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School Is Not Necessarily Education

Posted on November 14, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in College, Education, Harvard University, Mark Zuckerberg, Millionaires, Morehouse College, PayPal, Peter Thiel, School

Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow. —Anthony J. D’Angelo, entrepreneur, education trailblazer. When I arrived at Morehouse College, I was focused on doing well in my classes so that I could get a high-paying job as a computer programmer. After catching the entrepreneurial bug during my sophomore […]

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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 […]

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A Check in Hand Means Nothing

Posted on October 29, 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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Pay Taxes Quarterly

Posted on October 21, 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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Build a Company That Is Systems-Dependent, Not People-Dependent

Posted on October 17, 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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