Stories and lessons from the struggle and success of those who have realized their entrepreneurial dreams whether as first timers or veterans.
No one sees a flower, really. We haven’t time. For to see a flower takes time, like to have a friend takes time. – Georgia O’Keefe The holidays are upon us. The air is crisp; the few remaining leaves crackle. As we dig out last year’s coats, we reach towards next year’s potential. Ambitious, we […]
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Janice DiPietro, CEO, Exceptional Leaders International As CEOs we have all felt how lonely the role can be and the multiple and often conflicting demands placed upon us. This becomes amplified as our various constituencies of stakeholders begin the chant relative to the New Year. What is our plan? How will we ensure a successful
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Tom Leahey, Principal & Lead for Strategic Growth Advisory Practice, Windham Brannon Leave it to Silicon Valley to introduce yet another business term―so futuristic and symbolic―that its meaning is barely recognizable beyond those in the know. We’ve had these episodes before. Terms such as “accelerator,” “revenue linearity,” and “asymmetric returns” have been thrown at us
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Charlie Fusco, CEO, Synergixx, LLC If you’re a small company desiring or experiencing rapid growth – jump in–but do so cautiously. Clearly, you’re producing a valuable service or product, but without careful strategies to manage your growth, the business can plummet as quickly as it rose. SAVE MONEY TO MAKE MONEY Rapid expansion, especially for
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Will Fleming, CEO, MotionPoint Corporation Recently, my company—a provider of technology solutions for business globalization—celebrated its 15th birthday. MotionPoint, with its culturally diverse team of more than 200 employees, is a pioneer in its field. But localizing websites, and later discovering ways to maximize the value and impact of those sites in ways that transcend
Ruth Veloria, Executive Dean, University of Phoenix School of Business Entrepreneurship is not just reserved for business owners. While many workers still dream of being their own bosses, today employees are also leveraging their entrepreneurial talents inside their organizations to be “intrapreneurial” at work. Companies that embrace this spirit and create entrepreneurial environments not only
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Top talent is crucial to your company’s success. Without it, you’re not in business. That’s why no task on a CEO’s agenda is more important than recruiting and retaining top talent. In today’s employment market, that takes work. A recent survey from the society for Human Resource Management found that 59 percent of HR executives
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With the holidays here, we will soon find ourselves outside of the office as leaders and members of a different type of team. Apart from serving as CEOs of our organizations, we are also children, parents and siblings. We are cousins, aunts and uncles, and friends to others. As you take time to reflect on the importance
The Most Important Team You Lead Read More »
Ever find yourself on a team or in an organization that’s struggling because of a leader’s poor decision? Citizens clamor about such crippling effects by their politicians routinely. You sit back and reflect on the leader personally and wonder why a savvy, experienced, and ordinarily capable person could make such a stupid decision or policy—one
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As I got up and started my morning, I told my plants and rocks what we had accomplished for humanity yesterday, and I asked them for guidance for today. Looking around I also realized that a white orchid that has been with me for two blooming cycles was doing its best to hold it together.
