from Startup Amer 01/15 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz As scary and intimidating as it can be to start your own business, there are many benefits and good reasons to start one. Here are the top 10 reasons to start your own business. 1. Be your own Boss Don’t like it …
from Entrepreneur Zine 05 June 14 enhancedby Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Here are the top lessons I learned in my first year of running my new startup. After a year, I’m more ready to admit how little I know. I hope that some of what I’ve learned so far, can help you: …
fm Entrepreneur Zine 17 Dec 14 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz This week I gave a final exam to 29 undergraduates in my “Foundations of Entrepreneurial Management” class at Babson College in Boston. But a final exam is not the true test of what they need to know. They need to …
from Money Crashers.com 14 June 14 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz What can you learn? On ABC TV’s “Shark Tank,” five extremely successful millionaires & billionaires – the “sharks” – hear pitches from business owners and occasionally vie with each other to invest. If the business owners play their cards right, …
from Connect Authentically.com 04/14 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz I have been a business owner for more than 7 years – most as a digital marketing & communications consultant. With each business I have faced challenges and learned important lessons about what it means to be in business for yourself. My …
from Forbes Zine 12/17/14 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Good Track Record. Every year, my team of futurists at a top Tech & Market Reseach company, puts their heads together to come up with the top trends for the upcoming year. Last year, the team did particularly well with its top …
from Entrepreneur Zine 2014 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Movie your way to Success. No one ever said being an entrepreneur would be easy. A million obstacles seem to stand in the way each & every day. The naysayers & finances can be enough for the average person to start waving …
To grow your brand: 1) know what people find meaningful, 2) connect with them thoughtfully, 3) create joy they can’t live without, & 4) believe in your people. from Fast-coDesign.com 12/14 enhanced by Peter/CXO, Wiz4biz Our Economic Times. Every day, we see signs that doing business today is more complex …
from Forbes Zine 09 Dec 14 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Author: Mona Patel is Founder and CEO at Motivated Design, a user experience & design thinking agency, Perspective. It’s impossible to avoid hearing the phrase “90% fail” when you run a startup. Early on, I realized it was better to …
suggested by Inc Zine 12/14 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Here are the Key Take-aways: 1) Small Biz Marketing tools don’t get or keep customers, biz “attitudes” do. 2) All business is based on “relationships”, yet in the industrial economy, we focused on “transactions” of selling products/services 3) In the new …
from USA Today 11 Dec 14 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz His Vision. A company founder focused on helping Americans nurture the growth & evolution of their biggest asset – their homes – has been named USA TODAY’s Entrepreneur of the Year. Matt Ehrlichman, 35, CEO of Seattle-based Porch.com, won the …
from Entrepreneur.com 08 Dec 14 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Many people become entrepreneurs because they want to take charge of their financial future and enjoy the freedom entrepreneurship can provide. While the allure of entrepreneurship is strong, there are some realities you should be aware of before you decide to …
The 13 lucky Rules for getting & keeping Customers & Clients from CEO Confidente’ 2020 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Author Bio & Credits: Jeffrey J. Fox is the best-selling author of How to Become a CEO and founder of Fox & Co. – a premier marketing consulting firm in Avon …
from Dr.Mommy.com 23 May 13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Need for Speed? Have you ever felt like a hamster running full speed on a wheel, getting nowhere fast? Agitation & frustration are the two common warning signs that you might be on the verge of overload. It’s easy to get …
Strategy in the age of Devastating Innovation a Book Review by MindXchange 2014 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Our new Age of Innovation is one that presents opportunities for new businesses, along with significant challenges for established enterprises. As authors, Larry Downes and Paul Nunes describe in their book, Big Bang …
from Linked IN 01 Dec 13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 80% of StartUps fail in first 18 months, according to the Forbes/ Bloomberg/ Business Insider. This is specially applicable to the Technology StartUps. Everything starts with a great idea ! Full of enthusiasm, months are spent to develop & translate …
from INC magazine 21 Nov 14 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Big Waste. Top executives spend 20% dealing with un-productive meetings. This loss trickles down throughout the organization. Lost time isn’t just spent in the meetings themselves. The process of preparing for, having the meeting, then summarizing the results cuts into …
from LinkedIn Pulse 28 Nov 14 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Google is among the world’s most valued brands, at over $44 Billion. And this Thanksgiving, I want you to know, the Google brand, and the others are all yours for the asking. Happy Holidays! Google is not just a Brand, …
Forbes Magazine 31 Oct 13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Why Funding Startups is important. Entrepreneurs are full of great ideas and powerful ways to implement them, but like anything in life, starting a new Business requires a hefty stack of cold, hard cash. At one time, gathering this cash required …
@ Startup Grind, Austin 11/14 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz CEO of PhunWare [FunWare] founder Alan Knitowski calls it like he sees it, letting fly his controversial perspectives that: 1) the Texans of Austin boot-strap too much, & 2) entrepreneurs interested in work/life balance need to “grow up”. Alan, the investor, …
fm FOX Business.com 11 July 14 enhanced by Peter/CXO, Wiz4biz Hiring Talent starts with sourcing candidates, and the exponential growth of Social Media sites is now providing unprecedented access to the largest number of individuals who have posted their career & other relevant information that recruiters need to pre-qualify potential …