Leading Blog

JUNE 15, 2020

The real issue here is that if an entrepreneur comes in to a pitch and goes on and on about how they’re going to build a billion dollar company in just a few years, most investors eyes tend to glaze over. Like Jerry Yang who started Yahoo, as investors we are looking for entrepreneurs who are obsessed with a new technology.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 19, 2024

It took a financial entrepreneur, Charles Flint, to merge several of these companies, creating International Business Machines (IBM) in 1924. Realizing the device could be used for high-level heating, he and a Raytheon executive cooperated to develop the microwave oven. The radio: A young Italian student perseveres.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

Individuals or partners develop a plan and iterate as new information arises. Models are developed, scrutinized, and refined. Probably not: we'll encounter them no matter the breadth of our collective intelligence and experience, despite the models we develop, and regardless of the plans we base on those models.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Good leaders develop the skills of their teams and those leaders learn from the team as well. TAFFY WILLIAMS has been a successful entrepreneur and advisor to entrepreneurs for over 30 years. He is the author of THINK AGILE: How Smart Entrepreneurs Adapt in Order to Succeed.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2020

Rocket science is often celebrated as the ultimate triumph of technology. The definitive book on leadership in the digital era: why digital technologies call for leadership that emphasizes creativity, collaboration, and inclusivity. The Soul of an Entrepreneur : Work and Life Beyond the Startup Myth by David Sax. But it's not.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2023

Finding the Way : The Entrepreneur's Tale by Cap Treeger. In this fictional account of an entrepreneur's rollercoaster ride to the top, Cap Treeger crafts a series of dynamic, well-drawn lessons for anyone that wants to start or build a business. A tale of mentorship, hard truths, and the path to success.

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Leading Blog

JULY 1, 2021

Creating and sustaining trust does not, Sandra Sucher and Shalene Gupta show, come from "reputation-building" and PR but by being the "real deal," creating products, services, and technologies that work, having good intentions, treating people fairly, and taking responsibility for all the impacts an organization creates, whether intended or not.

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 16, 2013

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2020

T HE leadership we need now can be found in the entrepreneurial mindset—the characteristics found in entrepreneurs. Authors Jonathan Littman and Susanna Camp have categorized the nature of this mindset into ten types or faces in The Entrepreneur’s Faces. The Arc illustrates seven stages that all entrepreneurs pass through.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2021

You were born to be an entrepreneur. Aspiring entrepreneurs are instinctively driven to be the master of their own fate and to explore the limits of their potential. From Michael Dell, renowned founder and chief executive of one of America’s largest technology companies, the inside story of the battles that defined him as a leader.

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Leading Blog

MAY 4, 2020

My impression is that most entrepreneurs aren’t always putting their best foot forward. When I was an entrepreneur raising money, one of the most effective pitches was for the Tap Fish video game. In recent times, it seems the trend is that entrepreneurs will email me their slides before the call.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 25, 2022

The CFO candidate might get by with only a broad sector experience in manufacturing, finance, or technology. Perhaps they started careers in a very different environment, for example, a well-traveled photojournalist or even a failed technology entrepreneur. . You will subconsciously know when a candidate is CEO material.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

So with apologies to those who don't share this passion, I present to you the September 2012 Leadership Development Carnival, NFL Kick-off Edition. Lynn Dessert from Elephants at Work completes a hail mary pass with Using the Benchmarks® Assessment for Leadership Development. "As Miami Dolphins. New York Jets. Dallas Cowboys.

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Chart Your Course

JUNE 3, 2019

Surrounding yourself with successful and like-minded individuals is known to assist you in developing healthy and successful habits such as those around you. Self-help and development books are some of the top genres that self-made millionaires tend to read, and they usually spend up to 30 minutes or more devoted to reading during the day.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Rebooting Work by Silicon Valley legend Maynard Webb and Carlye Adler is a sensible look at the changing nature of the workplace and how you can use emerging technologies to take charge of your career. Webb believes that technology presents us with an opportunity. We are living in the age of the entrepreneur.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 27, 2021

One might imagine that such intrinsic motivation is even more prevalent among social entrepreneurs, who by their very definition are focused primarily on improving various social, environmental, or cultural issues. ” Missionary entrepreneurs. ” Missionary entrepreneurs. .” ” Missionary entrepreneurs.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 9, 2020

Serial Entrepreneur and Billionaire Elon Musk warns that AI will become much smarter than the smartest human. Technology does outpace our ability to understand it and comprehend its consequences. Technology extends our reach, and most always, the intention is to make the world a better place.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 8, 2022

When we talk of entrepreneurs there is a tendency to think in terms of Hernan Cortes, the famous Spanish explorer who burned his ships upon landing in Mexico in order to convince his men that there was no turning back. The post Are Entrepreneurs Better Off Keeping Their Day Jobs? Hedging bets. Having a plan B.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 18, 2014

Aaron is a globally recognized social entrepreneur and the CEO of Imperative , a technology platform that enables people to discover, connect and act on what gives them purpose in their work. The critical role of the Internet in the development of the Purpose Economy.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

