This “How I Met This Entrepreneur” article tells the story of how KazSource CEO, Eric Kasimov, met CEO of MassMutual Intermountain West, Brady Murray. Gary Vaynerchuk, the well-known marketing guru, spoke at an event hosted by the American Association of Life Underwriters (AALU) in Washington DC. It was a major event bringing together my…
This “How I Met This Entrepreneur” article tells the story of how our intern-turned employee, John Priore, met KazSource CEO, Eric Kasimov. There I was, a junior at Western Carolina University. As a junior in college, I was stuck in a weird stage where I had time on my hands while also freaking out about what I was…
People of all ages seem to love anything that comes in a box. The excitement of an Amazon box waiting for you on the porch. A gift box wrapped in great looking paper with a surprise inside just for you! Most toddlers prefer playing with the box instead of whatever comes inside. And the food…
Eric recently did an interview with the Tough Decisions for Entrepreneurs Podcast. Here is an edited transcript version of that podcast. The words in bold were the podcast hosts: Dan and Dennae Handford. Everything else is Eric. Eric Kasimov is the founder of KazSource, a multi-faceted company that includes KazCM (a content marketing agency), SportsEpreneur.com (a…
Unhappy about a specific situation? Do something about it! Thursday morning at about 6:50 am, and I’m getting the kids ready for school. I tell the kids to hustle. There’s a road closed nearby, so we need to leave early. We don’t leave early enough. What’s normally a 16-minute ride took almost an hour. That…
Making a difference in the world, one child at a time. Our guest on Entrepreneur Perspectives is Liz Benavides, owner of Children Connecting the World. Children Connecting the World, Inc.’s mission is to connect children from all over the globe and from all walks of life to form global friendships based on respect and understanding for…
The Strategy Addict is a series of articles written by Shane Snively. CHANGE OF PLANS First, a quick thank you to ALL THE READERS for the positive feedback from my last blog post, “Sharing Is a Value System.” Many people asked me to elaborate on certain aspects of that article, so here I go,…
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” – proverb I’ve used that line for inspiration many times: when starting my business; when talking to people in my company; and I just used it, in a very literal sense, at my house. We’ve done a decent…
Improving the lives of a human’s best friend. Our guest on Entrepreneur Perspectives is Tara Belzer, owner of Pet in the City. Pet in the City is conveniently located at 9600 Monroe Road in Charlotte, North Carolina. Tara has compelling insights into the fascinating pet industry. With that and her journey to becoming an entrepreneur,…
The Strategy Addict is a series of articles written by Shane Snively. SHARING IS A VALUE SYSTEM In last week’s blog post “DON’T FAKE IT,” we discussed a better paradigm established on building a reputation of trust and honesty. Here we take reputation-building further by discussing the effect of sharing as much as you can…
