Stories and lessons from the struggle and success of those who have realized their entrepreneurial dreams whether as first timers or veterans.
Pop quiz here: Do you sometimes second-guess yourself about decisions until opportunities pass? Do colleagues and clients frequently seek your opinion on their big decisions? Do you often get feedback on the quality of your contributions in meetings? Do those meeting ideas produce the results you intend? Like artists, wise leaders analyze and focus on […]
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Derek Ting, CEO, TextNow Everyone is talking about disruptors – companies or individuals that are identifying a gap in an industry and filling it in a new or unique way. This is the very nature of business success since the beginning. Still, people always ask me if I set out to disrupt the traditional wireless
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Shari Levitin, Author, Speaker & CEO, Shari Levitin Group 1. Go for the standing ovation every time. The ultimate downfall for most business people is their inability to handle rejection. But if you’re going to make it as an entrepreneur, you have to be able to take rejection… lots of it. My mentor told me
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Forget all the blather about how companies love their customers. It’s just talk. I’m convinced that 90 out of 100 organizations simply tolerate customers. Their customers represent only a means to profit, and that message comes through loud and clear to those callers all too often. Five recent examples from my own experience illustrate the
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If you’re a leader, a healthy dose of fear can be a good thing. In fact, if fear doesn’t push you to take a risk, to up your game, to push to top performance, you may hit rock bottom in your career. That’s especially true if you’re plan to speak before large groups of employees,
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The whole is greater than the sum of its parts – Aristotle. What will make your life whole? What does this equation look like? The whole of your life done well makes for exponential happiness. Its greater than the sum of its parts! Take for example the great Steve Jobs. He achieved amazing success in
The new CEO wanted to slug it out of the ballpark at his first all-hands meeting. Employees were watching the broadcast from around the globe. Obviously, engaging those assembled in the auditorium in front of him would be much easier. But he didn’t want to miss the first opportunity to gain their confidence that he
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Andrew Eisenberg, Partner, Lee & Hayes When a company is set up, there are many aspects to consider; one such aspect is the allocation of company shares. Many founders dislike the idea of vesting shares to founders, themselves, and, instead, grant shares outright. The problem is that it’s very common for at least one founder to leave
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In communication the number three is an important number. From childhood we remember Ready, Set, Go, the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria, and breakfast, lunch and dinner. So it should come as no surprise that my most recent CEO lessons came in a series of three. CEO’s are different than you and me. While
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Silicon Valley’s aura is unique. Try though they might, other localities have yet to replicate it and likely never will. In The Valley where I helped drive the semiconductor industry, we thrive on doing, and every vector of activity is based on doing things big. Nobody in the Silicon Valley technology world dreams of starting
Silicon Valley’s mystique isn’t being exported Read More »
