Who’s Kodak? The original “inexpensive” cameras that dominated the photo field for > 100 years. from Huff Post 05/21/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Steve Sasson was working at the applied research lab at Eastman Kodak when he was asked to look into a new apparatus called a charge-coupled device. One …
from USA Today 05/22/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz The Promise. In announcing the $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr on 05/20/13, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer now famously promised not to “screw up” the hot social-media site for Millennials. That was seen as part promise to Tumblr’s innovative staff, which she needs, …
When you’re Bootstrapping, you have to think differently. from the book “Guerrilla Marketing” 2/10 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz When you run your own Business – be it Web or otherwise – it is a general rule that you need two things to accomplish any particular task, Money & Time. A …
from Huff Post & AP 21 May 13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Just shy of his 18th birthday, David boarded a plane to Japan and lived there for several months alone, running technology for the parenting site UrbanBaby. Then he moved back to USA, dabbling in various digital startups for …
from Huff Post & AP 21 May 13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Today he’s the Chief Motivator. The guy jumping around every week to make sure the employees are excited about the product we are building and the direction we are headed in,” David said. “He’s not Pretentious or Egocentric,” …
from Huff Post & AP 21 May 13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz As a Teenager, Tumblr CEO David Karp would canvass the streets of NYC’s Upper West Side, offering to build websites for local businesses. After his freshman year of high school, the precocious, computer-savvy kid decided to drop out …
from Biography.com 11/12 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4.biz Overview. Born July 18, 1950, in Surrey, England, Richard Charles Nicholas Branson struggled in school and dropped out at age 16, a decision that ultimately lead to the creation of Virgin Records. His entrepreneurial projects started in the music industry and expanded into …
Biz Wiz 101 from CEOs & others 09/12 Compiled by Peter@Wiz4.biz 12. Use your Talent in the narrowest Niche you can find. Learn all you can to become the expert. Share your know-ledge with others and you’ll become highly regarded & others will seek you. 13. Do what you Love …
. . .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 …
Biz Wiz 101 from CEOs & others 09/12 Compiled by Peter/CXO Wiz4.biz 9/12 L-101-A. “1st Things 1st “ 1. You’re responsible for your own Happiness. If you’re not where you want to be, examine it. Do research or ask advice to get what you want. 2. What do you want? …
Compiled by Peter/CXO Wiz4.biz 1/13 Be Customer Driven 1. Customers vote for/against your business with their $$. Are you giving them good value for the $ ??? 2. Everyone you interact with is your Customer. If they don’t have a good experience, they wont be back. 3. Ask the Customer …
. . . with a Product every Woman needs. from Huff Post 10/12 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Their Early Careers: Sarah & Jenifer Caplan grew up in a very strict household in which they were taught to strive to be the best, at whatever they did. As a result, they …
Compiled by Peter/CXO Wiz4.biz 1/13 “Let us help you improve your Business” Knowledge – Technical [Improve & Maintain] 1. Enhance your technical knowledge by dedicating a time each week to read, study & implement new technology. 2. Divide & Conquer Learning by delegating to your Team – Reports from Books …
Our speaker for Thursday 17 February 11 was JJ – an Associate of 5 Star Startup Services & Assistant Organizer of this Meetup. Peter/Organizer JJ discussed the book “Built to Last”(by Jim Collins) – which is about the best companies that have been in business for > 50 years. 1. …
What makes America great is our Entrepreneur Spirit Collected by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 01/11 + CXO of 5 Star Strartup Services “Luck is matter of preparation meeting opportunity” – Oprah Winfrey “I did not fail when inventing the light bulb. I just eliminated 10,000 things that didn’t work” – Thomas Edison …
This Advice may be “free”, but it’s all in the execution, you’ll see. Collected by Peter/ CXO, Wiz4biz 11/10 Startup Services “If you want to succeed, you’d better heed, the following advice. It’s worth the price !!! “If I had asked my 1st customers what they really wanted, they would …
written by Mastin Kipp, Huffington Post 01/11 summarized & enhanced by Peter/CXO, Wiz4biz 9. Focus, young Jedi. I love how after getting an inspiration for Facebook, Zuckerberg totally dove into the creation of it. He was so focused and dedicated, that he changed his life forever in less than a …
written by Mastin Kipp, Huffington Post 01/11 summarized & enhanced by Peter/CXO, Wiz4biz 5. Content & Community 1st, Revenue 2nd. I was totally inspired by Mark’s decision to not go for ads in the beginning. One of the best lessons in the movie is, that if you have some-thing cool, …
11 Lessons of “The Social Network” Movie in 2011 written by Mastin Kipp, Huffington Post 01/11 summarized & enhanced by Peter/CXO, Wiz4biz The movie “The Social Network” – which is about the founding of Facebook – has inspired many to start or grow their entrepreneurial idea. Here are the lessons …
from Daily Finance.com 02/13 compiled by Peter/CXO Wiz4.biz In-n-Out, the iconic hamburger chain. has > 300 locations in California, Arizona, Utah, Nevada & Texas, took in an estimated $1.1 billion in revenues in 2012. So how is this burger joint pumping out per-store sales numbers that are better than Burger …
Authored by Tim Ferriss 12/09 Enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Assessing the Problem: In the last six to eight months, we have been assessing how we run our businesses. In the last few years, we have gotten everything that we wanted out of our business. Unfortunately, that was the problem. We …