What vs Why: The Startup Version
Successful start-up leaders begin by investing a substantial amount of time and energy into why–not what. The what question, over a certain profitable period of time, tends to cultivate bloated egos, nourish greedy arrogance and decimate clear, passionate vision. The why question, on the other hand, continuously feeds and focuses us on a deeper passion–something bigger than our own...
Read MoreRecovering Book Addict
Their success was not just of their own making. It was a product of the world in which they grew up. -Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers The great thing about the way in which information frolics about the universe today is that you simply do not have to know everything....
Read MoreSpreading Seed
We all have something to offer. We can learn a lot about who is going to want that something and when they’re going to want it by being able to adeptly perceive and distinguish between different types of demand. Known Demand. The consumer already knows that he wants and/or needs the product. Acquisition imminent. Unknown Demand. A dormant or potential demand for something, whether...
Read MoreJump On Your Plastic Bottle & Ride!
These guys go to school at one of the most environmentally focused schools in the country. The school focuses on and works to develop students who are entrepreneurially minded and who want to make an impact in specific areas of the environmental/ecological field. They work to invent new products which some day might be beneficial to us all, and they have a lot of fun. They just won the grand...
Read MoreThe Leadership Moment
Hello! Welcome to the show and congratulations…you’re an instant leader! From a distance, it can appear that leadership is the nail, and a specific, one time event is the hammer which drives that nail into the wood, thus solidifying the nail in it’s rightful place as leader within a given community. It seems as though a single strike sets the leader in her position, holding...
Read MoreThe Future Belongs To Filters…
Information is ubiquitous. We all need it. We all want it. Information is forever increasing. However, it’s not necessarily correct to state that the amount of information is increasing. What is characteristic of information today was characteristic of information yesterday, 20 years ago and 2000 years ago. Information is information; it is always here, it is always there,...
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