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so far, there are 13,000 records set on the site from 65,000 companies. every day, someone somewhere is doing something new and crazy that is winning them the title of the world s fastest or longest or best something. so i did not set my world record yet but i absolutely plan to. let s turn to this week s board of directors to see what they are going to do. belinda emerson, better known as small biz lady is the host of small business chat and publisher of succeed at your own box.com, where her mission is to end small business failure. michael simmons is the co-founder of the extreme entrepreneurship tour. they bring the top entrepreneurs to places around the country for conferences. great to see both of you guys. thanks for having us. i loved this story, afrmth a because it is so fun to see all the people doing world records. b is, there was the guinness
everyday someone, somewhere is doing something crazy to win them the title of fastest or longest or best something. so i did not set my world record yet, but i absolutely plan to. let s turn to this week s board of directors to see what they will do. belinda anderson is host of small biz chat and publisher as succeed as your own boss .com and the mission is to end small business failure. and michael simmons is is the ceo and founder of the extreme entrepreneur tour, and they bring young entrepreneurs to sites around the country for conferences. thanks for joining us. it is fun to see the people doing the world records, but, b, there was the guinness book of world records and that it is, and he had the idea to take them on and that is amazing. well, the world is waiting
madison avenue and worked for a lot of really big p ad agencies and big offices, and now he works on the third-floor walk-up, and really cool and retro offices, but they are really doing it. he boot strapped it for a while, and then he proved right away that there s something here and he got the angel investors and the venture capital funding which he did not go to set out to do. how many of the companies that you work with find that they have got something, and then go out and go out to find funding, but they don t go out knowing that they have something huge? well, the biggest challenge is not getting funding, but customers. at the tour events the best funder initially is the customer. the customer will give you money and incredible feedback to it rate. and the reality is once you have momentum for boot strapping, it is so much easier for investors. yes. and i love the mission, melinda, stopping the small business