Innovation Junkie
Helping medium & large organizations create sustainable strategic growth through profit growth, leadership, innovation, & strategy.
If you want to drastically improve your business, learn proven growth strategies and generate sustained results for your organization, you’ve come to the right place!
This growth doesn’t happen overnight. It requires a growth plan that is intentional and forward-thinking. This plan isn’t for short-term success that only leaves you scrambling to find the next best thing. Instead, you can expect a sustainable model that leads to business success for years to come. This type of sustained strategic growth is built on two pillars: Leadership Effectiveness and Organizational Effectiveness. These two pillars form the foundation required to support the type of transformational growth that’s possible through the Innovation Junkie solution. There are three key steps that lead to true organizational transformation.
- INNOVATE! Get hyper-focused on the innovations that will disrupt the status quo and ignite change.
- ACCELERATE! The simple formula for success that will change your business forever.
- EXECUTE! Put your plan in motion to create an unstoppable force that will produce dividends.
Innovation Junkie’s clients include C-Suite and Executive Leaders who are looking to scale their organizations more efficiently. Our team has over 75 years of experience as Operators, Executives, Advisors, and Investors. Collectively, we’ve helped over 120 companies secure investment, innovate, streamline their revenue-producing processes, improve their operations, and grow. To give you an idea of how we can create real change in your organization, set up a free private coaching call with one of our consultants. This is focused solely on finding key action items you can implement right away for quick wins.
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Jeff Amerine on Competitive Advantage (RVM #67)
Competitive advantage is like a moat around the castle of your business. There are lots of ways to dig that moat, and one of them is to do the hard work that nobody else has done.
Jeff Amerine (USNA '84) has made 90+ venture investments and now leads Startup Junkie Consulting. Over a decade running Startup Junkie workshops and events, Jeff has observed and advised over 10,000 startups, and he's noticed some patterns.
Here Jeff digs into the bankable advantages conferred by time, talent, and elbow grease.
Are you a Startup Junkie? Learn more about Jeff and his organization at https://www.startupjunkie.org/
Are you a current or former military officer? For a summary of this Meetup or to learn more about RINGKNOCKER, visit the After-Action Report at: https://ringknocker.net/after-action-report-rvm-67-with-jeff-amerine/
Jeff Amerine: Innovation Junkie (RVM #67)
How can SuperMegaGlobalCorp innovate like a startup?
Jeff Amerine (USNA '84) has made 90+ venture investments and now leads Startup Junkie Consulting. Over a decade running Startup Junkie workshops and events, Jeff has observed and advised over 10,000 startups, and a number of more established firms have been paying attention.
Last year Jeff launched Innovation Junkie, a management consulting firm aimed at bringing startup-style thinking and Agile methodologies to the Wal-Marts of the world.
Are you an Innovation Junkie? Learn more at https://innovationjunkie.com/
Are you a current or former military officer? For a summary of this Meetup or to learn more about RINGKNOCKER, visit the After-Action Report at: https://ringknocker.net/after-action-report-rvm-67-with-jeff-amerine/
Jeff Amerine on the Best Kind of Money (RVM #67)
Should a startup scale with investment funding or by its own bootstraps?
Jeff Amerine (USNA '84) has made 90+ venture investments and now leads Startup Junkie Consulting. Over a decade running Startup Junkie workshops and events, Jeff has observed and advised over 10,000 startups, and he's noticed some patterns.
According to Jeff, the key question is whether the slower bootstrap pace risks causing a startup to miss a major market opportunity. If not, the best kind of money to take is customer money!
Are you a Startup Junkie? Learn more about Jeff and his organization at https://www.startupjunkie.org/
Are you a current or former military officer? For a summary of this Meetup or to learn more about RINGKNOCKER, visit the After-Action Report at: https://ringknocker.net/after-action-report-rvm-67-with-jeff-amerine/
Jeff Amerine: Moneyball and the Startup Ecosystem (RVM #67)
When a city or a region seeks to attract new businesses, what is the Moneyball play?
