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 …
by Author Malcolm Gladwell, reviewed by Wiki Summaries 09-12 and Enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Accurate decisions can be made rapidly. Our initial, intuitive response to a person, object, or event — the one that transpires in the fraction of a seconds of our exposure to it — is often the …
Authored by Michael Gladwell 2000 from a Book Review from 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 …
Authored by Michael Gladwell 2000 from a Book Review from Wiki Summries 12/09 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz SUMMARY. By offering readers a groundbreaking analysis of how trends are sparked and take hold, Malcolm Gladwell’s book The Tipping Point became an exemplification of the very processes he was describing – Trends. …
“Zero to $100M in no Time flat” by Author Michael Masterson 12/09 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Getting the Best from your Business The areas that a business must be very good at, to achieve desirable results. 1. Coming up with new/useful product ideas 2. Selling those products profitably 3. Managing …
Compiled by Peter/CXO Wiz4.biz 5/13 “You may think your Product’s perfect, but for every “idiot-proof” system devised, a new, improved idiot will arise to overcome it.” “Ideas endure and prosper in direct proportion to their soundness and validity.” “Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration. Thomas Edison “Good judgement comes …
to improve Success 05/13 compiled by Peter/CXO Wiz4.biz Many Entrepreneurs are turning to Bootstrapping, as a way to get their Business going with little (or nearly non-existent) capital + the willingness to work hard. The mindset is “make money now, to fund the start-up & growth process. We wanted to …
Compiled by Peter@Wiz4.biz 4/13 7. Choose your Battles wisely, because your cant afford to fight many, when you’re just starting – like the “big boys” can. Try to do as much as you can on your own. If one to those big boys tries to steal “your idea”, see if …
Compiled by Peter/CXO Wiz4.biz 4/13 1. Focus on Cash Flow, not Profit-ability, to keep paying the expenses until you are discovered and sales surge – then you’ll start making a profit. If you have the passion, start with your own money & your other founder’s capital too. Create short Sales …
From a talk by Adryenn Ashley, WowIsMe.com at Silicon Valley Startup Funding Meetup on 4/01/10. Significantly enhanced by Peter/Organizer. 1. Have a clear Mission, Vision & Goals. Resolve to make the time to write the most important reasons you are in business [Mission], where you want to go [Vision] and …