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April 2, 2016
The 10 Commandments of Entrepreneurship
The 10 Commandments of Entrepreneurship:
#1 – Don’t start a company for the money. Start a company for the mission and the money will follow.
#2 – Don’t think small and start big. Thing big and start small.
#3 – Don’t sell to people you don’t love, products they don’t need. Find people you love, and serve them what they need.
#4 – Don’t ask “how can I make money”. Ask “how can I help others make money”.
#5 – Don’t find a team to work for you. Find a team you want to work for.
#6 – Don’t ask...
April 1, 2016
Entrepreneurs in Brisbane
Have you ever wondered if you’re growing too slow? Or too fast?
Buckminster Fuller says “Controlled time is our true wealth.”
That means that getting the pace just right is what allows your business to grow. Like an apple seed, watering too fast floods and kills the tree, and watering too slow starves and kills the tree. Watering just right allows the tree to grow in its flow, and to turn into an apple tree where you then have as many apples a...
March 29, 2016
“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” ~ Leonard Cohen
If you’re chasing perfection, give yourself a break. Literally.
In my 20’s, I tried to do things perfectly. The more I tried, the more I failed. No matter how good things were, I thought they could be better. No matter how well I did, I thought I could do better.
Then a mentor told me that each of us are unique in our imperfections. That it is our failures that shape us. That it is our heartaches that make us human.
The Japanese have turned this idea into an art. Kintsukuroi is the art of “r...
March 28, 2016
“Sometimes the best gain is to lose.” ~ George Herbert
Have you ever been rejected for a job? Brian Acton has. After 11 years at Yahoo! and out of a job at 38 years old, Brian went job hunting… first to Twitter (rejected) then to Facebook (rejected).
What do you do when you’re 38 years old, competing unsuccessfully against 20-somethings for a job as a systems engineer? If you’re Brian, you go out and play frisbee…
Two years earlier, he had travelled South America playing ultimate frisbee with Jan Koum, who he had met while working at Ernst & Youn...
NZ well-placed to face this year’s biggest business trends, expert says
Technology is hitting businesses around the world in a big way and New Zealand has a distinct advantage, according to an international business expert.
Social entrepreneur and New York Times Best Seller author Roger Hamilton spoke at a conference in Auckland to share the top global trends affecting businesses this year.
Virtual and augmented reality, robotics and drones are some of the most significant developments impacting businesses this year, Hamilton said.
And New Zealand’s advantage in...
March 26, 2016
“The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”
“Future presence” is a vital state that visionary entrepreneurs use to see their future lives and be their future selves.
Richard Branson, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and other great entrepreneurs can each articulate clearly what the future looks like before it becomes reality, and they spend more time thinking about and moving towards the future than returning to the past.
Do you have future presence? It’s a learned skill.
That’s how visionary leaders are able to create visionary movements where e...
Top 10 entrepreneurs to follow on Facebook.
Who are the top 10 entrepreneurs to follow on Facebook? Here’s a list of ten entrepreneurs who have the most active pages, with the most shareable posts and videos for fellow entrepreneurs:
#1 -Sheryl Sandberg
The COO of Facebook and author of “Lean In”, Sheryl is always posting the latest on women leadership, entrepreneurship and her own personal journey at Facebook.
Arnie is a pro at Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram. He’s constantly posting on his latest adventure...
March 20, 2016
The 10 ingredients of exponential growth.
How exponential is your company? Here’s the world’s top 20 exponential companies in the world. How do you compare?
#20 – Podio: Workspace & App builder
#19 – 3D Hubs: World’s largest network of 3D printers
#18 – Medium: Sharing platform for your ideas and stories
#17 – BlaBlaCar: France’s car sharing app
#16 – Kickstarters: America’s leading crowdfunding platform
#15 – Cloudera: Cloud based Enterprise and training software
#14 – Waze: Crowd sourced real time traffic app
#13 – Pinterest: Virt...
March 17, 2016
How to build a dream team
Have you ever wondered what the best way to build a dream team is?
This week I’m at our Fast Forward your Business event in Auckland, New Zealand. I shot this video from the audience with some fantastic mini-interviews on how to get into flow.
The conversation moved from finding your flow to building your team, and led to me sharing the key steps to get your dream team together, based on your natural Wealth Dynamics profile.
Watch the video t...
March 16, 2016
Classic words: If you fail, at least fail daring greatly.
Classic words: If you fail, at least fail daring greatly.
“It is not the critic who counts;
not the man who points out
how the strong man stumbles,
or where the doer of deeds
could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man
who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by
dust and sweat and blood;
who strives valiantly;
who errs, who comes short
again and again,
because there is no effort
without error and shortcoming;
but who does actually strive
to do the deeds;
who knows gr...
