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For over 20 years Cameron has been coaching, speaking to, or helping entrepreneurs build companies on five continents. He launched BackPocket COO to coach & mentor young, fun, entrepreneurial, growth companies and help make their dreams happen. He is one of the country's most innovative business leaders and was a leading force behind one of the most successful businesses of the decade, 1-800-GOTJUNK?

He is currently mentoring companies based in Switzerland, Germany, the UK, USA & Canada.

He was Chief Operating Officer of 1-800-GOT-JUNK? for just under seven years and his innovative business leadership helped enable them to build a presence in 46 states, 9 provinces, and 4 countries while being ranked the “2nd Best Company to Work for in Canada” by Canadian Business Magazine and “the #1 Company in BC to Work for” twice by BC Business Magazine. During his tenure the company was studied by numerous MBA programs including Queen’s University in Canada & Harvard.

Cameron Herold helped this leading edge company grow from $2 Million to $105 Million in revenue in six years with no debt or outside shareholders. Prior to 1-800-GOT-JUNK? he had two EO (Entrepreneurs Organization) qualifying companies. From 1998 through 2000 he was VP, Corporate Development at Ubarter.com a division of 900-person firm with a $900 Million market cap based in Seattle. He was also, President of Barter Business Exchange in Vancouver. From 1994 to 1998, Heroldwas VP, Franchise Development for Coast-to-Coast Franchise Services (Boyd Autobody & Glass).

In these positions over 20 years since starting his first company at 21 years old he has gained real world insight into tried-and-true systems from having been involved in the sale, branding and integration of 450+ franchise locations with three franchisors. He’s worked on the development and deployment of ecommerce and Internet strategies, negotiation of corporate acquisitions and development of numerous strategic partnerships. He has a unique understanding of business and growing companies from having led business areas of Operations, Marketing, Public Relations, Strategic Alliances, Sales, Call Centers and Franchising.

His work has helped companies be featured in the Associated Press, Bloomberg, USA Today, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune, as well as TV shows like Donny Deutsch, Oprah, and Dr. Phil.

Presentations Include:

Leadership & Growth Strategies For Great Companies
Cameron has presented this content to rave reviews to groups of entrepreneurs in 12 countries on 5 continents. You can have the same powerful tools that took a fledgling $2M business to $105M in 6 years with zero debt and no outside investors.

In this session you will:
Learn to use vision tools such as ‘Painted Pictures’ to accelerate growth.

Learn how to hire & retain awesome people, while getting rid of the wrong people in the right way.

Learn how to develop a Strategic Plan that will actually get executed by Reverse Engineering your goals & vision so you know what to do and when.

Learn simple yet highly effective tools to have awesome, productive meetings.

Leverage technology to grow instead of being buried by email & paper.

Three Easy Steps to Free PR
Cameron has been landing Free PR since 1986 for a variety of companies. He was COO of a company covered by USA Today, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, CNBC, Donny Deutsch, Fortune, Oprah & Dr. Phil. In 6 years they were covered in more than 5,200 media articles in 10 countries and 8 languages.

He’s taught hundreds of companies to do the same.

In this session you’ll:
Learn the secrets to landing free publicity.
Learn how to work with the media to craft perfect stories.
Find out how to become the quoted ‘expert’ in your industry.
Learn how to land media so they tell your customers about your strengths.

Building a World Class Culture
Cameron has built awesome cultures in numerous companies since 1989. In 2004 & 2005 he was COO of 1-800-GOT-JUNK? which earned the #1 spot as "BC's Best Company to Work For" by Watson Wyatt global HR firm & BC Business magazine, who said, "The Top 10 Companies rank particularly high on all four pillars of productive engagement, with the #1 company, 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, floating startlingly high above the rest." In 2007, they ranked the #2 Company to Work For in all of Canada by Canadian Business Magazine.

In this session you will:
Learn about ‘Painted Pictures’ and ‘Vision’ to create alignment in your teams.
Figure out how to attract and retain awesome people.
Find out what really makes the best environment for growth and culture.
Learn some of the keys to communication required for awesome culture.
Companies will learn how to be a cultural magnet.
 

Roller Coaster Transitions: The Emotional Intricacies of Being an Entrepreneur
For over 20 years Cameron has built and coached a companies and entrepreneurs. This session covers the roller coaster transitions of being an entrepreneur and how to leverage the emotions entrepreneurs have at all stages of running companies.

Entrepreneurs will:
Learn to understand the emotional ups and downs.
Learn how to leverage the emotional highs and lows you go through.
Learn about the unexpected risks associated with emotional highs.
Learn the benefits you can leverage during emotionally low crisis points.
 
Employees will:
Understand the stresses an entrepreneur or business owner really faces.
Get the keys to understanding the mood swings entrepreneurs have.
Learn how to help during their manic ups and depressive or stressful downs. 

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