Passionate philanthropist, speaker and entrepreneur, Deborah Harris is co-founder of the Grow CFO Co. – a company specialising in growing the financial capabilities of purpose driven businesses. A dedicated number nerd and mother of 5 with an enormous capacity to uplift others through her strategic thinking and quirky sense of humour…
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Sir Richard Branson
- Masami Sato founder of BUY 1 GIVE 1 (B1G1)
- Simon Sinek
When business started difficulties overcame:
“working out when to pivot from your day job. When do you have enough cash flow that you can be confident that you are not going to tank your family finances and actually make this a going concern. And it’s all around courage and stuff as well and backing yourself. But I would say that’s probably that is the key thing is that bringing in the cash flow fast enough to be able to give up the day job and now that I’m going to be right going forward ” (4 Lines minimum) …[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It Book by Michael E. Gerber
- The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results Book by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan. Click this link to listen to Jay Papasan podcast on The Entrepreneur Way
- The Code of the Extraordinary Mind: 10 Unconventional Laws to Redefine Your Life and Succeed On Your Own Terms Book by Vishen Lakhiani
- The Millionaire Master Plan: Your Personalized Path to Financial Success Book by Roger James Hamilton
Favourite Quote:
- “the standard you walk past is the standard you accept”
- “Environment Dictates Performance”
Recommended Online Resources:
- Forbes is a global media company, focusing on business, investing, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership, and lifestyle
- Entrepreneur Magazine – Advice, insight, profiles and guides for established and aspiring entrepreneurs worldwide Home of Entrepreneur magazine
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Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“invest some time in thinking bigger, thinking what you could do that is going to push boundaries, that’s going to 10x your business and gives you the opportunity to look down from above on what your business is doing so that you can actually work out is this something that I’m proud to be part of? Is this something has a great product, a great culture, a great compensation package for my employees. Have I got a great commitment to do better in the world? And just invest that time for your own inspiration to see if that’s actually still ticking the box to work towards your vision ”…[Listen for More]
More About Deborah Harris:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” Thomas Jefferson
Other Quotes From the Chat with Deborah Harris:
- “if you don’t have cash flow sorted, if you don’t have the cash flow you can’t make your own vision, you can’t go out and take those growth opportunities, you can’t employ the people that you want to employ, you can’t do the marketing you want to do.”
- “Be aware of future trends , what’s coming up, what other people are thinking and experiencing”
- “business is about solving a problem so if you are constantly in the position right now of solving somebody’s problem then you will always have a customer”
- “if your performance is about the environment you are in then if you are diminishing your standards on a daily basis then you are really impacting your environment”
- “lifting your mindset is really important. ”
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