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Your Customer Is Your Boss

Posted on November 20, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in Apple, Competition, Creativity, Customer Objections, Customer Service, Facebook, IBM, Misconceptions, Research, Social Media, Software, Software Development, Strategy, Success, Teamwork
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The customer determines at the end of the day who is successful and for what reason. —Jerry Harvey, inventor, entrepreneur Everyone talks about how entrepreneurship affords you freedom and independence to do what you want. No longer do you have to suffer the rigid and long hours of corporate America. Nor do you have a […]

View Post Apple, Bank of America, BlackBerry, Circuit City, Facebook, IBM, Jerry Harvey, likes, Verizon Wireless, Wells Fargo

You Don’t Always Have to Be the Smartest One in the Room

Posted on November 18, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in Accomplishment, Apple, Business Attire, Creativity, Employees, Misconceptions, Self-Actualization, Seniority, Serial Entrepreneurship, Steve Jobs, Youth Entrepreneurship

You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak. —George Clooney, actor, director Have you ever listened to a CEO of a major company speak and wonder how in the world that person got to be CEO? Perhaps this “imposter” is not very articulate at all, or has no clue about the company and seems […]

View Post CEO, George Clooney, Steve Jobs

You’re an Entrepreneur Forever

Posted on November 16, 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 […]

View Post Alice In Wonderland, Chick-fil-A, Morpheus, Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize, The Matrix, Truett Cathy, Wealth: Is It Worth It?

How to Leverage Resources Like a CEO

Posted on November 15, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in College, Competition, Competitive Advantage, Creativity, Fortune, Making Deals, Marketing, Mentor, Robert T. Kiyosaki, Skills, Strategy, Success, Uncategorized

People with leverage have dominance over people with less leverage. —Robert T. Kiyosaki, author, Rich Dad, Poor Dad. When I started my media company, very few prospects wanted to buy advertisements. They saw the tremendous value in my media outlets, but always tried to leverage what they had instead of paying. For example, I approached […]

View Post College, Fila, Leverage, Mentor, Resources, Robert T. Kiyosaki, Selling

The Little-Known Reason Starbucks Has over 19,500 Locations

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in Creativity, Global Growth, Howard Schultz, International Business, Starbucks, Strategy, Travel

Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit. —Frank Borman, retired NASA astronaut. The other day while checking out new books at Barnes and Noble, I came across the story of how a young Howard Schultz, the current CEO of Starbucks, was inspired by a trip he took to Italy that would change his […]

View Post Creativity, Global Growth, Howard Schultz, International Business, Italy, Milan, Starbucks, Strategy, Travel

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

Posted on November 9, 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 […]

View Post Atlanta, Grand Canyon, Groupon, Harvard University, LinkedIn, Mark Zuckerberg, MSNBC.com, Noam Wasserman, Reid Hoffman, Silicon Valley, Sue Grafton

Build Your Network Creatively

Posted on November 7, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in Altruism, Creativity, Ingenuity, Inspiration, Mavericks, Networking, Productivity, Research

It isn’t just what you know, and it isn’t just who you know. It’s actually who you know, who knows you, and what you do for a living. — Bob Burg, best-selling author, Endless Referrals If you go to hit-or-miss networking events to build your business, you probably aren’t making the best of your time. […]

View Post Bank of America, Bob Burg, Bob Littell, Endless Referrals, H&R Block, Habitat for Humanity, Nationwide, Net Weaving, Wells Fargo

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

Posted on November 5, 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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You Are Odd, and It’s OK

Posted on November 2, 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

There’s No Such Thing as a Cold Call

Posted on October 30, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in Angel Investor, Cold Calls, Creativity, Education, Making Deals, Negotiation, Preparation, Research, Sales, Skills, Strategy, Success

A winning effort begins with preparation. —Joe Gibbs, former NFL coach, race team owner At a recent entrepreneurship conference where there was a panel with angel investors, an audience member asked the following questions, “Do you take cold calls? And if you do, what should I, as a business owner seeking capital, say?” One of […]

View Post Capital Growth, Daymond John, Forge Intellectual Capital, Joe Gibbs, Timothy Reese, Valerie Gaydos
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