Infusionsoft Raises $54 Million; Best Places to Work; Influenza Help; The Photo!

"…keeping you great" 

HEADLINES:  

Infusionsoft Raises $54 Million From Goldman Sachs — our CRM
provider, that delivers these insights each week, continues to garner more great
support. But it's the photo CEO Clate Mask sent me that put a smile on my face –
see below, but first…

Raising Money: Conference Call Etiquette — 5 of the CEOs that requested help raising money, after I
put out the request a couple weeks ago, were 8 to 12 minutes late for the
conference call the funder set-up to discuss. They have a policy of being on
time and abandoning the call if the parties are more than 5 minutes late. If
four people are on the call, waiting for the fifth for 10 minutes, that's 40
minutes of lost productivity. Dial in a few minutes early and work email while
waiting. Courtesy matters.

Tear Up Your Priority List
– this
is my first LinkedIn "Influencers" piece for those who already feel their
list of biz goals and New Year's resolutions are history – just week 4 into
2013! Take 2 minutes to see what you should do instead!

100 Best Companies to Work For – Fortune's
annual list is out and Google is #1. Perks around health and wellness are a
key trend – from SAS's organic farm supplying their cafeteria to Google's 3
wellness centers to Dreamwork's fresh juice truck.

Take 2 minutes to click through the list for ideas.

Influenza: Dosage Matters
— speaking of wellness, so many leaders I know are
suffering from the influenza. In a new study, HIGH dose Vitamin C and D reduced
symptoms 85%. With the onset of symptoms the researchers administered 1000 mg
orally (1 gram) per hour for the first six hours and then 3 grams per day
thereafter, a protocol I've followed for years, even with our children (I take 9
grams per day normally; dogs and cats produce a body equivalent weight of 15
grams per day as a comparison). Most
studies that claim Vitamin C has no impact on the common cold use such small
dosages I'm never surprised of their poor results. Dosage matters with
traditional pharma products, same with vitamins.

Infusionsoft Raises $54 Million — using the money to improve product, invest in greater
services, and expand their customer base, Infusionsoft grew 53% last year, on a
$50 million run rate, and has plans to grow to $200 million with 100,000 small
business customers by the end of 2016. Their #1 priority for 2013 is to increase
their NPS (Net Promoter Score).

The Photo!
— notes Clate Mask, CEO of Infusionsoft, "one of my team members took a picture
of me while I was signing the deal (with Goldman Sachs). At the time, we were at
our monthly off-site meeting, working on our 2013 and mid-range plans. We were
frequently referring to your book that day and it happens to be in the picture.
You and The Rockefeller Habits are discussed on a weekly basis among our
leadership team. Your work has made a big impact on our company." Clate, thank
you and your team for being such great students of business – your results speak
volumes. Congratulations!