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3 Top Reasons Startups Fail: Obvious But the Numbers Suggest Not
These Reasons May Seem Obvious… Yet Few Seem to Grasp Them Because Such A High…
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Choose Your Mentor Carefully
Choose Your Mentor Carefully Do you and your company have a mentor? A mentor can…
Strategic Inflection Points
Apple & Microsoft: Changes in Fortune
Today I want to discuss the dramatically different situations of Apple and Microsoft, and I…
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Too Many Web Apps, Too Little Money
Web app development is yet another case of the 1% versus the 99%. Only one…
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Why Industry Analysis?
Entrepreneurs always hear about the importance of market research. So what is “industry analysis” and…
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People Skills Are Essential to Negotiation Success
Negotiation is at the heart of a business. Winning customers, building partnerships, and securing vendors are all negotiation processes. The skills required to negotiate successfully are complex: inter-personal communication, sales skills, a bit of analytical psychology, assertiveness, and conflict resolution. In short, for a company to do well, the lead negotiator must like people and know how to deal with many different types of people.
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Social Entrepreneurship: The New 21st Century Calling
Social entrepreneurship is an approach by start-up companies and entrepreneurs, in which they develop, fund and implement solutions to social, cultural, or environmental issues. The Camp in Aix has made social entrepreneurship a key part of their program. My students and I worked with Enactus, the international non-profit group which helps develop SE projects world-wide.
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Silicon Valley Jerks And The Companies They Ruin
Auguste Rodin was an obsessive genius, horrid toward his family and other people. This type of personality has been evident throughout history. Silicon Valley high tech jerks have also been around for decades. The “bad” Steve Jobs is only one of many examples. A more recent example would Uber’s Travis Kalanick, whose behavior arguable has severely damaged Uber’s business and its IPO. The conundrum we face with these people is that once they are in place it can be very difficult to remove them.
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Mayo615 Plans Live Interactive Webinars For French Tech Entrepreneurs
Now that I have a large number of weekly viewers, and subscribers, I want to use this update video to again offer a bit more about myself, and to give you advance notice of my plans for delivering more online streaming and live video content in the next few months. I am specifically looking for your feedback comments to assist me in making those plans most effective.
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The Critical Role of Corporate Culture
Last week I showed a graphic that at its center had the words “the critical role of corporate culture.” Entrepreneurs need to grasp those words as the very core of the formation and development of their new business. You have a unique opportunity to build the culture you want, to build your team and the values you want your entire team to share. The company will develop its own culture if you do nothing, so it is better to intentionally form it and nurture it.
