Advice From the Big Dogs will be a short-running weekly series gathering relevant advice and inspiration from successful entrepreneurs and key business people. To start us off, here’s the 2005 commencement speech Steve Jobs, co founder and CEO of Apple Computers, delivered at Stanford University. It’s a must read for any person serious about succeeding [...]
Probably everyone reading this knows what IQ stands for and what their own IQ is. But what about EQ? Your EQ, or entrepreneurial quotient, can help you see how well you compare to successful entrepreneurs. Following are two tests that can help you see how well you are suited to entrepreneurship, though they are not [...]
Networking. For some it’s a dreaded word, a feared part of doing business. But, it’s absolutely vital to success, especially if you are on your own in the business world. For the typical entrepreneur, 2/3 of business comes from direct personal contact (networking and referrals). Then all entrepreneurs must be great networkers, right? Unfortunately, that’s [...]
In the course of climbing the corporate ladder, or of just managing the little corner of the world you occupy, you have to communicate with people. It’s not always easy, but you have to do it. Some of this communication amounts to simple conversation, and it’s been dawning on me for a long time now [...]
Here’s a quick lesson five things you need to be a good leader – all culled from Russ Meyer’s masterpiece B-movie Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!