Make sure you know how to answer some of the toughest questions VCs will throw at you. from NYC’s Alley Watch.com 05/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Q1. What Is Your Weakness?“The classic VC role is that of an interrogator, trying to break you for a key secret. But it doesn’t …
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 …
for Small Business to reach Customers from USA Today 5/30/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz • Check-in. This feature has been around for quite some time, but with the popularity of mobile devices, it’s starting to see more usage. Customers click a tab to let friends know they’re visiting a business …
for Small Business to reach Customers from USA Today 5/30/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Yellow Pages >> Facebook – which has taken over as a lot of businesses as the primary vehicle for keeping awareness of their business in front of the public. And there’s a lot more to managing …
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? …
at All Things Digital conference from Forbes Magazine 6/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz There were very few product announcement at the Wall Street Journal’s “All things Digital” conference that wrapped up on Thursday 30 May, but there was plenty of talk — and a couple of products — focusing on …
from USA Today 05/22/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz #5: Create Ads specific to Tumblr content. Yahoo’s Ad strategy should center on Ads that are “native” to Tumblr’s blog content, with placements that flow with other posts without disrupting the user-experience plus make messages relevant to the readers of particular Blogs. …
from SJ Mercury News 6/02/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Disney Keynote Speaker Estrin said it’s important for girls to have Role Models who encourage them toward tech-based careers. “Often around middle school, girls who are interested in math & science decide that it’s not cool,” she said. “We want to …
from SJ Mercury News 6/02/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Eager to learn, the youngsters had gathered at Saturday’s Girls Innovate! conference in Redwood City, to find out more about what it means to be an entrepreneur and a leader. Youngest Entrepreneur. 11-year-old Taylor Keith already knew a little bit about …
to Succeed in your Small Business – a Revolutionary way of thinking that every small biz owner should start with from Epinions.com 04/04 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 05/13 There may be up to Eight (8) Phases of new businesses: 1) Infancy – owner & business are more or less the …
by Suzy Welch – wife of Jack (GE) fm Today.MSNBC.com enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 7/11 Suzy Welch [wife of Jack Welch, long time CEO of GE], reveals her secret to life management — “10-10-10.” She explains how thinking about the impact of our decisions in multiple time frames invariably surfaces …
from Fast Company ‘Zine 6/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz In an era in which best-laid plans are quickly disrupted, the need for new tactics is constant. And that creates a need for constant inspiration. Our 100 Most Creative People in Business come from all industries around the globe; as they …
Compiled by Peter/CXO Wiz4.biz 1/13 Resolve Disputes quickly/fairly 3. Be open; Listen to Grievances. Be sensitive to the feelings of both Victim & Perpetrator (if this is the circumstance). Try to understand why and try to resolve their issue/s. 4. Get others involved in gathering info, making recommendations. Get enough …
to improve your Success from Blog of Dr Shannon Reece, enhanced by Peter@Wiz4.biz 3/13 4. Drop Ship on eBay! The Customer orders/pays. You then send the order to the manufacturer. You pay the mfr and the mfr ships the item to the customer. You never have to lay out any …
Compiled by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 5/13 Here are the first Jobs of some of the most famous people we know or should know – listed in alpha order for your beta test. Richard Branson\Virgin Group $B – published a Newsletter in High School, then dropped out to start a Record Shop, …
from CNN Money 11 Apr 13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Fat Chance. Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield met in Junior High School in Merrick, N.Y., running around the track during gym class. “We were the two slowest & fattest kids in the class,” Greenfield says. A few years after graduating …
Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable– a Book Review by Seth Godin, No-Tears Marketing 04/10 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 4/13 Why this Book? What on earth is a book about a Purple Cow doing on the list of best business books? When I decided to choose a business book to …