Getting your startup business off the ground can be a challenge. One of the greatest barriers facing business startups is obtaining financing. Without enough collateral to secure loan obligations, a bank might require a personal guaranty before it agrees to approve a loan for your business. While banks, financing companies, or other loan underwriters will […]
The world of big business has always been cutthroat, but in recent years, brand sabotage has increased and gotten easier by the number of ways competitors can attack your business online. Business leaders who seek success through excellence and innovation must protect themselves from those whose business models involve brand sabotage. Online chatter destroys reputations, […]
The samurai-ninja-gangster way to ingest and digest ridiculous amounts of information is by saying: 1) “Hell No” to reading non-fiction books cover-to-cover, and 2) “Oh, Hell Yes” to non-linear reading. You can get 80 percent of the knowledge you need from a non-fiction book, in 10 percent of the reading time, by using one of […]
There are habits, and there are super-habits. A super-habit is a gateway to other good habits. For example, when I quit smoking, I was able to exercise better, live longer, stop smelling like smoke, stop annoying people around me, get more productive, etc. One habit change led to a number of other positive habit changes. […]
Sometime in mid-2021, just as U.S. markets and consumers alike were looking forward to the end of COVID restrictions and a corresponding rebound in the economy, global supply chain issues suddenly emerged as one of the lagging indicators of the COVID recession. How it Happened: The COVID Supply Chain Crisis When the pandemic first hit, […]
Something interesting has happened in my thinking lately that I thought was worth sharing. I’ve been having some fairly transformative insights into my own behavior and attitudes and mindsets, as well as those of others; some ideas that never occurred to me despite how obvious they now seem; breakthroughs through roadblocks; lightbulbs going off; A-Ha […]
Here is a list of things I have always found helpful to review as often as I can…which really means whenever I can remember to. Super simple: totally binary (i.e., everything is “either/or”), as applicable. Comes from Dan Sullivan’s book, The Laws of Lifetime Growth: Always make your future bigger than your past Always make your learning greater than your experience Always […]
Just a few years ago, before the pandemic turned so many of us into remote workers, it was presumed that all high-level executive positions must be full-time, in-office jobs. These days are long gone. In today’s rapidly evolving employment market, many companies have found that fractional employees are a cost-effective way to bring in talent […]
Good governance is essential to maintaining a strong, financially healthy company. Simply put, corporate governance is the system of rules, practices, and processes used to direct and control a business. Many startups pay scant attention to corporate governance as they are in the day-to-day crises of running a new business. But implementing good corporate governance […]
Ever wonder what the “Aha!” moments were for Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, or the founders of IKEA or Spanx? Here they are, all in one infographic.
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