An Entrepreneur’s Guide to New Business Ideas
An Entrepreneur’s Guide to New Business Ideas New ideas are essential to all businesses, whether start up or 30 years running. There comes a time when any business owner asks the question, “What else can I offer?” The staff of Entrepreneur Media provide an excellent framework for an entrepreneur to answer this question: List five to seven things about you – things you like to do or that you’re really good at, personal things (we’ll get to your work life in a minute). On the other side of the paper, list things you don’t think you’re good at or you don’t like to do. When...
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5 Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read How to Win Friends and Influence People Dale Carnegie If you haven’t read this book already, you really should. Almost any list of the top books on leadership, interpersonal communication, relationships and success contain this title because of its simplicity and real value. Learn from Dale Carnegie, one of human relations’ forerunners, as he shares stories of common people like most of us and greats such as Abraham Lincoln, Charles Schwab, John D. Rockefeller and many more. His overarching message? If you care about others, they will care about...
Read More2015: A Year of Strengths for the Entrepreneur
2015: A Year of Strengths for the Entrepreneur In a world where we are constantly being pushed to be perfect, we often get caught up in overcoming weaknesses. While this isn’t necessarily bad, per se, it may not be the most effective. What if we decided to focus not on what our weaknesses are but to put our time and energy into developing our strengths? In the context of this article, strengths will be referred to as the combination of one’s personal and individual skills, knowledge and talents. Donal O. Clifton, the father of strengths based leadership, defines these...
Read MoreAn Entrepreneurs’ Gift
An Entrepreneurs’ Gift Lights, presents, family, food and more food. Everybody loves the holidays. A time when people seem to be a little nicer and just a little more giving. In light of the holiday season, David Hagenbuch, Associate Professor of Marketing at Messiah College and founder of MindfulMarketing.org gives a shout out to entrepreneurs and their gifts to the world. The 3 Gifts Entrepreneurs Give to the World: 1. Ideas “We live in a society where it’s so easy to be a critic and point out what’s wrong in what others have done. Meanwhile, it’s much more...
Read MoreTop CEO’s on How to Conduct Meetings
Top CEO’s on How to Conduct Meetings Drake Baer, Business Insider writer and entrepreneurship expert, shares some fantastic principles from a few of today’s top execs on how to conduct meetings. Here are a few excerpts from his article (full version here): Opsware CEO and Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Ben Horowitz likes to have one-to-one meetings. Horowitz, who spends much of his time mentoring young leaders, says that most important job for a CEO is to architect the way people communicate in a company. The one-to-one meeting is essential to that process, he says, as...
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