Jeff Amerine (USNA '84) has made 90+ venture investments and now leads Startup Junkie Consulting. Over a decade running Startup Junkie workshops and events, Jeff has observed and advised over 10,000 startups, and he's noticed some patterns.
Here Jeff describes the "Moneyball" approach to creating a startup ecosystem, where the goal is not to get established businesses to pull chocks and move--arguably a zero-sum game--but to induce entrepreneurs to launch new startups in place and generate entirely new economic activity.
Are you a Startup Junkie? Learn more about Jeff and his organization at https://www.startupjunkie.org/
Are you a current or former military officer? For a summary of this Meetup or to learn more about RINGKNOCKER, visit the After-Action Report at: https://ringknocker.net/after-action-report-rvm-67-with-jeff-amerine/
Jeff Amerine on Being Somewhere (RVM #67)
Why be SOMEWHERE when you could be ANYWHERE?
Jeff Amerine (USNA '84) has made 90+ venture investments and now leads Startup Junkie Consulting. Over a decade running Startup Junkie workshops and events, Jeff has observed and advised over 10,000 startups, and he's noticed some patterns.
One centers around location. On one hand, COVID has taught us that who you spend your time with matters a whole lot more than where you spend it. On the other hand, startup ecosystems like the one Jeff is helping build in Northwest Arkansas depend for their success on the amenities and creative collisions that only a certain density of talent can provide.
Are you a Startup Junkie? Learn more about Jeff and his organization at https://www.startupjunkie.org/
Are you a current or former military officer? For a summary of this Meetup or to learn more about RINGKNOCKER, visit the After-Action Report at: https://ringknocker.net/after-action-report-rvm-67-with-jeff-amerine/
Jeff Amerine on Startup Junkie (RVM #67)
What's a Startup Junkie?
Jeff Amerine (USNA '84) has made 90+ venture investments and now leads Startup Junkie Consulting. Over a decade running Startup Junkie workshops and events, Jeff has observed and advised over 10,000 startups, and has helped put Northwest Arkansas on the startup map.
Here's the Startup Junkie origin story!
Are you a Startup Junkie? Learn more about Jeff and his organization at https://www.startupjunkie.org/
Are you a current or former military officer? For a summary of this Meetup or to learn more about RINGKNOCKER, visit the After-Action Report at: https://ringknocker.net/after-action-report-rvm-67-with-jeff-amerine/
Jeff Amerine on Startup Junkie Events (RVM #67)
What does a robust startup ecosystem look like on the ground?
Jeff Amerine (USNA '84) has made 90+ venture investments and now leads Startup Junkie Consulting. Over a decade running Startup Junkie workshops and events, Jeff has observed and advised over 10,000 startups, and has helped put Northwest Arkansas on the startup map.
The past year and a half notwithstanding, Startup Junkie has built its success on live events. Here's what they look like!
Are you a Startup Junkie? Learn more about Jeff and his organization at https://www.startupjunkie.org/
Are you a current or former military officer? For a summary of this Meetup or to learn more about RINGKNOCKER, visit the After-Action Report at: https://ringknocker.net/after-action-report-rvm-67-with-jeff-amerine/
Jeff Amerine on the Key Element of Startup Success (RVM #67)
What is THE key element of startup success?
Jeff Amerine (USNA '84) has made 90+ venture investments and now leads Startup Junkie Consulting. Over a decade running Startup Junkie workshops and events, Jeff has observed and advised over 10,000 startups. He's noticed a few patterns.
Here Jeff discusses the number-one contributor to startup success, which will come as a surprise to exactly nobody: the PEOPLE!
Are you a Startup Junkie? Learn more about Jeff and his organization at https://www.startupjunkie.org/
Are you a current or former military officer? For a summary of this Meetup or to learn more about RINGKNOCKER, visit the After-Action Report at: https://ringknocker.net/after-action-report-rvm-67-with-jeff-amerine/
