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 …
Talk by Tanya/CEO, INSAGEN Leadership Consulting at Entrepreneur Meetup 03/03/11 Enhanced by Peter/Organizer “Knowing yourself is the real “secret” of having a successful startup” – Tanya “Follow your instincts, that’s where true wisdom manifest itself.” Oprah “Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. Have …
from Fortune 500 magazine 2012. enhanced by Peter@ Wiz4.biz 4/13 MICROSOFT CEO of Enertainment Biz, Don Mattrick is a “maverick” Mattrick is largely to thank for the bestselling video game console of this long-running generation, the Xbox 360. When he first arrived from Electronic Arts to Microsoft in back in …
from Fortune 500 magazine 2012 enhanced by PeterCXO Wiz4.biz 4/13 AMAZON CEO. Jeff Bezos/CEO got “Booked” As history has shown, it would be unwise to bet against Jeff Bezos, a man who seemingly cares little about low margins and only about making long-term gains. He launched Amazon as an online …
from ProBlogger.net 07/11 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 05/13 “Do what you love and the money will follow.” Here’s the key to using your passion – what you’ve been wanting to do forever – which will lead you to your ideal Clients: · to those who want what you’re offering · …
from ProBlogger.net 07/11 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 05/13 Blogger Lori of “List BuildingWithLori.com says: “I wanted to chat with you about passion and how it can make or break your online business. Most online entrepreneurs create Squeeze pages (a Landing page created to solicit opt-in Email addresses from prospective Subscribers …
Compiled by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 05/13 for Managers & Minors, Proprietors & Psychiatrists 1. Stay Cool when others are angry and lose their heads. You have control over your emotions, do not lose them! If there is a “no show” of your annoyance, you’ll doing measurably better without regret than an …
Interview of Richard Branson, Founder/CEO of Virgin co’s round the Globe.10/05 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 05/13 Question: If you weren’t doing what you are doing, what business would you launch tomorrow? Richard: If I were not doing what I am doing today, I would be doing something similar. Sound like …
5 Easy Steps for Creating what you want from the Inside Out Authored by Joe Vitale, Marketing Consultant, Enhanced by Peter/CEO Wiz4.Biz 12/12 The Attractor Factor: is an interesting combination- part autobiography, part wealth creation, part self-help, & part spiritual. In the book, author Joe Vitale claims that those who …
Edited by Peter/ Organizer of Entrepreneur Meetups 05/13 Our Speaker for Thurs 02 May 13 at our Entrepreneur Meetup was Bill Alexander – a Business Consultant – who discussed, using the One-Page Strategic Plan (1PSP) as a Planning Tool. This tool can be used by any business owner at any …
by Guy Kawasaki, Author “The Art of the Start” 04/13 enhanced by Peter@ Wiz4.biz 1. “Build something you’d Use”, because its meeting your needs and probably will meet the needs of others. Tell, or better still, demonstrate your product to a few potential users and ask if they’d buy it. …