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CEO Hacks: App, Books, Resources & Habits

Be a more effective & efficient CEO, entrepreneur & business owner

During our I AM CEO Podcast, we ask each guest for a CEO Hack that makes them more effective and efficient. We decided to share some of our best hacks.

What are CEO Hacks? They are books, apps, habits, tools, platforms or things that we believe you should incorporate into your business that will make you more efficient, effective, or successful (and maybe save money) as a CEO, entrepreneur or business owner.

Take a look at some of the CEO Hacks that have been recommended below, check out a different CEO Hack on our daily, laser focused I AM CEO Podcast with Gresh and feel free to look through the CEO Hacks by categories or just browse the list. For CBNation members, you will find more “how-to” and deeper tricks and strategy for many of these hacks.

If you need help implementing these CEO Hacks into your organization contact Blue 16 Tech.

Lastly, don't forget to grab your free download.

– Gresh

Please note in the sake of transparency our sites do contain affiliate links that pay us a small commission at no extra cost to you. Read our Affiliate Disclaimer.

P.S. If you want to contact us or have any CEO Hacks to recommend, please let us know HERE.

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Lets you deliver food orders with flexible scheduling; known for consistently high demand nationwide.

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Autopilot your cold email with automated follow-ups to increase open & response rates. Send cold email that gets 10X better engagement resulting in higher conversion rates.

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Plenty of experts argue that anyone who wants to develop a skill, play an instrument, or lead their field should start early, focus intensely, and rack up as many hours of deliberate practice as possible. If you dabble or delay, you’ll never catch up to the people who got a head start. But a closer look at research on the world’s top performers, from professional athletes to Nobel laureates, shows that early specialization is the exception, not the rule.

David Epstein examined the world’s most successful athletes, artists, musicians, inventors, forecasters and scientists. He discovered that in most fields—especially those that are complex and unpredictable—generalists, not specialists, are primed to excel. Generalists often find their path late, and they juggle many interests rather than focusing on one. They’re also more creative, more agile, and able to make connections their more specialized peers can’t see.

Provocative, rigorous, and engrossing, Range makes a compelling case for actively cultivating inefficiency. Failing a test is the best way to learn. Frequent quitters end up with the most fulfilling careers. The most impactful inventors cross domains rather than deepening their knowledge in a single area. As experts silo themselves further while computers master more of the skills once reserved for highly focused humans, people who think broadly and embrace diverse experiences and perspectives will increasingly thrive.

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Doodle is the simplest way to schedule meetings with clients, colleagues, or teams.

Global enterprises worldwide are leveraging our scheduling platform and our powerful API, to discover how Doodle can help them save time, close more sales deals, and decrease time-to-hire for job candidates.

Doodle is headquartered in Zurich, with offices in Atlanta, Belgrade, Berlin, and New York City.

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Master Outsourcing to Virtual Assistants and Freelancers

Quickly learn to hire rock star virtual assistants, outsource anything, and scale with a virtual team for your eCommerce brand, SAAS company, agency, or small business.

Check out their free resources here: https://www.outsourceschool.com/learn-outsourcing/

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The easiest way to extract and monitor data from any website.
Train a robot in 2 minutes. No coding required.
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Otter.ai is a web application which provides speech to text transcription. Otter converts live speaking into a written transcription. A consumer evaluation reported that the app's operators make no promises of privacy. Otter was trained with machine learning on millions of hours of audio recordings.

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This guide helps you understand the impact that hiring a virtual assistant can have on your organization.

Learn the following:

  • How Gresham Harkless used virtual assistants to grow Blue 16 Media and CBNation
  • 100+ ways you can use a virtual assistant (VA)
  • 16 best practices for hiring a virtual assistant
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Like all WordPress video player plugins, Presto Player provides native Gutenberg Blocks, Elementor widgets, Beaver Builder and Divi Builder modules.

Take your videos to the next level with our Presto Player built to empower anyone who wants to use video on their website.

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Professional email, online storage, and more. Choose your G Suite plan. The first 14 days are free.

Email @yourcompany.com

Send professional email from your business web address (you@yourcompany.com) and create group mailing lists like sales@yourcompany.com.

All the storage you need

G Suite’s Basic edition includes 30GB of online storage per user. For unlimited storage, upgrade to the Business or Enterprise edition.

24/7 live support

Call or email Google support to get help from a live person whenever you need it. You can also find fast answers online in our help center.

Advanced admin controls

Add and remove users, set up groups, and add security options like 2-step verification and single-sign-on (SSO), all from one centralized admin console.

Mobile device management

Keep your company data secure with device management that allows you to easily locate devices, require passwords, and erase data if needed.

Easy data migration

Use our migration tools and services to move your organization’s important data to G Suite from your current storage solutions.

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