CIOs Are Struggling to Retain Talented IT Staff
The infancy of CIOs surveyed pronounced they are endangered about maintaining stream IT staff over a subsequent 12 months, according to a new survey from Robert Half Technology. Many of…
Why do Start-ups Fail? Revenue May Be the No. 1 Reason.
Opinions vary as to why start-ups fail. One business publication conducted a study, of sorts, which determined that a lack of need for the product was the number one reason. However, in…
How to Compete with Big Corporations and Win
Waiting around to come up with the perfect idea or opportunity to compete with the big corporations? Turns out that the public would rather work with you than the big…
3 Ways to Make Work Urgent Instead of Exhausting
Can you imagine working 130 hours in a week? Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer can. She even considers such a workload to be the key to startup success. Mayer also…
How Entrepreneurs Can Capitalize on Weak Connections
We all have social media friends and followers that we didn’t grow up with, go to school with or ever work with; yet we still keep them on our lists.…
Communication Determines the Success of Your Business
Get the working capital your business needs–learn more about Entrepreneur Lending, powered by CAN Capital » The story you are about to read is true except for some exaggerations which…
Planned or Emergent Innovation?
Most innovation initiatives are planned. We focus on a challenge, generate some great ideas and then put together teams to implement the best ones. For new products the projects…
Tech Talent Shortage Holding Back Business
An Indeed survey shows hiring managers face challenges in filling IT positions, impacting their bottom lines. We often hear reports about how hard it is for businesses to hire qualified…
Here’s Why Your Sales Reps Are Losing Deals
the sales behaviors may cost you the deal, and in the process sink the company’s bottom line. They’re Not Using Social Media Effectively Many sales people are still not using…
Keep Innovation Management Simple
Innovation is the lifeblood of business growth. Innovation management is also a process; a means of getting the right product to the right people at the right time. Yet…
Shifting Your DevOps Mindset from Tools to Culture
DevOps is based on continuous improvement and development, with employees as active participants in that iterative process. Enabling self-learning and self-improving among employees is central to this school of…
How to Scale From a Small Business to a Billion-Dollar Empire
You may not know John Dickey by name, but you may have heard of the company he and his brother started in the ’90s: Cumulus Media. The duo bought a radio station…
Tracking Trends – Six Essential Steps for Spotting Your Next Opportunity
The Opportunity Mindset he embodies is becoming a touchstone of success in the Digital Age. When you look for it, you see it everywhere. “It was our reading of trends…
The Neuroscience of Strategic Leadership
Have you ever had a difficult executive decision to make? This is the kind of decision where the best options aren’t obvious, the ethics aren’t clear, and the consequences…
6 Innovations that Have Changed E-commerce in 2016
U.S. e-commerce sales reportedly totaled $341 billion in 2015 – a 14.6% increase on the $298 billion spent in 2014. Sound impressive? You might be surprised to learn that the…
Has your Innovation Program Jumped the Shark?
Innovation programs and systems are launched with a lot of fanfare but the sizzle will fizzle unless you properly nurture your innovation program and the underlying policies, processes and…
You Get the Talent That You Pay For
Most startups operate on fumes, in terms of available cash resources. So, the natural instinct of most entrepreneurs is to pay as little as they can for most of the expenses…
10 Ways to Build Trust and Credibility With Your Customers
When deciding on your business, the first step is to identify a need or ongoing concern of your target market and provide a solution for it. In the case of…
Quality, Speed, and Cost: How to achieve all three in Innovation
A long-standing belief across chemical and industrial product companies is that it’s not possible to rapidly produce low-cost, high-quality products. Many companies dedicate their best manufacturing equipment and people…
Create Your Invisible Advantage through a Culture of Innovation
Want a Culture of Innovation? Here’s how to create an organization focused on freethinking, an entrepreneurial spirit, and sustainable value creation at all levels across all functions. Every organization…