Tech Startup High Flyers: Israel, India and Brazil
Brazil, India and Israel are without question three of the world’s most important tech hubs outside of Silicon Valley. All these countries, thanks to their specialties and their large populations of digital consumers are pushing the envelope on some of the coolest innovations in technology and engineering. By driving a lot of activity, they gain [...]
Why ‘Old-School’ Customer Service Will Never Be Replaced
Want to set yourself apart from your competition and keep your customers coming back? Answer the phone. You’ve heard the cliché that you must answer the door when opportunity knocks, yet despite often having great business concepts, many entrepreneurs fail to answer when opportunity calls. Yes, opportunity still uses the phone—and you should too. Old-school [...]
Principles of Powerful Relationships
“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” Emotional Abuse … Frustration because your needs are not met… Lack of Support… Emptiness … Distance… Five things you want to avoid in relationships. The best way to do that? Respect is demonstrated by [...]
The Entrepreneurs Handbook: 52 Essential Resources for Startups
The thought of launching a Startup is incredibly intimidating with most failing to survive their first few years, it can often result in an emotionally draining, frustrating and demoralizing experience for everyone involved. Of course with high risk comes high reward, which is why entrepreneurs still ‘take the leap of faith’ despite the odds being [...]
Five Questions that Will Lead to Marketing Supremacy
Having a successful marketing program depends on asking the right questions and doing the research to come up with the right answers. This may not be domo and CEO news, but it is key to creating a winning ad campaign. Question #1 The primary question is “Who are my competitors?” The reason this question is [...]
One Thing You Need To Become An Under 30 Aspiring CEO
If you’re like me and intensely interested in succeeding as an under 30 CEO of your time, then you most have been thinking strongly day in day out on what you can really do to emerge as an under 30 CEO. The truth is that nothing happens in our world until you start compelling that [...]
Does Your Company Need a Social Media Policy?
Over the past couple of years, we’ve seen numerous cases where social media was used for dubious purposes—and it seems like employees are posting corporate reputation-damaging things online every day. You don’t have to look far to find video evidence of employees breaking the rules at work, but social media faux pas at work goes [...]
Does Your Office Say CEO? How to Get Your Office to Work for You
Whether you work out of your home or you’re in a corner office, one thing’s for sure, the way your office looks and works says a lot about you. The first thing anyone does is take in the world visually. And if your workplace is lacking, it’s going to be making a statement to everyone [...]
4 Things I Didn’t Know About Investors Before I Took Their Money
So many of us are obsessed with get investors no one really talks about the real down side. So, you cashed the check, now what? Managing the relationship with your investors is an important skill that new entrepreneurs have to learn and sometimes the hard way. I really should title this blog post 1001 things [...]
Top 10 Business Plan Mistakes to Avoid
Getting a new business off the ground is never easy. Increase your chances of success by avoiding these common business plan mistakes. 1. Giving top-down financial projections Don’t base your entire business plan on capturing a certain percentage of the market. Your investors will think that you are being far too optimistic, and your chances [...]
