Janneke den Draak teaches people to become more productive with Dragon speech recognition software. She developed the Learn Dragon Online Academy, an international version of her Dutch membership site for learning Dragon NaturallySpeaking via online courses and live sessions.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Kelly Willows
- Mike Morrison
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I got fired, so I got presented with the knowledge that I would be out of a job in 3 months. So here I was with my arms not up to doing regular work because I still suffer from these problems with repetitive strain injury and a skill that, there’s not millions of people needed for teaching speech recognition so there were no vacancies in my skill set”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
The Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciplines into Massive Success and Happiness Book by Jeff Olson and John David MannFavourite Quote:
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Recommended Online Resources:
- Google – Search the world’s information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you’re looking for.
- Screw the nine to five – help web-preneurs cut the overwhelm, cut the bull, get focused
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
- “Treat your clients like you want to be treated by someone you did business with”
- “Don’t become lazy”…[Listen for More]
More About Janneke den Draak:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“’The Wizard of Oz’ is my favourite. It explains what life on this planet is about. Although Dorothy reaches Oz, she finds she had what she needed to go back to Kansas all along, but the Good Witch tells her that she had to learn it for herself. All of the answers to the meaning of life are there.” RuPaul
Other Quotes From the Chat with Janneke den Draak:
- “You cannot not change”
- “Every action in which you take defines the direction in which you change”
- “It’s perhaps not going to be the end of the world if you don’t eat a healthy meal today but it does define and it helps shape you just as much as perhaps not eating healthily for an entire week because it’s the first step”
- “If you don’t go out and tell people what you do, why you do it, and why you do it better than other people then you’re not going to be as successful as you could because people simply will not find you”
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