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Articles posted by Kevin D. Johnson

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A Check in Hand Means Nothing

Posted on March 8, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in Banks, Calculated Risk, Education, Money, Personal Finance, Risk, Sales, Youth Entrepreneurship

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty. —Plato, Greek philosopher If I had listened to my intuition, I could have saved myself some trouble. I would have heeded the many clues that the shoddy owners of the mom-and-pop business gave me. I would have run out of their dubious restaurant as fast […]

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How Your Family History Can Propel You to Entrepreneurial Success

Posted on March 7, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in Courage, Harvard University, Inspiration, Kauffman Foundation, Motivation, Oprah Winfrey

Inspiration comes from all different places. —Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO, DreamWorks Animation. Oprah Winfrey is known for making guests on her show cry. However, this time, she was the one who would shed tears, overcome by the significance and serendipity of the moment. In 2007 I stumbled upon a television special titled Oprah’s Roots: An African […]

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How to Prevent Burnout and Increase Productivity

Posted on March 6, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in Bill Gates, Competition, Competitive Advantage, Competitive Landscape, Facebook, Fear, Inspiration, Management, Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft, Preparation, Productivity, Steve Jobs, Strategy, Teamwork

Two heads are better than one. —John Heywood, English playwright. One of my favorite events in the Summer Olympic Games is the 4×100 meter relay. In this event, a team runs 400 meters total, once around a regulation athletics track, with four teammates running 100 meters each. Currently, Jamaica holds the world record time of […]

View Post Bill Gates, Eduardo Saverin, Fear, Google, Greed, Jamaica, Larry Page, Mark Zuckerberg, Michael Johnson, Olympic Games, Olympics, OmniPublisher, Paul Allen, Pride, Sergey Brin, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Track & Field, Usain Bolt, World Record, Yohan Blake

Tell Everyone about Your Business

Posted on March 5, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in Courage, Creativity, Inspiration, Marketing, Mavericks, Mentor, Mentorship, Misconceptions, Motivation, Networking, Sales, Serial Entrepreneurship, Talent, Youth Entrepreneurship

Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn’t music. —William Stafford, poet For the past two years, I have had the privilege of being an instructor for the Teenpreneur conference, a two-day program that has taught thousands of teens the vital concepts of entrepreneurship. Along with other instructors who are entrepreneurs, I […]

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4 Common Reasons Your Business Could Fail

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in Competition, Competitive Landscape, Strategy

Competition is very good. . . . It’s what makes one strive to be better. —Christine Lahti, actress, film director. Ninety-five percent of the time, arrogance leads entrepreneurs to believe that they have no competition in the marketplace. However, on rare occasions, arrogance isn’t the true cause of this belief. Instead, arrogance is an effect […]

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Don’t Hold Grudges

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in Altruism, Business Plan, Failure, Humility, Patience, Perseverance

Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools. —Albert Einstein, German physicist. Entrepreneurship is a humbling exercise in learning how to deal with your negative feelings, so as to do what’s best for your company. One of the most difficult feelings to tame is anger caused by a prospective customer who finds no value in […]

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You’re in Sales, Whether You Want to Be or Not

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in Accomplishment, Apple, Competition, Competitive Advantage, Competitive Landscape, Facebook, Failure, Making Deals, Management, Mark Zuckerberg, Marketing, Misconceptions, Risk, Sales, Serial Entrepreneurship, Software, Software Development, Strategy, Success

Timid salesmen have skinny kids. —Zig Ziglar, author, motivational speaker Reality hit us like a Mack truck and stopped us dead in our tracks. Although we reached our goal of creating OmniPublisher, one of the first content management systems built specifically for newspapers and other periodicals, we realized that we forgot to include the most […]

View Post Apple, Eduardo Saverin, Facebook, George Cloutier, Goldman Sachs, Mack Truck, Mark Zuckerberg, Netflix, OmniPublisher, Pandora, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Twitter, Webvan, Zig Ziglar

2 Qualities That Make a Perfect Mentor

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in Advisory Board, Board, Mentor, Mentorship, Preparation, Strategy

Everybody can tell you how to do it, they never did it. —Jay-Z, recording artist, entrepreneur. Since I started my business, I have been fortunate to have excellent mentors who have helped me to grow as an entrepreneur. In fact, not only have they been great advisers, but they have also brought me valuable clients. […]

View Post Advisory Board, Angel Investor, Board, Fear, Initial Public Offering, Mentors, Mentorship, Venture Capitalist

Pay Taxes Quarterly

Posted on February 28, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in Advisory Board, Education, Employees, Fear, Finance, Fortune, Millionaires, Misconceptions, Money, Research, Risk, Strategy, Youth Entrepreneurship

You don’t pay taxes. They take taxes. —Chris Rock, comedian, actor I was anxious out of my wits as I sat in my chair waiting for the calculations to tabulate. I had dreaded this day ever since the previous January, when I knew I had only three months left until the deadline. On that early […]

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Make Your Dreams Come True

Posted on February 27, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in Accomplishment, Billionaires, Courage, Dreams, Inspiration, Marketing, Millionaires, Success

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. —Walt Disney, founder, the Walt Disney Company. As he approached the middle of the basketball court, Michael Jordan had tears in his eyes. It was halftime during his final NBA All-Star Game in 2003, a highly emotional moment for sports fans […]

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  • A Check in Hand Means Nothing March 8, 2021
  • How Your Family History Can Propel You to Entrepreneurial Success March 7, 2021
  • How to Prevent Burnout and Increase Productivity March 6, 2021
  • Tell Everyone about Your Business March 5, 2021
  • 4 Common Reasons Your Business Could Fail March 4, 2021

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