBooks Panel

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Fishbowl invited several QuickBooks experts to share their thoughts on the accounting software, industry, and more. The participants in this panel are:

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The Future of Fishbowl Products by Kendrick Hair

Robert LockardSeptember 28, 2021Leave a Comment
Kendrick Hair is a presenter at the Inventory Management + Growth Summit.

Kendrick Hair is the Chief Technology Officer at Fishbowl. The company is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. It’s helped to have quite a few members on the team who’ve been there for many years. Fishbowl’s customers and partners have also contributed a great deal of insights into how to improve the inventory management software.

The feedback Fishbowl’s Development team receives from customers isn’t always positive, but it always yields positive results. That’s because Fishbowl has a customer-centric solution that it’s constantly refining based on input from those it’s intended to benefit.

Fishbowl started as an inventory solution. Then it added QuickBooks integration, which has been hugely significant. It later added even more functionality via plugins and integrations.

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How to Handle and Scale Fast Growth by SalsaQueen

Robert LockardSeptember 28, 2021Leave a Comment

As a single mother with not even a high school degree or work experience, Maharba Zapata (now known as SalsaQueen) started a business called Salsa Queen as a way to provide for her 7 children. In just a few short years, Salsa Queen has become the largest producer of fresh, gourmet salsas in Utah and is now shipping to nearly 1,000 stores across 30 states by focusing on big, bold, authentic salsas and dips that are preservative-free.

Originally from Mexico, SalsaQueen came to America at age 17 with just a suitcase and a head full of dreams. After 33 years of hard work, her dreams have all come true.

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Business Strategies for the Mid-Market from Intuit Execs

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Bobby Morrison is the Chief Revenue and Sales Officer at Intuit. He’s going to talk about exciting things happening at Intuit and their partnership with Fishbowl. Their goal is to work with small businesses and help them prosper.

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Growth and Scaling Tips from a Shark by Daymond John

Robert LockardSeptember 28, 2021Leave a Comment
Daymond John is a presenter at the Inventory Management + Growth Summit.

An entrepreneur in every sense of the word, Daymond John has come a long way from taking out a $100,000 mortgage on his mother’s house and moving his operation into the basement. John is CEO and Founder of FUBU, a much-celebrated global lifestyle brand, and a pioneer in the fashion industry with over $6 billion in product sales.

He is an award-winning entrepreneur, and he has received more than 35 awards, including Brandweek’s Marketer of the Year, Advertising Age Marketing 1000 Award for Outstanding Ad Campaign, Ernst & Young’s New York Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Plus, he ranked #4 on LinkedIn’s Top 20 Voices, a list of the top influencers in the U.S. worth following to get inspired and stay informed.

His marketing strategies and ability to build successful brands have made him a highly influential consultant and motivational speaker today. His marketing firm The Shark Group offers advice on how to effectively communicate to consumers through innovative means. And it connects brands with the world’s top celebrities for everything from endorsements to product extensions. John is also an author of four bestselling books, including his New York Times bestselling The Power of Broke (2016) and Rise and Grind (2018).

Finally, he’s celebrating his 11th season on ABC’s hit business show Shark Tank by acclaimed producer Mark Burnett. It has now gone on to win four Emmys, and millions of weekly viewers tune into the show as John demonstrates his marketing prowess and entrepreneurial insights.

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See What Awaits You in Fishbowl’s Growth Summit

Robert LockardAugust 26, 2021Leave a Comment

The Inventory Management + Growth Summit is a free online event sponsored by Fishbowl.1 It will debut on September 28, 2021, and it will feature more than two dozen entrepreneurs, marketers, QuickBooks pros, and other business experts. We’ve even got a former MLB All-Star and a former Navy SEAL with inspirational stories to share.

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