Heidi Brumbaugh is a linguist and a professional game developer. She launched her own startup in 2015 to develop word learning games for second language learners. Her app, Vocab Victor, is available for Android and Apple smartphones and tablets and is designed to help non-native speakers improve their vocabulary.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“Figuring out how to get started. That was kind of the hardest thing just like laying out the plan for it and I think one of the things I would recommend to people is to spend some time working on a business plan and I know they say a business plan, no business plan survives first contact with customers but that doesn’t mean it’s not a useful exercise”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Badass: Making Users Awesome Book by Kathy SierraFavourite Quote:
“Don’t ask if your idea is crazy, ask if your idea is crazy enough”
Recommended Online Resources:
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Join a mastermind group, I have a group there’s 3 of us and we meet once a week. Every week we talk about what are our goals for next week and then we come back next week did you complete your goal. If you were going to do a video and you didn’t why didn’t you. We just drill down and hold each other accountable for our goals”…[Listen for More]
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Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.” Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn co-founder
Other Quotes From the Chat with Heidi Brumbaugh:
- “The farther you aim the farther you’ll get”
- “Your brand has to sync with their goal to be awesome”
- “You start out with an idea that’s really, really big and you have to break it down into small pieces”
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