The Growth Zone

Christian Bartsch

The Growth Zone Podcast covers in 2024 topics from Innovation, Business, Startups, ESG, ISO27001, Cyber Security and interviews with industry leaders. Our Mission is to help people to grow their business by applying sustainable business strategies in marketing and leadership. Thereby local communities enjoy more environmentally responsible and socially responsive contributions from the business world. | In Marketing we cover the core areas of sales funnels, branding, positioning, lead generation and online advertising. | When talking about startups we will look into innovation, funding, investment, technology as well as artificial intelligence. | An entrepreneur can not be successful if the mindset is dislocated. Confidence is so important for a good starting out into networking and gaining clients. | When you gain access to the knowledge and guidance of an experienced entrepreneur you can grow using coaching and mentoring. Hence, leadership, strategy and finding a solution to a conflict is so vital. | Subscribe to our newsletter at meetchrisbartsch.com/newsletter read less
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How AI based startups use ISO 27001 to increase their value
27-06-2024
How AI based startups use ISO 27001 to increase their value
This podcast episode will provide you valuable insights about the impact of AI on information security and why startups developing A technology embrace ISO 27001 certification. Innovative startups are processing a lot of data of all kinds. This creates an anxiety in society as politicians and civil rights activists fear the worst happening. By committing to ethical standards and improving information security, startups can gain the trust of users.Key questions answered in the podcast:How does information security help startups?Does ISO 27001 have an impact on AI startup valuations?Is there a specific certification for AI Startups? What is the difference between ISO 27001, ISO 27018 and ISO 27091?How should an AI empowered startup build its ISMS?The information security management systems (ISMS) for organizations that develop AI based technology needs to handle not only the development and operations of the technology but also the rapidly changing legal framework around them.You will har about the different trends in North America, UK and the EU zone. AI is a technology not only very trendy but also a risk to society. Some startups in Germany are using iso 27001 to handle information security issues. Listen to this episode and gain moere insights.GET THIS BOOK >>> ISO 27001Don't miss out on how to introduce ISO 27001:2022 into your business to be sustainable and enforce information security, while avoiding unnecessary project bloating and eccessive consulting fees.  Get the 2023 edition of "Information Security based on ISO 27001 Strategies: A Leadership Introduction to Information Security" written by Christian Bartsch.It is available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other retailers:ISBN: 979-8865141501 SoftcoverASIN: B0CNPNGTR6 Kindle edition
How can you use an ISO Certificate to gain more business clients
20-05-2024
How can you use an ISO Certificate to gain more business clients
In this episode, Christian will explain how you can use an ISO Certificate to gain more business clients. Companies can get their management systems certified for different ISO standards. A management system ist not some kind of hardware, but actually a set of documents outlining how the organisation wants to manage an aspekt ob business.If you are active in a B2B world, then you need a very different set of tools to attact and convince buyers. It is a very different game selling water to consumers compared to selling water pipes to large manufacturers of vehicles.This is why the technical and procurement departments look for potential suppliers all the time. When they find a potential candidate, they try to validate them even before getting in contact with them. Christian experienced this during his apprenticeship at BMW, when he was shown how to differentiate between great part manaufacturers and those who are not fit for the just in time manufacturing of cars.This is why ISO Certifications are so important to suppliers and B2B clients. Nevertheless, a certification by a non accredited certification body will not help you land a profitable contract.GET THIS BOOK >>> ISO 27001Don't miss out on how to introduce ISO 27001:2022 into your business to be sustainable and enforce information security, while avoiding unnecessary project bloating and eccessive consulting fees.  Get the 2023 edition of "Information Security based on ISO 27001 Strategies: A Leadership Introduction to Information Security" written by Christian Bartsch.It is available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other retailers:ISBN: 979-8865141501 SoftcoverASIN: B0CNPNGTR6 Kindle edition
How ESG and ISO27001:2022 ISO Certification interact to influence your business success
19-02-2024
How ESG and ISO27001:2022 ISO Certification interact to influence your business success
