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October 18, 2014
Who to follow on Twitter
When you’re using Twitter for business and personal branding, you think a lot about gaining followers – but followers are only half of the Twitter equation. To get the most out of Twitter, you also need to figure out who to follow. So how do ...
The Nr. 1 rule of risk-taking
Wouldn’t it be incredible to have a sure-fire formula that you could rely on to work out if any proposed venture was going to be a success? No amount of market analysis or close monitoring of the stock market can lead to guaranteed accurate predictions ...
18 Inspirational Quotes for Small Businesses
As leaders and entrepreneurs, we need to understand that everything we create today has the potential to shape the future and the generations to come. The idea behind the inspirational quotes below is to inspire and motivate to help you reach your goals and to ...
October 13, 2014
Qualities of a global leader and change agent
Everything you do has an effect. As a business leader, your actions stand to have a far more wide reaching effect than those of ordinary individuals. This is particularly true if you are the leader of a multinational corporation, but even leaders of relatively small ...
CEO rankings vs. politicians
Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook recently garnered a 99.1 percent investor approval rating. To America’s chief political executive President Obama, that level of quantified approbation might seem like a change he can’t believe in, seeing as his own recent ratings have been almost 50 ...
Why cool leaders are more successful
Leadership is something that we understand at a very young age. From parents to teachers to our very first boss, we comprehend the value and the respect that a leadership position holds. It is a reassuring force, an authoritative measure of control, or a trailblazing ...
Know your customers
You need to constantly be thinking about your customers as individuals with needs, just as you did when you first started. Imagine that you were selling your product from the trunk of your car, one unit at a time. Would you be able to look ...
5 things I have learned from Steve Ballmer
Following in the footsteps of giants, you’re made their king. Though you’re small and unsure, you’ve watched them long enough to know what they need. The giants trust you and accept your decisions. You know you’ll never match the success of the previous king, and ...
October 12, 2014
The origin of originality
The complexity of human nature is often reduced to a simple dichotomy, nature vs. nurture. Since the 19th century, this exact phrasing has been used to represent the argument between innate ability and the effect of a person’s environment in the resultant personality and “greatness” ...
How to lead like Sergey Brin
Google has been one of the most dominant forces in Internet information over the past 15 years. It has been said that not since Gutenberg and his printing press has the way human beings acquire knowledge been so profoundly changed as with the Google search ...
