from Mashable.com 10/09 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz #10. Monitter As an entrepreneur, you need to know what people are saying about your company as well as your competitors. Monitter.com a service that monitors Twitter “mentions” in real-time in a multi-column interface reminiscent of TweetDeck. Simply input a search term into …
from Fortune 500 magazine 2012 enhanced by Peter@ Wiz4.biz 7/13 Stanford grads Dave Packard & Bill Hewlett co-founded Hewlett-Packard in 1939 and it eventually became a mainstay of Silicon Valley. The company, which began in a “now famous” rented garage with just $538, grew quickly. HP went from selling Radio …
. . . from highly successful Founders. Collected by Peter/ CXO, Wiz4biz 11/10 + 5 Star Startup Services “Whatever future you’re building, don’t try to program everything, just follow your intuition and you’ll be pleasantly surprised – Thomas Edison “When you’re building your company, don’t try to do everything yourself, …
Authored by Michael Gladwell 2000 from a Book Review on Wiki Summries 12/09 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Chapter 2: The Law of the Few: Connectors, Mavens, & Salesmen The attainment of the tipping point that transforms a phenomenon into an influential trend usually requires the intervention of a number of …
20 Tips to Make your Marketing Endeavors Successful from Facebook Fan Marketing 7/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Social Network Boom is being lead by Facebook – which is the #1 Social Network. With active users nearing a billion, FB serves nearly one seventh (1/7) of the global population. Facebook is …
Turning them around w/out Turning them off !!! (for Supervisors, Managers & Owners) compiled by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 7/13 How did it Happen? 1) you inherited them, 2) poor hiring or promotion decision/s, 3) they haven’t kept up or 4) they have problems in their life. 1. Don’t Pass the Problem …
Flattery can get you everywhere !!! Compiled by Peter/CXO wiz4biz 7/13 Usually when you want someone to do something for you, you have to “suck up” * to the big people. But the ability to “suck down” to the lower people – that really make it happen – is more …
Flattery is a Counterfeit $$, which – but for Vanity – would have no Circulation. Compiled by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 7/13 If you “suck up” too blatantly, it will backfire. If you suck up too weakly, you probably wont get what you want. You have to do it just right. Here …
from Fortune 500 magazine 2012 enhanced by Peter@ Wiz4.biz 6/13 ORACLE billionaire Larry Ellison, (co-founder & chairman ), has helped create the first commercial database to use SQL (Structured Query Language). Today, Oracle remains the largest supplier of proprietary Information management software and one of the first companies to make …
from Forbes Magazine 4/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Evolution. The office thru the 1970s was built on paper files, the office of the 1980s was built on word processing, spreadsheets, & other PC software, and the office of the 1990s was built on websites. These days, the office is is …
on the Road to Success 7. From The Book “Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff About Money” The book “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff about Money” was the template for moving forward when I started my business. If money is the focus, you miss opportunities, even small ones such as marketing …
from INTUIT [#1 Financial Mgt SW for small business – Quick Books] 6/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz For some entrepreneurs, the word “Business Plan” may conjure up a feeling of dread. How are you supposed to know what is going to happen to your business when you haven’t even made …
With a Product Every Woman Needs from Huff Post 10/12 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Where are your Products sold now? Our shoes are sold at over 3000 retailers nationwide including Bloomingdales, Fred Segal, & Dillards as well as through international distributors on 5 other continents. What what your first Big …
An Interview by Deborah DeBord, Ph.D., is the proprietor of Expression, a creative Entrepreneur retreat in Colorado & Jim Collins, Author of several “best-selling” Entrepreneur books (Good to Great, Built to Last, Great by Choice) from the Enablelink.org website 05/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Let’s listen in to the Entrepreneurship …
Courtesy of the National Science Foundation thru Michigan Technical University 11/12 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz For every brilliant discovery that finds its way into the marketplace, there are hundreds that never escape the pages of scientific journals. The National Science Foundation [NSF] is addressing that disconnect with its I-Corp program. …
from INC magazine 6/10 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Why? Focus !!! Targeting a specific market does not mean that you have to exclude people that do not fit your criteria from buying from you. Rather, Target Marketing allows you to “focus” your Marketing $$ and Brand message on a specific …
. . . without being eaten alive !!! [Not San Jose Sharks] How to “Out-sell, Out-manage, Out-motivate & Out-negotiate your Competition” written by Harvey MacKay/CEO of a Multi-$M Manufacturing company 1988 Enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4.biz 3/13 4. Negotiation & Management are two major aspects of being successful. Negotiation is the …
from My Strategic Plan.com 6/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Not to Over-Simplify “how to create a Strategic Plan”, but by placing all the parts of a plan into three areas, you can clearly see how the pieces fit together. The three pieces of the puzzle are: 1) Where are we …
from Christine Lane’s (Country Singer & Entrepreneur) Blog 6/09 “Here are a few tips based on my experiences, both as a creator of – and participant in – MasterMind Groups”. (enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz) Tip #1: Let Desire Trump Ego. [That’s not Donald Trump] If you want to create a …
even if you’re over 50 (ie, Col Sanders [KFC], Ray Croc [McDonalds], Dietrich Mateschitz [Red Bull], Martha Stewart) from Author Mark Hansen, “Chicken Soup for the Soul” 5/10 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz. Imagine your life exactly as you want it to be. What will it take to make you ecstatically …
An Entrepreneur’s Guide from Yahoo 3/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4.biz A. Looking for Opportunities. There are so many fabulous money-making opportunities out there that it can be hard to choose the right one for you. Or maybe you’re faced with the opposite dilemma; you want to start you own business, …