tweet us to us @msnbcyourbiz or e-mail it to your business@msnbc.com. tell us your name, your city and the name of your company. >>> there is a huge difference between being an okay leader, and a great one. an okay leader is someone who's in charge of an organization that gets things done. a great leader though inspires people to be their best. here to talk to us about some common traits of very successful leaders is linda rottenberg, she is the ceo and co-founder of endeavor, a group dedicated to supporting fast-growing entrepreneurs around the globe, and she is also author of the new best-selling book crazy is a compliment, the power of zigging when everyone else zags. it's so great to see you. >> great to be here. >> let's go through some of these tips. you had to be agile. i imagine this is the way you are now. but, you had to learn it >> yes, okay. let me start by saying i start off the leadership chapter by saying that i was fired by my assistant because i didn't make payroll on time and i thought someone else would do it. she said you're the ceo,

send a selfie of your business and tweet it to us us @msnbcyourbiz. make sure to tell us the name the city and the name of your company. >>> there is a huge difference between being an okay leader and a great one. and an okay leader is someone who is in charge of an organization that gets things done. a great leader though inspires people to be their best. here to talk to us about some common traits of very successful leaders is linda rosenberg, the ceo and co-founder of endeavor a group dedicated to supporting fast growing entrepreneurs around the globe and also author of the new best selling book "crazy is a compliment: the pour of zigging when everyone else zags." >> great to be here. >> i imagine you had to learn it. >> let me start by saying i start off the leadership chapter by saying i was fired by my assistant because i didn't make payroll at one time. i thought someone else would do it and she's like you're the ceo and the only one. unless i have a team leader i don't have the a team to manager. so many entrepreneurs are used to being a group

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tweet it to us at @msnbcyourbiz or e-mail to your business @msnbc.com.on't forget to tell us your name, your city and the name of your company. >>> ordering food online is fast becoming the go-to way to have your dinner delivered to you. well today's elevator pitchers have come up with a way to make your order via text. let's see if they whet our panel's appetite for their product. heck for barretteo is the former administrator of the small business administration and chairman of the latino coalition and small business expert jim placing game returns as well. he is the host of the small business advocate show. >> he's greg i'm stewart. we're co-founders at eatabit.com. last year $70 billion worth of take-out and delivery food orders were placed at independent restaurants in the u.s. only 3% of those orders were electronic. most food orders are still placed on the telephone. the reason is nobody's come up with a truly universal way to place electronic food orders. imagine if those phone calls were replaced with today's most popular form of communication,

tweet it to us @msnbcyourbiz or add it to yourbusiness@msnbc.com. don't forget to tell us your name, your business and the name of your company. it's time now to answer some of your business questions. eric schurenberg is the president and editor in chief of ink and cnbc contributor carol roth is a recovering investment banker and a best-selling author. thanks guys for being here. so good to see you both. >> you too, j.j. >> let's get started. the first one comes from darrell and he wrote us when a business has reached the ten year maturity mark how do you determine if your focus should be on value or valuation? with value, it's generational sustainability versus valuation, emphasis on what i can sell the business for today. i think it's an interesting question, right? because you will make different decisions if you're thinking about selling your company than if you're thinking about passing it down potentially. >> and i think the good news is is there's no right answer it really depends on your own objective. but i will tell you that far too many