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4 Common Reasons Your Business Could Fail

Posted on January 16, 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 January 15, 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 January 14, 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 […]

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2 Qualities That Make a Perfect Mentor

Posted on January 13, 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 January 12, 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 January 11, 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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Success Is Not the Goal

Posted on January 10, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in Facebook, Generation Y, Instagram, Mark Zuckerberg, Self-Actualization, Serial Entrepreneurship, Success

Nothing recedes like success. —Walter Winchell, newspaper and radio gossip commentator. In 2009, Canadian recording artist Drake released “Successful,” the second single from his third release, titled So Far Gone. The song has a melodic and a catchy chorus: “I just wanna be, I just wanna be successful.” The same lyric is repeated over and […]

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