Why I’m The Right Person To Be Uber’s Next CEO
Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek. The name is tarnished and the brand bruised. Uber is no…
How to Help Millennials Overcome Failure
According to a Babson College survey, 41 percent of 25-34-year-old Millennials cited “fear of failure” as their biggest roadblock to starting a business, up from 24 percent in 2001. It…
Revitalize Your Company Culture in 1, 2, 3
By Mattson Newell (@MattsonNewell), Director at Partners In Leadership. Organizational leaders reported in a recent Global Workplace Accountability Study conducted by Partners In Leadership that to improve business results they…
This Founder Is a Gambler at Heart. Learn How Risk Led Him to Opportunity.
Apply now to be an Entrepreneur 360™ company. Let us tell the world your success story. Get Started » As a teenager, Mike Wittmeyer loved online poker. Because he was…
4 Reasons Why In-Person Meetings Provide Unmatched Value
Apply now to be an Entrepreneur 360™ company. Let us tell the world your success story. Get Started » A few weeks ago, I had an early morning meeting (on a…
Increase Your Business Acumen with These 12 Books
Apply now to be an Entrepreneur 360™ company. Let us tell the world your success story. Get Started » As exciting and exhilarating as starting a business can be, running…
Your Guaranteed Tons of New Customers with this Killer Referral Program
Apply now to be an Entrepreneur 360™ company. Let us tell the world your success story. Get Started » Last year at The Newsletter Pro, we introduced an amazing referral…
Want to Succeed at Data-Driven Transformation? Start Slow
Some organizations race into data-driven transformation. Others want to get everything “right” first. There’s an optimal balance between moving too fast and moving too slow, but few companies get it…
Digital Transformation is about Customer Ownership
Customer ownership means establishing direct contact between the company and the customer: Knowing how to track users by their purchases, friends, and actions before and after purchasing a product or…
Mathematician warns against weapons of ‘math’ destruction
Companies and customers don’t spend much time thinking about the negative side effects of data science, but they may want to start. In her new book, Weapons of Math Destruction,…
Data skeptic Cathy O’Neil explains why we need to regulate algorithms
The expectation these days is that data science will deliver smarter, fairer, less biased and more consistent decisions. But according to Cathy O’Neil, data scientist and author of the recently…
Woman at Work
Own It: The Power of Women at Work by Sallie Krawcheck, Crown Business, 2017 When Sallie Krawcheck lost her high-ranking Wall Street job in 2011, she was intent on learning…
The New Class of Digital Leaders
Illustration by Lars Leetaru A growing number of companies have embraced the need for strong digital leaders. Our 2016 study of chief digital officers (CDOs), which analyzed the presence of…
Is Diversity in the Boardroom Reversing?
After rising steadily for the past seven years, the number of women in the boardroom actually fell in 2016. According to Heidrick Struggles’ latest Board Monitor study (PDF), women filled…
Sense and Respond
by Braden Kelley Interview with Jeff Gothelf I had the opportunity recently to interview fellow author Jeff Gothelf to talk with him about his new book Sense and Respond, which…
Agile Intrapreneurship at LabCovéa [Interview]
by Nicolas Bry Philippe Lebeaupin is Innovation Coach at Lab Covéa (insurance company), and one of the founders this incubator for entrepreneurs. In the interview below, he explains in details the…
The New Stars Of The Islamic Economy: Finocracy Melds Finance, Ethics, & Technology
This is part of the series: The New Stars Of The Islamic Economy, featured in the June/July 2017 issue of Inc. Arabia Magazine. Muslims account for one out of every four…
The Case For More Intimate, Curated Meet Ups for VCs and Entrepreneurs
My contention is the smaller and more curated the event is, the more value it generates. Participants with similar backgrounds and interests will draw more concentrated value from their interactions.…
How Involving Your Team Ignites Ownership Behavior
For years, leaders at the top of many organizations often had more knowledge than those on the front lines. Today, the game has changed. Technology has put knowledge in the…
The Billion-Dollar Market Apple’s Self-Driving Cars Will Generate (That You Should Watch Out For)
With summer comes swimming and splashing in water. Eventually someone climbs up to the diving board and shouts, “Cannonball!”. Everyone shrieks at the impending ripple effects and waves generated by…