Episode 19:
Michael Roderick
All the World's A Stage (for Great Business)
September 9, 2019
Episode in a Nutshell:
Liz welcomes master connector Michael Roderick to the podcast. Michael has had quite the unique path to entrepreneurship. As a former high school English teacher, he transitioned to a role as a Broadway producer where he learned the business aspect of finding investors for shows, before launching Small Pond Enterprises, helping entrepreneurs & small business owners grow through relationship-building. Michael and Liz discuss the importance of leveraging relationships in your life, professionally or otherwise, to enhance your business. Finally, Michael reflects on the biggest challenges he has experienced while building his business.
When Michael went from high school teacher to Broadway producer in under two years people started to ask him how he managed it. Michael began his career as a high school English teacher before producing Off Broadway and then on Broadway. This combination of experience in the arts and entrepreneurship led to Michael starting an arts incubator program to teach more artists about building and growing their own businesses (PLAE). Eventually, he decided to develop a workshop on networking which grew into a full-time consulting practice and that became Small Pond Enterprises.
Michael took a short break to work as the V.P. of Operations and as a Director of Business Development for an NYC Ed. Tech Startup which introduced him to the New York Startup community. Most recently, Michael founded The Connecting Connectors Conference (ConnectorCon).
You can connect with Michael at Small Pond Enterprises or follow him online here: Twitter, Facebook, and Linked In.
My favorite part of recording a live show every week is the conversation we get to have on social media, with comments posted here, and messages I get from listeners.
This week's question is:
Are you leveraging your network and relationships effectively to grow your business?
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