fm Woopidoo.com 10/14 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 11/14 Father of the Internet, Vinton Cerf: “By placing intelligence at the edges rather than control in the middle of the network, the Internet has created a platform for innovation.” Google, Sergey Brin: “As we go forward, I hope we’re going to continue …
All about the Way – WePay vs ApplePay & PayPal from SJ Mercury News 15 Nov 14 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz WePay Co-Founder Bill Clerico came up with the idea for online payment processor WePay when he was a 21-year-old graduate from Boston College. The concept looked so promising that …
from SCORE 10 Nov 17 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Rise or Fall? If you’re an entrepreneur, you’ve most likely heard the saying “It takes money to make money.” And, if you continue to be an entrepreneur, you’ll hear it again & again. Why? Because there is some truth to it. …
Marketing Nut UK 11 Nov 14 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Importance of Branding is just as significant for small businesses, as it is for big names. Indeed, many corporate brands try to look more like small firms in order to appeal to consumers that prefer to support small independent brands. …
10 essential Factors to create & grow your new Business from Innovation Excellence.com 10 Nov 14 enhance by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Robert’s Rules of Innovation™ provides the imperatives to deliver profitable growth through Innovation. From the I of Inspiration to the N of Net Result, it addresses all elements that will …
from Hinge Marketing Services Blog 15 Nov 13 enhance by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 11/14 Measuring Social Media success. Now we know what we want to measure. Let’s determine how we will measure this social media success. Putting new followers, more shares & comments on posts aside, we can determine the tools …
Business Insider.com 17 Sept 12 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Who is Richard Branson? Well, he started his first business – a Student Newspaper – at 16, and at 20 Virgin Records, and he hasn’t looked back since. He’s the only entrepreneur to have successful companies in 8 different industries — …
Are you a Pro Crastinator or an Amateur one? If you Snooze, you Lose !!! Innnovation Weekly 24 Oct 14 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Friends or Foes? Actually Pro-Crastination has been an enemy to innovation for many years, and getting over it can take some doing on your part. Although …
from Summary.com 10/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 10/14 The Six Influence Points. The six influence points of the Mobile Shopping Life Cycle are identified by Martin as follows: 1. The Set Up (Pre-buy). In this phase, the mobile shopper is doing research. This phase is similar to the traditional search …
from Linked In 31 July 12 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 10/14 9-5 Jobs. Running a small business is by no means an easy feat. I always say that people with white-collar desk jobs in large corporations got it easy. Everything has been laid out for you; there are company manuals, …
What they say versus what they mean !!! from Aha Jokes.com 10/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 1/14 A number of different approaches are being tried. (We are still guessing at this point.) We are doing close project coordination. (We sat down and had coffee together once.) An extensive report is …
from Entrepreneur Magazine 14 Nov 11 enhance by Peter.CXO Wiz4biz 10/14 Why? Great business mentors can have an enormous impact on early-stage startups. Their connections can open doors that would otherwise be closed and their experiences can save entrepreneurs from suffering from the same startup mistakes they’ve already made. How? …
Innovation Weekly 19 Oct 14 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Art & Science ??? Let’s talk about delivering break-through innovation by re-applying ideas from unexpected places, and how ‘innovation magic’ occurs at these interfaces. Today I want to focus on a personal passion, innovating at the interface between Art & Science. …
The crazy Truth about Starting & Growing your Business. from Good Reads.com 10/14 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Typical Advice about starting a business never sounded like this! Beginning with the book’s title, “You need to be a little Crazy”, Serial Entrepreneur and Angel Investor Barry Moltz offers the true insider’s …
from BridgeSpan.org 10/14 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Endeavor Global, a non-profit, founded 1997 by Linda Rottenberg/CEO, that seeks to transform emerging countries by supporting “high-impact” entrepreneurs. Endeavor [HQ, NYC] has 15 affiliates throughout Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, & Southeast Asia. The 600 Endeavor Entrepreneurs selected to date, screened …
Building companies that are doing something completely new – which impacts the future. Author of “Zero to One”, Peter Thiel. Tanay’s Blog 18 Sept 14 enhanced by Peter/CEO Wiz4biz Startup Topics include technology, network effects, economics of scale, branding, etc. The book makes some very interesting and thought provoking arguments …
Innovation Weekly.com 11 Oct 14 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Why? Most organizations are under constant pressure to “grow or die”. In my industry, (consumer packaged goods), that means the need to launch new products (or variations of the originally products) periodically. A great deal of energy, effort & expenditure is …
Compukol.com 07 Aug 14 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Insanity: doing the same thing over & over again and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein. Laying the foundation for your business’s success is absolutely critical to everything that follows after that. If your strategy is sound, you will succeed. Your . . …
from Innovation Excellence.com 29 Sept 14 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz One of the most important efforts you’ll want to make in your organization, is to create a common language of Innovation. Unfortunately, there is no universally accepted definition of the word Innovation, and there have even been multiple articles written …
Innovation Excellence.com 29 Sept 14 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Change is Accelerating. We live in an era of constant, accelerating change, and the only organizations that are equipped to keep pace are those that are capable of competing at Cloud Speed. Does trading out packaged Software installed on your own …
Hold on to your Best People with these quick strategies for Startup & Small-Business. from Linked IN 01 Oct 14 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Employee Retention is a tricky thing for Startups & Small-Business Owners. After all, there’s always someone out there with more incentives. So how can you get …