{"id":7,"date":"2015-11-16T01:30:40","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T01:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrisallison.biz\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2024-11-21T02:14:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T02:14:57","slug":"speaking","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chrisallison.biz\/index.php\/speaking\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaking"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #c41230;\">HIT IT! <\/span><\/strong>&#8211;<span style=\"letter-spacing: -0.041563em;\">\u00a0Seven Rules of Entrepreneurship<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Chris tells that story of Tollgrade Communications, Inc. framed through the prism of his tried and true rules of successful entrepreneurial behavior. His seven rules for entrepreneurs, include:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h6>Rule #1: Knowing Thyself and Understanding the Why<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6>Rule #2: Have Heroes and Role Models<\/h6>\n<h6>Rule #3: Go to the Food<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6>Rule #4: Ease Their Pain<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6>Rule #5: Hire the Best Athletes<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6>Rule #6: Just Keep Your Feet Moving and Bring the Funny<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6>Rule #7: Don\u2019t Believe Your Own PR &amp; Give Back<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Testimonials<\/h3>\n<h6 class=\"yiv8660547514MsoNormal\">&#8220;Chris Allison&#8217;s presentation was engaging and insightful, with a dynamic style and fresh perspective that made entrepreneurial concepts accessible and inspiring. Highly recommended for entrepreneurs and anyone in business!&#8221;<\/h6>\n<p class=\"yiv8660547514MsoNormal\">Chris Randall<br \/>\nChairman<br \/>\nSMI Aware<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"yiv8660547514MsoNormal\">&#8220;After 27 years of being an entrepreneur and hearing countless presentations, I find myself\u00a0often hearing the same message over and over again.\u00a0 \u00a0Chris presented to my entrepreneurial group in Pittsburgh and brought a fresh and entertaining perspective to some fundamentals of the entrepreneurial journey that I found immediately actionable.&#8221;<\/h6>\n<p class=\"yiv8660547514MsoNormal\">Neal McGrath<br \/>\nManaging Director<br \/>\nCarson Wealth<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Additional Speaking Topics<\/h3>\n<p>Allison is a frequent guest speaker at universities, entrepreneurial organizations and service clubs on a range of business issues. His most popular speech topics are listed below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>A Few Good Men (and Women)<\/b> \u2014 Tollgrade Communications developed a management team recognized by Forbes and Fortune by creatively hiring \u201csmart\u201d rather than hiring \u201cpedestrian industry experience.\u201d Allison explains how to \u201cdraft the best available athlete\u201d then train them on the industry, rather than hiring a person with \u201cone year\u2019s experience 15 times.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><b>Five Moments<\/b> \u2014 Allison helps you realize that it\u2019s a wonderful life by examining the events that shape your life and dictate how it all unfolds. He tells the story of his five moments and helps listeners identify theirs.<\/li>\n<li><b>Economics Acorns<\/b> \u2014 Allison tells the story of how true economic development is created when a successful technology company drops business acorns and creates a critical mass of economic development.<\/li>\n<li><b>Enter The No Flip Zone<\/b> \u2014 The most successful startups are those built for the long run and the least successful are those created for a quick sale. Allison explains how you can implement simple management practices that make your team effective through accountability and interdependent communication.<\/li>\n<li><b>Organized Innovation<\/b> \u2014 Innovation is neither an accident nor a product of serendipity. Allison maps out how business discovery should be well organized by identifying problems created by major market shifts. After the problems are identified, companies can capitalize through development of solutions grounded with a solid business case.<\/li>\n<li><b>Tell Me A Story<\/b> \u2014 Allison explains how his ability to paint a vision through stories served as an effective management tool for growth while interacting with investors, customers and employees.<\/li>\n<li><b>The Walk of Truth<\/b> \u2014 Allison gives a humorous take on the things you can learn about a prospect or a partner during a four-hour round of golf.<\/li>\n<li><b>Clarion University<\/b> \u2014 On October 23, 2013 Chris gave a\u00a0 presentation at Clarion University. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-7MrLQnshMM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a><\/span> to watch the presentation.<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-7MrLQnshMM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-116\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chrisallison.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Screen-Shot-2015-11-20-at-11.09.17-AM-300x203.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-11-20 at 11.09.17 AM\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chrisallison.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Screen-Shot-2015-11-20-at-11.09.17-AM-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/chrisallison.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Screen-Shot-2015-11-20-at-11.09.17-AM.png 644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HIT IT! &#8211;\u00a0Seven Rules of Entrepreneurship Chris tells that story of Tollgrade Communications, Inc. framed through the prism of his tried and true rules of successful entrepreneurial behavior. His seven rules for entrepreneurs, include: Rule #1: Knowing Thyself and Understanding the Why\u00a0 Rule #2: Have Heroes and Role Models Rule #3: Go to the Food\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrisallison.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrisallison.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrisallison.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrisallison.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrisallison.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/chrisallison.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":277,"href":"https:\/\/chrisallison.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrisallison.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}