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Choose Your Spouse Wisely

Posted on February 25, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in Calculated Risk, College, Dreams, Facebook, People, Productivity, Risk, School, Self-Discipline, Success

The most important career choice you’ll make is who you marry. —Sheryl Sandberg, COO, Facebook As I watched my life play out on the big screen in the movie The Social Network, I smiled, reminiscing about my college days when I, too, was an instant campus superstar like Mark Zuckerberg, cofounder of Facebook. It was […]

View Post Kanye West, Mark Zuckerberg, OmniPublisher, P. Diddy, Sheryl Sandberg, The Social Network

Build a Company That Is Systems-Dependent, Not People-Dependent

Posted on February 24, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in Business Plan, Calculated Risk, Education, Employees, Management, People, Preparation, Productivity, Risk, Skills, Software Development, Strategy, Success, Talent, Teamwork, Technology, Uncategorized

Systems are the essential building blocks of every successful business. —Ron Carroll, entrepreneur, business coach As a computer science major in college matriculating with some of the brightest students from around the world, I quickly learned that my computer programming skills were not the most economical. I could get the job done, but not in […]

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Hire Slow, Fire Fast

Posted on February 19, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in Employees, Human Resources, Management, Mentor, Mentorship, People, Talent

Hire slow, fire fast. —Unknown. I recently received a desperate call for help from one of my mentees, who is working hard to grow his new clothing company. He sought advice about how to deal with a lazy business partner who is preventing the company from moving forward. My mentee wrote, I have been working […]

View Post Attrition, Human Resources

How to Close a Deal Every Time

Posted on February 15, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in Employees, Marketing, People, Preparation, Sales, Strategy, Teamwork

Beauty awakens the soul to act. —Dante Alighieri, Italian poet. Excited to hit the pavement and to sell advertisements for my new magazine, I visited a local mom-and-pop store near my alma mater, Morehouse College. After my sales pitch, I waited to hear if the business owner would place an ad in my next issue. […]

View Post Black in America, Black in America: The New Promised Land, Cadillac, Chelsey Rodgers, CNN, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Ford, Investors, Los Angeles Lakers, Miss USA, Morehouse College, Silicon Valley

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

Posted on January 27, 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. […]

View Post Eleanor Roosevelt, Sales

You Are Odd, and It’s OK

Posted on January 24, 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, […]

View Post Cass Business School, Cisco, dyslexia, Geeks, John Chambers, Judd Apatow, Julie Login, Kinkos, Mark Zuckerberg, Nerds, Paul Orfalea, Richard Branson, Steve Jobs, The Economist, Virgin Group

Recent Posts

  • Success Is Not the Goal February 26, 2021
  • Choose Your Spouse Wisely February 25, 2021
  • Build a Company That Is Systems-Dependent, Not People-Dependent February 24, 2021
  • 5 Steps to Address Customer Complaints Properly February 23, 2021
  • Ask Better Questions and Win More Business February 22, 2021

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