How to Get Lucky in Business
Shama.Tv: How to Get Lucky in Business with Frans Johansson, Author of The Click Moment
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The New New York, a Whole New Approach to Business
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Cool Gadget: Ball of Whacks
I recently received an awesome gift from an awesome friend of mine that will really help me get those creative juices out.. The Ball of Whacks!
The Ball of Whacks is the perfect creativity tool for innovators, artists, engineers, writers, students, and you! It’s a creative stimulant and a mental freshener!. The Ball of Whacks consists of 30 magnetic design blocks that can be rearranged into many, many shapes — including the beautiful 30-sided rhombic triacontahedron. More versatile than a puzzle and lots more fun than a brain teaser.
The Ball of Whacks comes with a 96-page illustrated creativity guidebook that provides you with tips, stories, exercises, and insights into the creative process.
Each individual piece of the Ball of Whacks is a “golden ratio” rhombic pyramid. Held in place by 180 rare earth magnets, these design blocks fit together to form a perfect 30-sided rhombic triacontahedron — geometry’s most beautiful shape.
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The 5 Things in Business that College Can’t Teach
Having a college education does not guarantee business success!
“What? You’re saying that I just wasted four years of my life? Possibly more? “
No, the time in college is not a waste. After all, there are many aspects of earning a degree that are necessary for success.
For example:
– Time Management
– The networking that college provides
– Self-Responsibility
– Connecting with people of different backgrounds
– Presentation Skills
– Organization
Notice I didn’t mention anything about actual business information? That is because memorizing all the business terms is useless information. That’s what Google does!
Here are The 5 Things in Business that College Can’t Teach:
1. The ability to adjust.
If you can’t adjust the original plans, you won’t succeed! Things will go wrong in the start-up process. There could be trouble with suppliers, coworkers, or developers. Maybe the whole company itself will need adjusted. There is one thing that life as an entrepreneur can guarantee: there is something new every day. Unless an adjustment is made to help the business, nothing will get done.
2. The ability to persevere.
As I mentioned above, things will go wrong. The successful entrepreneur has the ability to persevere through the “valleys”. Did you expect running your own business to be easy? Click here to read more »
Entrepreneur Checklist
Embarking on the journey towards entrepreneurship is exciting when envisioned in your mind but can be very daunting and demanding when actually materializing your ideas. Let me clearly state that being an entrepreneur is not for the faint of heart or those who are mentally weak. This career path will highlight your strengths and your weaknesses and will force you to focus intently on bettering yourself to find success. Are you tough enough mentally and emotionally? Are you prepared to work unbelievably hard and constantly keep a competitive mindset on how to better enhance yourself for success? This is what entrepreneurship demands of you on a continual basis. Make sure you are completely prepared and mindful of what awaits you as a hopeful entrepreneur.
Here are 6 personal tools needed to help assist you along your entrepreneurial journey.
Ambition
Just generating ideas in your mind about your success is not going to produce the desired results. You have to be willing to put in the necessary work and a little extra to get in the position you are seeking. When you speak to people about your business they should be able to feel the passion you have to see your ideas prosper. This demonstrates your ability to keep pushing towards your goals without hesitation until they are finally achieved.
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5 Struggles & Lessons Learned While Starting A Business
Let’s face it – starting a business in this day and age and in this economy can be scary, even downright terrifying. There’s so many “what ifs” to think about which seems to deter millions of people of taking the plunge. Here is a list of the top 5 challenges and struggles I have faced, which no doubt anyone can face, while starting their own business.
My biggest challenge was Fear
Will I be able to bring in enough money each month? How can I attract clients, and will they keep coming back? Did I make the right decision to pursue this full-time? Will people think I am crazy trying to start a business in this economy? I assure you, all of these feelings are absolutely normal. I found that in time I thrived on fear the most because I was more fearful on quitting and giving up then actually succeeding.
Determining your market and then finding your “niche.”
Finding your market is one thing, but determining your niche within that market is a little more difficult. Clients will be scared away if your market is too broad or generalized so definitely narrow it down to a specific product or service you are offering. Also, stake out your competition and do some real market research. You’re probably not trying to re-create the wheel here, but check out what your competition is doing and see how you can innovate the business to make it different or better with your “stamp” of creativity on it.
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Business Book: Little Bets by Peter Sims
Little Bets describes a set of simple yet often counterintuitive experimental methods to explore and develop new ideas, in work and life…
What is a “little bet”?
Little bets are a way to explore and develop new possibilities. Specifically, a little bet is a low-risk action taken to discover, develop, and test an idea. Chris Rock develops new comedy routines by making little bets with small audiences; Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos makes small bets to identify opportunities in new markets like cloud computing. Little bets are at the center of an approach to get to the right idea without getting stymied by perfectionism, risk-aversion, or excessive planning.
How is this approach different from and better than the typical way most people do something new?
We’re taught from an early age to use certain procedures and rules to analyze and solve problems, such as for math or chemistry. There’s an emphasis on minimizing errors and avoiding failure. These skills serve us extremely well when we have enough information to put into a formula or plan. But what happens when we don’t even know what problems we’re trying to solve? In those kinds of situations, engaging in a process of discovery and making little bets complements more linear, procedural thinking.
10 Must Read Business Books
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An inside look at 25 companies that have grown more adaptive to not merely survive but thrive in today’s challenging environment.
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The Only Three Questions That Count
Shows how to think about investing for yourself and how to develop innovative ways to understand and profit from the markets.
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Chairman and CEO of The Dow Chemical Company makes the case for reviving U.S. manufacturing and how to do it.
Venture Capital Finder’s Fee Agreement
The Venture Capital Finder’s Fee Agreement is used by individuals or entities who agree to pay consultants a fee to locate venture capital investors. The Venture Capital Finder’s Fee Agreement provides the terms and conditions for compensating the consultant, usually based on a percentage of the investment made by the client.
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Worth The While: Urban Dove Camp Lenox
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