“100 Insider Rules for Beating the Odds”, from Mastering the Fundamentals to Selecting Investors, Fundraising, Managing Boards& Achieving Profitability. Topics for Startups: Publisher’s Website, Book Review, Timing, Financials, Investors, Fund-Raisers, Board of Directors, Profitability, Vision, Summary. In Straight Talk for Startups, Venture capitalist Randy Komisar & Finance executive Jantoon Reigersman …
“Being a better Leader involves delegating more tasks to employees. This can be difficult to do for many, but there are ways to make it easier and more productive” Delegating Topics: Learn to Delegate, set Priority, Worker’s Strengths, Instructions, Teach, Trust, but Verify, Feedback. Whether you’re an Executive, Manager …
Advantages of Business Advisors: a) easy to Create & Expand, b) Free or low $$$, c) not Liable to Company & Shareholders & d) only obligated to Founder/s & Management Team. For > Info on: “Advantages of a Board of Advisors vs. Board of Directors” go to eMinutes Blog for …
“Creating a great Value is the most important, but it must be measured by Valuation”. Peter, Wiz4.biz Valuation Topics: Your Idea, Team, Target Market, the Competition, Stage of Development, Strategic Alliances. Valuation of Companies is tricky. The methods used to value a company are dependent on the stage of development …
“Have a clear Vision on what you are trying to do, bring in great people who can execute on that — then you can do damn well”. – Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook Successful Topics about: Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple & Netflix + common Traits between companies. Extraordinary Success in …
“There are no limits to growth, because there are no limits of human intelligence, motivation, & innovation ” – President Reagan Startup Topics: Follow your Passion, Commitment, Target Market, Flexible, developing your Processes, play to Win, Customer Service is King. Is it a go? So you have a …
“Be bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.” ― Thomas Jefferson Training Topics: Biz Skills, Starting, Strategies, Digital Marketing, SEO, Negotiation, Expansion, Scaling, Financial, Podcasts. As an entrepreneur it’s vital to learn as much you can about starting & …
“Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.” – Oprah Successful Topics: Value-Based, High Goals, Culture of Success, You define your Success, Trust your Instincts, Midas Touch, Multi-Networks, Invest in Self, using Time & Energy, Serendipity. Failure Topics = none Growing Influence. Today, there …
“With stronger compute power, Smart-Phones & Tablets are becoming a more adept enterprise tool. Here’s how to leverage the power of a Mobile device to keep your business running smoothly” Startup Topics: separate Phones, simple Setup, Guidelines, Email, Voice Tech, Remote Desktop, Boundries, Security, Control Access, Protect it, Break it, …
“It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to learn from failure.” – Bill Gates Famous Founders: Jeff Bezos , Richard Branson, Nolan Bushnell, Mark Cuban, Michael Dell,, Larry Ellison, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Carlos Slim, Sam Walton, Oprah Winfrey, Mark Zuckerberg. Ever wonder who makes the list of …
“Our greatest danger in life is in permitting the “urgent” things to crowd out the “important”. Priorities Topics: Milestone Deadlines, Customer Deadlines, Wants & Needs, Communicate, Time Required, Consequences, Relationship, Payment, Goals, Schedule, Screener, Improvement, Over-Deliver, Screener, Over-Deliver. To-Do List. Most Founders have a To-Do list full of all kinds …
“The balance of power is shifting toward Customers and away from products. The right way to respond to this is, put the vast majority of your energy, attention & $$$ into finding out what your Customers need & want” Famous Founder Jeff Bazos, Amazon Famous Founder Topics: Learning form Mistakes, …
Best Practice is a method or technique that has been generally accepted as superior to other alternatives, because it produces results – over time – that are superior to those achieved by other means or because it has become a standard way of doing things among Strartups & Small Businesses. …
“There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.” Creative Topics: Start, Muscle, Judge, Remove, Strategy, Imitate, Take Notes, Diff, Breaks, Work-a-holic, Journal, Learning, Exercise, Children. Recently, we asked …
“There is a myth that Entrepreneurial success is all about innovative thinking & break-through ideas. Here’s what success truly means”. Successful Topics: Passion, Focus, Team, Hard Work, Flexible, Enjoy, Instinct, Execution, Measure, Give Back. I’ve been an entrepreneur most of my adult life (almost 50 yrs). I began thinking about …
“Success is to be measured – not so much by the position that one has reached in life – as by the obstacles which have been triumphed” – Booker T. Washington Success Topics: Focus, Ask, Mentor, Reality Road, Drama, Control, Attention, Pre-Active, Break, Choices, Emotion, Express, Mission, Exercise, Forgive, …
“Determine what specific Goal/s you want to achieve, then dedicate yourself to its attainment with narrow focus, ignoring distractions & using your passion, until you feel the satisfaction of the achievement”. Topics of Goals: Know, Reduce or Eliminate Distractions, Plan, early Start, Adapt, Schedule, Emails, Muscle, Reward, Re-Start, Breaks, …
“I think that people just have this core desire to share who they are, to anyone that would care. And I think that’s always existed.” – Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook Founder Topics: Amazon, Google, Walt Disney & Co, General Motors, Trader Joe’s., Marriott, FedEx, Coke, Under Armour, John Deere, Wrigley, …
Even though it’s trendy in a Startup to say that “Ideas mean nothing & Execution means everything”, the reality is not that simple and much more subtle“. Even the world’s greatest Founder with incredible execution will fail, if their idea is fundamentally flawed, or if their market is too small. …
“Do what you love and you’ll never work another day in your life.” Topics (founders of) Facebook, MicroSoft, CraigsList, Disney, Harley-Davidson, Under Armour + 9 more. These Founders did just that, and they’ve made millions. From to Craig Newmark of Craig’s List to Harley & Davidson of Cycle fame …
“Before everyone became a brand, these chefs, artists, athletes, entertainers, & entrepreneurs developed the innovative techniques that paved the way” Branding Topics: Chef Boyardee, Andy Warhol, Muhammad Ali, Betty Ford, Martha Stewart, Richard Branson, Oprah, Tom Peters, Beyoncé, Kylie Jenner, Jlo, Jeff Bezos, Starbucks, Google, Apple. Personal Branding …