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Make Your Dreams Come True

Posted on April 15, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in Accomplishment, Billionaires, Courage, Dreams, Inspiration, Marketing, Millionaires, Success No Comments

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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Maximize Your Value

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in Apple, Business Plan, Calculated Risk, Competition, Competitive Advantage, Competitive Landscape, Courage, Customer Objections, Making Deals, Marketing, Negotiation, Networking, Premium, Price, Self-Discipline, Success, Talent

Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets. —Steve Jobs, cofounder, Apple As a sophomore in college, I cofounded a Latin jazz band called Río Negro with a Puerto Rican friend of mine who played congas. We loved everything about Latin music and […]

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Spend the Majority of Your Time with People Smarter Than You

Posted on April 5, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in CEOs, Competition, Courage, Strategy, Success

As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. —Proverbs 27:17 The average person is intimidated by smart people. I know firsthand: Whenever people find out what I scored on an SAT exam, they are shocked. (I have very proud relatives.) Some try to stump me on the spot with a complex riddle or math […]

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You’re an Entrepreneur Forever

Posted on March 26, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in Accomplishment, Calculated Risk, Competitive Landscape, Courage, Creativity, Dreams, Exits, Inspiration, Retirement, Self-Actualization, Self-Discipline, Success

“You take the blue pill—the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill—you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.” —Morpheus, in The Matrix As I grow older, I sometimes imagine how my entrepreneurial drive will change when […]

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An Idea’s Execution, Not Its Uniqueness, Yields Success

Posted on March 19, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in Accomplishment, Business Plan, Calculated Risk, College, Competition, Competitive Advantage, Competitive Landscape, Courage, Creativity, Dreams, Facebook, Harvard University, Marketing, Mavericks, Patent, Productivity, Risk, Serial Entrepreneurship, Silicon Valley

Ideas are easy. It’s the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats. —Sue Grafton, author I hate to rain on your parade, but your idea is not special. There are likely other entrepreneurs or companies with “your” idea, equally inspired to dominate the business world and to make millions. And when your […]

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Networking Isn’t All about You

Posted on March 16, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in Accomplishment, Business Plan, Courage, Human Resources, Mavericks, Mentor, Mentorship, Misconceptions, Networking, Productivity, Self-Actualization

The currency of real networking is not greed but generosity. —Keith Ferrazzi, founder, CEO, Ferrazzi Greenlight I hate networking. Well, I should qualify my statement. I hate what networking has become in many instances. As a result, I have altogether stopped going to self-proclaimed “exclusive networking events,” because they yield such poor results and waste […]

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Don’t Waste Time on People Who Can’t Say Yes

Posted on March 15, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in Courage, Creativity, Negotiation, Patience, People, Sales, Self-Discipline, Skills, Strategy

Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes. —Eleanor Roosevelt, former First Lady, United States of America Few things are more irritating in business than dealing with a person who pretends to be a decision-maker but in reality is just a subordinate. You know these misleading types. […]

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Turn Your Lack of Knowledge into Billions

Posted on March 13, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in Bill Gates, Billionaires, CheckFree, College, Courage, Forbes, Forbes 400, George Soros, Jeff Bezos, Kevin Plank, Larry Ellison, Mark Zuckerberg, Pete Kight, Preparation, Sales, Sara Blakely, Software, Strategy, Success, Technology

To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence. —Mark Twain, author, humorist. Pete Kight has a success story that is simply amazing. The company he founded, CheckFree, was acquired in 2007 by Fiserve for approximately $4.4 billion in cash. In many ways, his story sounds like other millionaire success stories that include […]

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You Are Odd, and It’s OK

Posted on March 12, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in Billionaires, Calculated Risk, Courage, Creativity, Fear, Mark Zuckerberg, Millionaires, Misconceptions, People, Productivity, Serial Entrepreneurship, Skills, Software Development, Steve Jobs, Success, Talent

Eventually, the nerds and the geeks will have their day. —Judd Apatow, film producer, comedy writer Chances are that when you think of the most successful and wealthy entrepreneurs, you don’t think of a group of weird people. Instead, you probably think of well-respected and brilliant people who exhibit all the admirable qualities of well-rounded, […]

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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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