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“Don’t start with a product. Start with a problem you’re on fire to solve.” — JD Meier I’ve lived at the intersection of innovation and business building for more than two decades at Microsoft. I’ve worked behind the scenes helping CEOs rethink their futures, guided founders through billion-dollar pivots. And turned startup ideas into strategic …
“Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson You can set boundary conditions to make better decisions. Putting decisions into place usually requires compromises along the way or dealing with unforeseen events. If your decision depends on everything going perfectly well, you’re in trouble. If you don’t …
This is an interview with Irv Rothman, CEO of HP Financial Services. In this interview, I ask Irv questions about work and life, with a focus on how to win in any economy, and how to apply his best leadership lessons to our personal lives.
With more than 70 business skills for small business success, Business Techniques in Troubled Times is a powerful toolbox of business skills. It's a book of proven practices, an action guide, and a business toolkit for small businesses and entrepreneurs.
This is a post on 50 ways how NOT to make money. If you want to make money, then it also helps to really understand how not to make money. If you learn these insights well, you can avoid years of fruitless efforts, and can get back on track faster from failed attempts.
