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Make Your Mark

Make Your Mark

By Jocelyn K. Glei

The Creative’s Guide to Building a Business with Impact. Amazon, 2014.

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Summary of Make Your Mark book by Jocelyn K. Glei

Collecting all the best tidbits and advice by industry experts and entrepreneurs about how to launch a creative business that really makes a difference, changes lives for the better, and is destined for greatness.

Chapters in Make Your Mark book summary

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What do you get from this book? Diversified, expert advice on running a successful creative business

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Define how your business will benefit the world and use this purpose as a compass to lead your company

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Strive to constantly learn and adapt by developing a responsive operating system with key values that help you evolve

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Building your product around customer needs and making it as simple as possible will create the best user experience

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Allow your early users to shape the product and streamline production based on their feedback

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Practicing authenticity and having an army of allies will help you forge meaningful connections with customers

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Every small act of giving goes a long way in establishing a positive image of your brand

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Don’t avoid becoming a leader, because you already have the mind-set to establish a great culture through stellar communication

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Many businesses maintain a level of secrecy, but only when you are completely open with everyone will your workplace thrive

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Selected critiques in brief

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Who should read Make Your Mark book

  • Entrepreneurs
  • product and app designers
  • anyone who has ever had an idea that would make life easier

About the author of Make Your Mark

Jocelyn K. Glei

Jocelyn K. Glei

Editor Jocelyn K. Glei has worked tirelessly through her own startup, 99u.com, to bring together panels of experts who share their own experiences to inspire the next generation of makers. Under her direction, 99u.com has won two Webby Awards and has been spun off into a conference which has brought together such visionaries as Brené Brown, Jack Dorsey, and many others.

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