Why the Most Wildly Successful Entrepreneurs Are a Little Naughtier Than Everyone Else
How do angels and VCs gauge the potential of founders? No two Angels or VCs are 100% alike, so your mileage may vary. Here is what I look for: Vision…
Your New Idea is not Where You Think it is
In the 1950s, in rural Oklahoma, at a place called Robbers Cave, several researchers performed an experiment we would find unethical today. They invited twenty-two eleven-year-old boys to participate…
Jerry Seinfeld’s 3 Keys to Success (and How Most People Stop After the Second)
Here’s something really obvious yet also really easy to forget: successful people are successful because they do things differently than other people. They think and believe and operate differently than…
The Best Innovation Conferences You Can Still Attend in 2016
there are nearly 300 innovation-related events taking place around the globe each year that should be on your radar. Many are still on the calendar and registration is open! Don’t end…
4 Tips for Overcoming Fears and Reaching Success
You have come across with an opportunity of a lifetime and you have to make a decision. However, this decision is not easy and involves you to change your life completely…
Verizon Purchased Yahoo: What Does This Mean for You?
Yahoo is no longer an independent entity. Verizon has purchased the service for $4.8 billion in a purchase that makes Verizon even larger than it was before. This broadband and…
How Most People Waste Their Time Off (and What You Should Do Instead)
So how was your Labor Day break? Did the time off refresh you? Did you use your long weekend to the fullest? Are you fired up and ready to come…
Rejection Is in Your Future: 5 Ways to Handle It
Every startup faces a chorus of “no’s” in the early days. It’s that stage when a company is little more than an unproven idea, a few slides in a PowerPoint…
How to Navigate Organizational Change Without Destroying Your Company’s Soul
Globalization and technology have shifted companies focus and priorities. The focus now is on new technology, innovation, higher share prices and profit margins, lower operating costs, along with exceeding customer…
You Should Play to Win in Business
At an event in our hometown, A.G. Lafley, CEO of Procter Gamble, the keynote speaker at the FedEx Institute of Technology’s Innovation Expo, shared a wealth of insights on…
Are You Making This Common Major Career Mistake?
There’s plenty to learn about personal branding. You can also find lessons about things successful people do to get that way. Far less often do people stop focusing so much on…
How 6 Fast-Growth Software Companies Are Surviving in the Challenging SMB Market
When you think of online forms, file sharing, competitive intelligence, marketing automation, lead generation and social media management, you likely think of the giants. While the enterprise companies in those…
7 Ways to Leverage Existing Customers for More Sales
In sales, chasing down new leads and hunting for new business is the most obvious way to boost sales. But it’s not necessarily the smartest approach for winning more sales. In…
Here Are 4 Things I Would Have Done Differently as a Founder
Birthdays are a great time for reflection. The startup that I co-founded in 2012 turns 4 this month, and I’ve decided to look back on the past four years and ask…
The 3 Ways You Can be Certain Your Customers Feel Appreciated
To help your business grow, you should always start with a simple question: “How can I get better?” Customer feedback is incredibly important: It will help you understand and answer that…
How to Boost Customer Loyalty Using Analytics and Actionable Insights
As ecommerce grows, so do return rates: About one in three online purchases is returned. For online apparel purchases, the rate is closer to 40 percent. That has triggered the growth…
How To Achieve Entrepreneurial Success — With No Friends, No Money, No Real Expertise
As host of the Success Hackers podcast, I interviewed Leonard Kim, who’s managing partner of a company called Influence Tree. Kim’s team teaches you how to build your personal brand, get…
Pleasant Surprises Are the Best Customer Service
On the Sunday of Labor Day weekend, I received an email from a customer asking if we could ship out a monogrammed writing portfolio for a last minute thank you…
How Complaining Rewires Your Brain for Negativity
Research shows that most people complain once a minute during a typical conversation. Complaining is tempting because it feels good, but like many other things that are enjoyable — such as…
This Buying and Selling Mobile App Just Raised $119 Million
We all have odds and ends sitting around that we wish we could sell, and the solutions in the past two decades have been either Craigslist or eBay. OfferUp, with…