https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uresPs7RYgM Props. An asset often overlooked and rarely used when founders share their story. It's a shame because are a great way to enhance a story. Simple physical elements such as a whistle or a banana provide can trigger mental and emotional responses in audiences. In this video I'll share with you the reasons why you should consider using them and how they make your story more memorable. It's bananas I know, but worth a listen. @LynGraft If you [...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrC4Lh1k99U Get the audience's attention. It's the first thing your story needs to do. The primary reason for this is that if you don't, the rest of your story doesn't matter because they will have tuned out and moved on to something else. I'll share the primary reasons entrepreneurs fail to get the attention of audiences when they are sharing their story. And I'll provide you with a unique perspective in terms of how you should think about their [...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppaq7tAbw8w&t= Today is my book, birthday! Happy #StartWithStory Day everyone! One year ago today I was standing on Congress Avenue in Austin, TX waving a poster size version of my book cover to drivers on their way to work. It was one of the funnest days of my 6-year journey in bringing this book to life as I finally got to share it with the world. After 12 months, I've had some time to observe and think about how [...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_O9QSr5bvs During the Billionaire Week for Women, I met Melissa "echo" Greenlee, founder of #deaffriendly, that helps advise deaf-friendly businesses, and corrective feedback to deaf-challenged businesses. Echo approached me at the end of the conference to thank me for adding subtitles to my LinkedIn videos because it gave people like her (Echo is deaf) in the deaf community equal access to the content I'm creating in the same way that everyone else does. As much as I would love [...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce6Auub76xc Your 'why' matters when it comes to telling your startup story. In fact, knowing your 'why' is one of the secrets to great entrepreneurial storytelling. One reason as Author and TEDx speaker, Simon Sinek, so eloquently said, 'People don't buy what you do, they buy what you do it." But it goes much deeper than that for founders. In this video, I'll dive into what those reasons are and why you want to really be in tune with [...]