3 Ways to Create Successful Proprietary Tech
Imagine a driverless car behaving more courteously than the driver sitting next to you. That’s what Drive.ai is looking to do with its iteration of a smart car: It’s experimenting…
5 Productivity Tips You Haven’t Heard a Million Times Before
When it comes to making each day more productive, you’re used to hearing the same tips over and over again. Resist the temptation to continuously check your email. Wake up…
No One Said It Would Be Easy to Be Disruptive
What does it take when the road to business growth is ever longer, bumpier and filled with potholes? The topic made the media decision makers uncomfortable – really uncomfortable. So…
Combine These 3 Things and Become a Master of Any Industry
Habits are universal. We are all human. Which means that success and how it is achieved is also largely universal. What someone learns in one industry is often extremely similar…
Innovations in Fintech
Technology automation tends to have two phases: In the first phase, automation replaces human decision-making and process with an inflexible set of rules, often creating new problems even as it…
Six Reasons why Cross-Functional Innovation Teams Fail
Once you have identified a great idea for a new product or service innovation what do you do? Many firms put together a cross functional team (XFT) and tell…
When Customer Loyalty Programs Backfire
Bottom Line: Customers who don’t hit the target to qualify for a reward are apt to hold it against the company and make fewer subsequent purchases. Loyalty programs have exploded…
What CIOs can learn from the Facebook CIO job posting
Hybrid CIO One of the notable aspects of the CIO job posting is how traditional IT it reads. The new CIO’s responsibilities will include “governance,” “building and enhancing an enterprise…
Make Security a Priority in Digital Transformation
Over the last couple of years, cyber-security has emerged as the No. 1 challenge facing organizations evolving into the digital age. And, it seems like just when one would think…
SAP’s S/4HANA Migration Pivot Offers Lessons For IT Pros
Enterprise application giant SAP made an unplanned change to its own migration to its updated S/4HANA ERP and in-memory database platform. Here’s how the acquisition of Concur changed SAP’s approach.…
How the Gig Economy Is Changing Work for Women
Until very recently, women have had only two options: to lean in or opt out of the workplace. But today, a growing number of us are refusing those limitations.…
The Secret to Great Partnerships Is the Triangle of Talent
People commonly develop partnerships when their business is at the ground level, just starting out. At that point, it’s hard to say if your skill sets will be complementary…
3 Ways to Marry Music and Technology to Grow Your Startup
The creative spirit of Nashville, Tennessee, home to the Grand Ole Opry and the legendary Music Row, embodies more than just honky-tonks, cowboy hats and guitars. The city is…
4 Ways Small Businesses Can Survive the Slower Months
Car manufacturers, retail stores, news production and residential construction are also subject to seasonal changes. Obviously, many businesses in these industries can keep their doors open, so there must…
4 Ways to Thrive as an Entrepreneur Outside the Valley
Startup communities around the world are leveling up. The opportunities once found only in prominent startup ecosystems can now be seen everywhere, and savvy entrepreneurs are taking advantage. I’ve…
How Ford Created a Huge Market by Lowering its Prices
The following excerpt is from Richard Koch and Greg Lockwood’s book Simplify. Probably no one in business today can remember the earthquake caused by Henry Ford, and even in…
5 Ways to Penetrate an Already Saturated Market
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How to Know If Your Business Should Have an S-Corp Strategy
When it comes to tax strategies for entrepreneurs, I am convinced that the S-Corporation (S-Corp) is one of the most powerful long-term strategies to build upon. The tax benefits,…
You Don’t Succeed by Making it Difficult to Buy From You
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2 Powerful Traits That Will Help Founders Grow Their Business
In an attention getting paradox introduced by authors Zook and Allen, they explain the relationship between growth and complexity. In their words, “growth creates complexity and complexity is the silent…