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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

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

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Crystal, the personality data platform, reveals the DISC personality profile for any buyer so sales teams can maximize the impact of every conversation.

Crystal gives you personality-based guidance for every email, call, and meeting with it's chrome extension.

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Printful is an on-demand order fulfillment and warehousing service that fulfills and ships products including clothing, accessories, and home & living items for online businesses.

It’s free to set up and doesn’t come with monthly fees or minimum order requirements!

Connect your online store with Printful, and whenever someone buys an item, the order is automatically sent to us, and we fulfill and ship it to the customer.

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Lightning-fast free antivirus

Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition is blazing fast, free to use, and loaded only with the bare-bones protection features that every computer needs.

  • Installs in seconds, runs at max speed without slowing down your PC or Apple Device
  • Good for gaming, image and video editing, and resource-intensive applications
  • Powerful protection packed into a light solution
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Spocket allows you to easily start dropshipping top products from US and EU suppliers. Get started for free and see why Spocket consistently gets 5 stars.

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Blue 16 Media is a leader in the business community facilitating industry solutions in the business community, through strategic relationships and solution development and implementation. Blue 16 Media includes numerous media sites and provides internet marketing services to entrepreneurs and business owners including website design and support, social media management & consultation and Search Engine Optimization services.

During your FREE 16 minute phone consultation from Blue 16 Media, find out the following:

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  • What does your website score mean and how do you solve any problems?
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(844) 925-8316
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Ontraport is a "business automation software for entrepreneurs, solopreneurs and small businesses" that incorporates tools like CRM, marketing automation, ECommerce and reporting"

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Make a custom logo for your brand in minutes

Canva’s logo maker is trusted by millions of businesses worldwide.

  • Thousands of professionally designed logo templates
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Get advice on how to improve your microphone setup. We’ll make sure you sound podcast-ready.

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Insightly provides customer relationship management software for businesses of all sizes across a range of industries such as manufacturing, consulting, professional services, media and advertising, non-profit, technology and others. With more than 1.5 million users and over 25,000 companies worldwide, Insightly is the world’s most popular CRM software for Google and Office 365 users.

Founded in 2009 and based in San Francisco, Insightly is backed by $50 million in funding from leading venture capital firms such as Emergence Capital Partners, Cloud Apps Capital Partners, Scott Bommer and Sozo Ventures.

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Smart AI scheduling for busy teams.

Reclaim is an AI scheduling automation app that finds the best time for your meetings, tasks, habits, & breaks.

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