Vogue Magazine does something really interesting here: They make it look like I know exactly what I’m doing. Because Vogue made it look like I knew exactly what I’m doing, stores from all over started calling.
BLAKE MYCOSKIEWhen you incorporate giving into your business in an authentic and transparent way, your customers become your best marketers.
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I did what I think a lot of entrepreneurs do. I started putting up a lot of ads on Craigslist for interns.
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Someday’ is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.… If it’s important to you and you want to do it ‘eventually,’ just do it and correct course along the way.
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The goal isn’t how much money you make, but how much you help people.
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Be tenacious. One thing that has allowed me to have some level of success is that I am fine with cold-calling people. It doesn’t scare me to call someone who has no idea who I am and say I’d love to take you to lunch.
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[Our employees] do it not because we pay them more, but because they want to be part of something.
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The most important things are actually the easiest to obtain: great friends, good food, and a decent bottle of wine.
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Allow your team to incorporate giving into their life through their job. Not only do employees stay around a lot longer, they do a lot more good.
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I am a big believer in the value of traveling while you are young. The experiences you have in other countries can inspire greatness.
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With technology today, companies are less in control of their brand
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Giving builds loyal customers and turns those customers into supporters…You can find passion and profit and meaning all at once, right now.
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When you incorporate giving into your business in an authentic and transparent way, your customers become your best marketers.
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A leader can create a company, but a community creates a movement.
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The more you give, the more you live.
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Your backpack is a part of your identity as a student.
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[People] had never heard about someone giving something away every time they sold something.
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Giving does not just feel good, but it’s really, really good for business, and it’s good for your personal brand.
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The greatest competitive advantage is to allow your employees to be part of something. Something bigger than what you’re doing.
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When you’re buying a pair of TOMS, if you don’t feel like you’re part of a community, then I’ve failed.
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No matter how convenient it is for us to reach out to people remotely, sometimes the most important task is to show up in person.
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When people start serving together, they forgot about all their stress, […] all their own problems. They start focusing on someone else’s.
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Make the most out of every single day you have on earth and be thankful for them.
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TOMS didn’t have to focus on advertising, but on giving in a way that’s sustainable.
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Stories are the most primitive and purest form of communication.
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What got us to where we are today is not going to get us to where we need to go tomorrow.
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Keep it simple: own as little as you can get away with, schedule everything, keep a notebook, don’t let technology enslave you.
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Exercise your purchasing power as a consumer, volunteer and bring joy to those in need, and share your experiences, tell your stories, and inspire others along the way.
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