Robert Glazer (Bob) is the founder and Managing Director of Acceleration Partners, and the founder and Chairman of BrandCycle. He is a serial entrepreneur with an exceptional track record and passion for growing revenue and profits for B2C-based companies. In demand by top brands and investment firms, he has extensive experience in the consumer, e-commerce, retail, online marketing, and ad-tech industries—partnering with brands such as adidas, ModCloth, Reebok, Target, Tiny Prints, Gymboree, and Warby Parker. Bob is a regular contributor to numerous outlets, writing about performance marketing, strategy, and culture. He is the recipient of the Boston Business Journal “40 under 40” award, the SmartCEO Boston Future 50 award, and a finalist for the E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year in New England, among other accolades. A sought-after speaker, Robert presents to global audiences, and serves as an advisor to high-growth businesses. Bob strongly believes in giving back. He serves on the Board of Directors for BUILD Boston, is a global leader in Entrepreneur’s Organization (EO) and founded The Fifth Night charitable event. He’s previously served on the boards of the Performance Marketing Association and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mass Bay and participated in the annual Rodman Ride for Kids for a dozen years, raising almost $100,000 for charity. In his spare time, Bob is an avid writer, skier, traveller, cyclist, and serial home renovator.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Herb Kelleher
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I transitioned from an intropreneur to and entrepreneur and I define an intropreneur as the person who’s always agitated at the company working on the new things but they don’t quite have the risk tolerance or mail it in and willing to be an entrepreneur, I had to reach that point, I said I’m tired of trying to convince other people to do it my way, I need to do it myself”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Atlas Shrugged Book by Ayn RandFavourite Quote:
“How we do anything is how we do everything”
Recommended Online Resources:
EO Network – enables entrepreneurs to learn and grow from each other leading to greater business success and an enriched personal life
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Focus, when I meet entrepreneurs and they have this business and it’s going well then they tell me about the 2 or 3 other things that they’re working on and I check back a year or 2 later and usually their main business is now stumbled a little bit, the 2 to 3 new things that were doing incredibly well they’re shut down and all the success I’ve seen is focussing” …[Listen for More]
More About Robert Glazer:
- Acceleration Partners
- Brand Cycle
- You can read Bob’s inspirational Friday Forward posts each week at Fridayfwd
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“On account of its scale and complexity, the world will always outstrip the capacity of any single body to ask fertile questions of it.” Alain de Botton
Other Quotes From the Chat with Robert Glazer:
- “Someone can look very successful but be miserable”
- “High achievers tend to have a very clear vision about where they’re going and they tend to be very disciplined in how they get there and they have a plan, they’re good at laying out goals”
- “You’re going to have some really hard days and if you don’t believe in that vision then it’s going to be very hard to get other people to come along with you”
- “Learn in your 20s and worry about earning in your 30s”
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