From Corporate America. Many professionals feel pressure to ‘play it safe’ by continuing to fight the battle by keeping their Corp America “day job”. They are lured into a false sense of security that there will always be a regular paycheck and they will have access to the good ole’ …
on Business, Leadership & Passion from Forbes magazine 5/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz As soon as I read all about him, I’ve been a big fan of Richard Branson. Ignore his daring publicity stunts, but focus on him starting as a Teenager and creating an Empire of several hundred companies …
compiled by Peter@ Wiz4.biz 4/13 Managers & Owners sometimes have to be like Solomon to help resolve disagreements. The following info will give you some guidance. A. Prevention. Establish a Strategic Plan to clearly define your Vision & Goals + an Action Plan to accomplish it. Assign responsibility to each …
Author Mark Stiving is a San Jose, Calif.-based pricing expert with 15 years’ experience helping firms increase profits through value-based pricing. He is the author of “Impact Pricing”, from Entrepreneur Press 11/11 Enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Perception. Before pricing your products & services, you need to understand how customers perceive …
Our Meetup Speaker for Thurs 05 May 11 was Thomas Hong, CEO Consultant & Serial Entrepreneur. He talked about the DO’s & DONTs of “Starting a Company” (ie, writing your Business Plan, building your Team & finding your Funding), Peter/Meetup Organizer 1. Use an Executive Summary to provide an overview …
Key Considerations for Starting your own Business Who? Our Speaker at my Meetup for 21 July 11 was Russ Hartley – a life-long entrepreneur. He talked about some of the key considerations in starting a company. He should know; he’s started several over the past 30 years. In one as …
Forbes Women: Young Entrepreneur Council 7/11 Enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz On April 25th I turned 26, and a few weeks later my Web Marketing agency turned two. What started as a single person mini-business, has turned into a 26 person global Web Marketing firm in just two short years. I’ve …
Compiled by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 03-09 Great results never come easy, right? Building a successful business, having a great family life, etc. It takes hard work, perserverance, resiliency, focus, and a (+) attitude. As I’m working long hours on executing our ‘09 strategy, I always try to keep in mind that …
compiled by Peter/CXO Wiz4.biz 11/12 Late Beginnings. In 1963, when most women didn’t have Full Time Jobs. At age 43, Mary Kay launched a direct sales Cosmetic company, run by women. Within 20 years, it was > $1B and today it has >$3B in sales by > 2 million Beauty …
[in 5 Simple Steps] from Entrepreneur.com 14 Jan 10 enhanced by PeterCXO Wiz4.biz 3/13 Have you always dreamed of owning your own business but never been able to figure out exactly what business it is? Does that innovative idea of yours often look so near–and yet so far? You’re not …
Authored by Ken Blanchard of othe “One Minute” books enhansed by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 4/09 Ken Blanchard was the Speaker of the eBay Speakers Series last week. This best-selling book has sold13M copies worldwide. It was such a great time listening to him, that I read his book in an hour …
& the $ Money $ will Follow. from WomenEntrepreneur.com 7/09 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Remember Marsha Sinetar’s landmark book, “Do What You Love, The Money Will Follow”, in 1989? It still holds true. Most of us know a businessman or woman who got started because she loved doing or making …
from Taco Bell’s Glen Bell, late Founder/CEO 01/10 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz If you want to look back on a life that fills you with joy, conventional rules for success are not the place to start. Try these. 1. Don’t chase money, power, or status. If they come to you, …
to Start your Business? Talk by Guy Thompson, SCORE at Nov ‘10 Entrepreneur Meetup Summarized by Peter/Organizer of Meetup & Wiz4biz Our speaker for 18 Nov 10 was Guy Thompson, SCORE Counselor of nine (9) years. He talked about “Getting ready & Managing your Business”. 1. Balancing your Life. Have …
Enjoyingly compiled by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 6/13 The Peter Principle: “In any hierarchy, each individual rises to his own level of incompetence, and then remains there“. I resent this !!! Peter “In order to get a loan, you must first prove you don’t need it.” So the best time to get …
by Jayne Kowal in eZineArticles.com 5/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz It is not enough to have Business Goals & Strategies related to providing an excellent customer service experience. It isn’t even enough to have a philosophy of “Service excellence”. While these are foundations, service is about interactions & execution, every …
from Business2Community 05/12 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 05/13 These are the three reasons Steve had an incredible ability to innovate, according to the Adaptive Marketer: 1. Steve clearly understood Customer needs. Apple is famous for not doing traditional customer research . A few days ago Author Guy Kawasaki came to …
(& Persuasion) from Robert Cialdini’s book ‘Influence – The Psychology of Persuasion’ 2006 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 5/13 There are six key psychological traits that affect how we influence or persuade others. They especially affect how people interact when they buy & sell. They are outlined below. 1. – Reciprocity …
on Business, Leadership & Life from Forbes magazine 5/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Legacy. We may think, we all know a lot about Henry Ford: founder of Ford Motor Company. Among his achievements are: 1) making mass production in the form of the assembly line popular, 2) creator of the …
at “All Things Digital” conference from Forbes Magazine 6/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Google Glass. Google’s Sundar Pichai (SP) is certainly no stranger to wearable technology. He runs Google’s Android division, but his company is famously experimenting with Google Glass — that hundreds of people are now wearing to be …
Why is it important? They will either grow with & support your organization’s goals or they will slow it down. compiled by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 5/13 1. Initiative? Ask about when they saw an opportunity and took the initiative. What were the results? Did they “ruffle any feathers” along the way? …