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Entries Tagged as 'Leadership'

Three Stories from Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computers

April 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment

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 in business.

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Tags: Advice & Inspiration · Leadership · Running a Business

What’s Your EQ? Determine Your Entrepreneurial Quotient

April 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

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 [...]

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Tags: Leadership · Running a Business · Self Employment News

Sink or Swim: Networking and the Entrepreneur

April 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment

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? [...]

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How to Have a Business Conversation

April 17th, 2007 · No Comments

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 that [...]

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Tags: DIY Life · Leadership · Marketing · Running a Business

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! on Leadership

April 14th, 2007 · No Comments

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!

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Tags: Leadership