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The New Rules of
Entrepreneurship
aka How to Be Successful
in Business without Bulldozing People

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I’m Cory.
Started iThemes in 2008.
We now have 20+ team members.
Thousands of customers worldwide.
I like WordPress.

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Back to entrepreneurship ...

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Business as usual sucks.

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Business IS always personal.

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Business is always
done with people, for people

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We, Entrepreneurs, need
a new playbook

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aka How to Be
Successful in Business
without Bulldozing People

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Profits
People
Purpose

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1. Do right.

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The Golden Rule

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Do no harm.

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2. Do good.

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Money AND Meaning
Profit AND Purpose

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3. Care.

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Showing kindness,
compassion, concern
and empathy

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4. Be genuine.

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“Be you, everybody else is
taken.” —Oscar Wilde

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Be the WYSIWYG
Version of You.

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5. Be open and honest.

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In a vacuum,
people make up
their own stories anyway

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Admit it.
Correct it.
Learn from it.
Move on.

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6. Serve others.

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Serving is a two-way street

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It isn’t selfishness,
nor is it slavery.

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1. Do right.
2. Do good.
3. Care.
4. Be genuine.
5. Be open and honest.
6. Serve others.

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Do these and you have a
great chance of being
successful in business ...

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... and a decent
human being.

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This is me
cory@ithemes.com
@corymiller303