Michelle Diamond

CEO and Founder, Elevate Diamond Strategy · 1 appearance on the record.

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Michelle Diamond is the CEO and founder of Elevate Diamond Strategy, advising organizations ranging from startups to Fortune 50 companies on scaling, go-to-market planning, and M&A. She is a Forbes NEXT 1000 honoree and the author of 10-Step Guide to Creating Your Own Growth Strategy for Your Company.

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Insight

Diamond: Bootstrapping is ineffective for achieving exponential business growth

“When you're really trying to grow exponentially, bootstrapping is really is not the The best way to go about it. You really have to have really more of a structured and detailed plan. And that first starts out with having a strategy.”

Michelle Diamond Dec 28, 2020 ▶ 6:42 The Secret Behind Taking 64 Companies Across 34 Industries to the Next Level

Insight

Diamond: Tracking daily personal annoyances reveals billion-dollar business opportunities

“If you want to come up with a billion dollar idea, literally just go through the day and just make note of everything that gets in your nerves. When you get up, you just go a bunch of day, whatever it is, if it gets in your nerves, there's probably a huge oppo…”

Michelle Diamond Dec 28, 2020 ▶ 31:57 The Secret Behind Taking 64 Companies Across 34 Industries to the Next Level

Insight

Diamond: Value-driven initiatives only drive growth if customers actively care

“I don't want them to just think off the bat because we have this great other thing that we're doing as necessarily going to be the catalyst. It only is the catalyst if customers and consumers are going to care enough to also look at that as a differentiation a…”

Michelle Diamond Dec 28, 2020 ▶ 37:04 The Secret Behind Taking 64 Companies Across 34 Industries to the Next Level

Opinion

Diamond: Many People Get Sick Frequently Because They Are Pretending

“And I found that with other people, a lot of people get sick oftentimes because they're pretending”

Michelle Diamond Dec 28, 2020 ▶ 43:20 The Secret Behind Taking 64 Companies Across 34 Industries to the Next Level

Insight

Diamond: Companies do not reach adulthood until public or $100M revenue

“I don't think you really get to adulthood until you pass, you know, you could rather become public or you at least pass like a hundred million dollar mark. And even then it's still infancy, honestly.”

Michelle Diamond Dec 28, 2020 ▶ 4:14 The Secret Behind Taking 64 Companies Across 34 Industries to the Next Level

Insight

Diamond: Founders Rely on Tactical Fixes Instead of Diagnosing Root Causes

“And again, a lot of times companies and founders and, you know, CEOs try to scramble. They're like, okay, wait, what's going on? Maybe we need to put more people on this. Maybe we need to do more marketing or more SEO or bring on some of your web design and al…”

Michelle Diamond Dec 28, 2020 ▶ 13:56 The Secret Behind Taking 64 Companies Across 34 Industries to the Next Level

Opinion

Diamond: 'How to Deal with People You Can't Stand' Is Excellent for Founders

“I would say the kind of emotional people side, but I think it's excellent for business owners. It's called How to Deal with People You Can't Stand, and it was actually written by two people who were, first they went to school for medical school, and they actua…”

Michelle Diamond Dec 28, 2020 ▶ 40:52 The Secret Behind Taking 64 Companies Across 34 Industries to the Next Level

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Episode	Date	Speaking time
The Secret Behind Taking 64 Companies Across 34 Industries to the Next Level	Dec 28, 2020	30m

Michelle Diamond

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