SmallBizPod #96 – interview with Bill Liao co-founder of Xing

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This week SmallBizPod #96, the small business podcast includes an interview with Bill Liao, entrepreneur and co-founder of the business social networking site Xing, on leadership, funding, social enterprise and his business philosophy set out in a new book – Stone Soup.

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Show Notes

Summary

Intro:

â—� Alex on what’s coming up in the podcast with thanks to sponsors Bibby Financial Services, XLN Telecom and Audible.co.uk.

Features:

â—� Interview with Bill Liao, co-founder of business social networking site Xing, on his new book Stone Soup, his business philosophy and how language and positive thinking can bring about change. Alex and Bill discuss the importance of bootstrapping and micro-angel funding, why VC funding is a broken model, leadership and the importance of story-telling in creating something from nothing in business and in life. The conversation also examines social entrepreneurship and Bill’s philanthropic startup, Neo.org.

â—�MusicDenis Rusnak
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