Blair Bryant Nichols is the Director of Stages for Advance Your Reach. He oversees the Stage Agency, connecting entrepreneurs and business owners with stages that will grow their business, and manages its community of meeting planners. After beginning his career representing hundreds of authors from Top 6 publishers, he moved into the management of founders, entrepreneurs, executives, authors, and celebrities, with various work streams, projects, and personal interests, acting as a Chief of Staff, manager, or agent. He has a deep expertise in developing speakers for corporate events, conferences, and other thought leadership opportunities, including internal and external communications. As a manager, coach and consultant he enjoys helping diverse individuals and/or socially-driven companies foster new strategies for operations, communications, business development and partnerships across all appropriate areas to further develop and enhance their bottom line and brand. He earned his M.B.A from UCLA-Anderson with a specialization in Entertainment Management and a B.A. in Literature from American University.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Barb Stegemann Founder of The 7 Virtues Beauty Inc
When business started difficulties overcame:
“How to figure out how to make money. Knowing what I’m good at, knowing what I am passionate about and how do I convince clients that without being attached to agency or a bigger company or having an already built inbound lead system or generated. Or even without the collective network that an agency provides how do I really convince my clients or new clients that I’m going to be the best resource for them”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time Book by Keith Ferrazzi and Tahl RazFavourite Quote:
“Be Yourself; Everyone Else Is Already Taken” Oscar Wilde
Recommended Online Resources:
Michael S. Hyatt Help to get the clarity, confidence, and tools you need to win at work and succeed at life
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Figuring out what’s your why like Simon Sinek. What’s your purpose? What’s your mission? Established that idea, that culture because that’s what’s going to drive you to keep going, to get through the obstacles of launching the business, the growing pains associated with it, the red tape and the bureaucracy and everything else. You have that clarity of mind of really who you want to serve and start to figure out how you are going to do that”…[Listen for More]
More About Blair Bryant Nichols:
The Stage Agency from Advance Your Reach
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Invest in your dreams. Grind now. Shine later.” Unknown
Other Quotes From the Chat with Blair Bryant Nichols:
- “on the marketing side I think I kind of underestimated how much is involved in marketing”
- “I think the secret to success is people who have a clear purpose in their life know matter what that might be all really what they know what makes them happy they know do what they want as kind of an end goal. And they are able to see beyond the challenges and obstacles that it will take to get there. Not that they don’t see the steps ahead of them and are willing to take them but they can kind of keep the end in mind. And they are really driven to get that… To achieve that mission or purpose”
- “relationships I think are the most important things you can do to prepare to be an entrepreneur or prepared to launch your business . And leveraging those people in your life but not just the people you already have in your life…”
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