While technology has made connecting easier and more convenient it has also “changed the way we communicate, behave, and think,” writes John DiJulius in The Relationship Economy. Hospitality entrepreneur Chip Conley said in a TED talk that “Almost 40 percent of us in the U.S. Listening is a skill we need to develop.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2020

Budding entrepreneurs face a challenging road. Rather than dispensing simplistic rules, he mentors readers in the development of a mental toolkit for approaching challenges based on how startup markets evolve in real life. Startup Myths and Models : What You Won't Learn in Business School by Rizwan Virk.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 6, 2014

Counter-intuitively, many successful entrepreneurs didn’t start with a compelling vision, a wow idea or indeed a workable business plan. However, these developments haven’t changed the fundamental principle of his work. The Pursuit of Xceptional Execution ”, I interview entrepreneurs from around the world. Not easier.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

A S A PROFESSOR, an entrepreneur, the president of Stanford University, and now the Chairman of the Board of Alphabet (Google’s Parent company) and Director of Knight-Hennessy Scholars, John Hennessy has had a lot of leadership experience. I remind these students that great start-ups begin with great technology discoveries.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 5, 2022

The deluge of easy money into the sector has prompted many would-be entrepreneurs to take their eye off the ball, and whereas Peter Drucker famously said that the only real purpose of a business is to create a customer, the current entrepreneurial landscape allows founders to get rich without worrying too much about that.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Famous entrepreneurs, such as Elon Musk and Steve Jobs, are often portrayed as mythical creatures who have left the womb imbued with the talent, burning desire, and tolerance for risk-taking required to be the exceptional entrepreneurs they ultimately became. The reality isn’t quite so romantic. Supporting entrepreneurship.

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Engaging Leader

MARCH 27, 2014

Serial entrepreneur, thought leader, and author, Faisal Hoque is the founder of SHADOKA and author of several books, including his newest book: Everything Connects: How to Transform and Lead in the Age of Creativity, Innovation and Sustainability. And they explain how to make it happen, for you as a leader, and for your team.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

Of course, part of that entailed reestablishing the company’s reputation for cutting-edge technology. You do that by setting up structures that notice, encourage, and develop innovative ideas and practices. His goal was not to make Microsoft the most innovative company but the most successful in its field.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Categories : Women On Business , Work-Home Life , Workplace Issues , personal development Contact Sylvia Lafair, author of Dont Bring It To Work: Breaking the Family Patterns that Limit Success at sylvia@ceoptions.com. Did you wake up eager and ready for the learning and relationship challenges that were there each day? 1, 2010 – To address.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Tom made a major career decision 3 months ago: he decided to leave his position as chief information officer at a large manufacturing firm to become an entrepreneur and start a company to provide software that helps manufacturers improve the quality of their manufacturing process. Put Numbers On Your Expectations.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 20, 2024

The journey of a creative entrepreneur is both exhilarating and challenging, requiring a unique blend of artistry and business acumen. Here are some key strategies for creative entrepreneurs to achieve business success while maintaining their artistic integrity. Stay informed about trends, market changes, and emerging technologies.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

Why didn’t Folgers recognize the retail consumer demand for coffee and develop a Starbucks type business model? If you’re an executive or entrepreneur and you can’t put forth solid answers to the majority of the questions referenced above, then your company is likely a market lagger as opposed to a market leader.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

Get outside of your old thought patterns and seek out people, technology, collaborative relationships, process and any other solutions that can improve your business. Even the most savvy CEO may have blind spots in his or her skill sets, core competencies, or voids in the org chart which can also cause blind spots.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 21, 2024

The Venture Mindset : How to Make Smarter Bets and Achieve Extraordinary Growth by Ilya Strebulaev and Alex Dang - (May 2024) Inspired by venture capitalists’ unique way of thinking, The Venture Mindset offers a transformative playbook for delivering results in a rapidly changing world from a top Stanford professor and a technology executive.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 3, 2020

Encouraging female entrepreneurship potentially has huge benefits for society, but efforts to date have often floundered due to a misunderstanding of both the motivation and the challenges female entrepreneurs face. The researchers conducted three field experiments to understand fully just what motivates entrepreneurs. ”

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 29, 2020

Make no mistake; Covid-19 has the potential to change virtually all aspects of society, particularly in terms of the structure of the labor market and developed economies across the globe. While this technology has yet to fully enter the mainstream, it’s predicted that 50% of all searches will be screenless and conducted by voice this year.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 10, 2022

The simple fact is that most entrepreneurs have a great idea, yet have no idea how they can make this into a business. The following basic skills can be developed to enhance entrepreneurial businesses’ creative and innovative aspects. Technology. These are the skills that no entrepreneur can do without.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

They discussed profit and loss margins, product development and the like. Related posts: Leadership Strategies: 3 Rules for Ruling your Business All entrepreneurs are smart and quick, and love taking risks. 1 Comments 1 Women Entrepreneurs January 18th, 2011 at 5:42 pm Thanks for this post.

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