In this episode you will find out, how to the ESG rating system and the newly released ISO27001:2022 ISO Certification interact to influence a company's ability to attrack funding and new key clients. ESG is putting a growing emphasis on Information Security and Green Cyber Security. This is eventually leading to an influencial factore that impacts a company's ability to get funding, new clients aor even reduce their insurance costs. The ESG Rating is negatively impacted if a business has no apparent efforts towards protecting personal data or implementing an information security management system (ISMS). Here Christian explains how the ISO 27001 Certification process would take place. It is a quick and easy explanation of the steps.  He explains that you do not need to overcomplicate the ISMS documentation. Security policies are ther to improve security but not make life hell for employees. Writing the ISMS Documentation is not an easy task for someone who isn't deep in the ISO world. That is why it is recommendable to get help from an ISO 27001 Consultant (https://acato.co.uk) so that you save time, pain and money.  GET THIS BOOK >>> ESG Don't miss out on how to drive your business to be sustainable, while avoiding the ugly side of ESG, which can be a great revenue driver when applied in a non-toxic way: Get the 2022 edition of "The Sustainable Business Idea - A pocket guide to Environment, Social and Governance (ESG)" written by Christian Bartsch. It is availabe at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other retailers: ISBN: 979-8-8330-3548-1 SoftcoverASIN: B0BKWWJL4H Kindle edition GET THIS BOOK >>> ISO 27001 Don't miss out on how to introduce ISO 27001:2022 into your business to be sustainable and enforce information security, while avoiding unnecessary project bloating and eccessive consulting fees.   Get the 2023 edition of "Information Security based on ISO 27001 Strategies: A Leadership Introduction to Information Security" written by Christian Bartsch. It is availabe at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other retailers: ISBN: 979-8865141501 SoftcoverASIN: B0CNPNGTR6 Kindle edition
Outsource without being distracted
20-09-2023
Outsource without being distracted
When building your business, you will need to get help from outside. You will hire freelancers or other small companies. Some might even be big companies. You need to be aware that such helpers tend to shift your original strategy towards changing them to what they prefer to deliver. This change of strategy might be motivated by their lack of knowledge, their focus on higher margin services or misunderstanding of your business model. Here an example scenario: Imagine you have built an IT company. You are serving SME clients. Every month you grow by 2-10 new SME clients. Gradually you are becoming profitable and adding more staff to your team. Some people you are hiring as full time employees and others you can only afford to have as freelance experts on bord. Eventually you decide that you need to increase the credibility of your new company. You identify a variety of potential methods to increase your website visitor's perception that you are a trustworthy company: branding by association with celebrities (e.g., Actors, politicians)branding by certification (e.g., ISO 9001 / ISO 27001) Someone might tell you, you need to a photo with a highly controversial politician. In reality, they want to make some extra benefits for themselves, while ignoring the fact that this celebrity might drive your clients away and thereby cost you a large portion of your revenue.  On the other hand, getting your organisation certified for having a trustworthy quality management system in place might even attarct larger clients that generate far higher revenues. Once you have those enterprises as clients you can use their branding to show that you are trustworthy because these large companies do not buy from everyone. Of couse, an enterprise in today's time will expect you to also have an ISO 27001 certification. In a later episode i will provide more guidance on the subject of company certifications. In particular SaaS Companies need today a information security management system which is certified in accordance with the international ISO 27001 standard. GET THIS BOOK >>> Don't miss out on how to drive your business to be sustainable, while avoiding the ugly side of ESG, which can be a great revenue driver when applied in a non-toxic way: Get the 2022 edition of "The Sustainable Business Idea - A pocket guide to Environment, Social and Governance (ESG)" written by Christian Bartsch. It is availabe at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other retailers: ISBN: 979-8-8330-3548-1 Softcover ASIN: B0BKWWJL4H Kindle edition
Why is your client avatar a tripping stone or stepping stone?
16-09-2023
Why is your client avatar a tripping stone or stepping stone?
When designing, building, redesigning and growing a business, people often ignore the basics of market positioning by not understand who they are actually serving. Today's episode focuses on: Why is your client avatar a tripping stone or stepping stone? What is a client avatar? A client avatar is a ficticious character representing our ideal client. By profiling this person's life and business habbits, we get a better understanding of what drives this person to say yes or no to our offer. This avatar profile is not only helpful for face to face sales situations but also for online marketing and funnels. We use a client avatar for B2C and B2B situations. In a B2B avatar we need to understand the mindset of the buyer. This mindset is affected by the local attitude towards new sellers and new products. Some regions are very welcoming while others immediately think you are a risk to their own career, if they buy from you. In contrast to a B2C buyer, a B2B client might be making a 6 figure buying decision which might be questioned by the head of finance or the CEO. A B2C client might only have to justify their purchase with their spouse or someone they are borrowing the remaining amount needed to pay for the product. Hence, people have different voices in their head that are interfering with your communication. Take the time to silence these voices, so that you not only get them to buy but also avoid buyer's remorse. GET THIS BOOK >>> Don't miss out on how to drive your business to be sustainable, while avoiding the ugly side of ESG, which can be a great revenue driver when applied in a non-toxic way: Get the 2022 edition of "The Sustainable Business Idea - A pocket guide to Environment, Social and Governance (ESG)" written by Christian Bartsch. It is availabe at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other retailers: ISBN: 979-8-8330-3548-1 Softcover ASIN: B0BKWWJL4H Kindle edition