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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

Networking Isn’t All about You

Posted on November 6, 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 […]

View Post Ferrazzi Greenlight, Keith Ferrazzi

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

How to Prevent Burnout and Increase Productivity

Posted on October 27, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in Bill Gates, Competition, Competitive Advantage, Competitive Landscape, Facebook, Fear, Inspiration, Management, Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft, Preparation, Productivity, Steve Jobs, Strategy, Teamwork

Two heads are better than one. —John Heywood, English playwright. One of my favorite events in the Summer Olympic Games is the 4×100 meter relay. In this event, a team runs 400 meters total, once around a regulation athletics track, with four teammates running 100 meters each. Currently, Jamaica holds the world record time of […]

View Post Bill Gates, Eduardo Saverin, Fear, Google, Greed, Jamaica, Larry Page, Mark Zuckerberg, Michael Johnson, Olympic Games, Olympics, OmniPublisher, Paul Allen, Pride, Sergey Brin, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Track & Field, Usain Bolt, World Record, Yohan Blake

Choose Your Spouse Wisely

Posted on October 18, 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 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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3 Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Fridays

Posted on October 13, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in Employees, Friday, Motivation, Productivity

I hate weekends because there is no stock market. —Rene Rivkin, Australian stockbroker, entrepreneur. A few months ago on a Monday morning, I updated my Facebook status with the following: “I absolutely love Mondays. Not so thrilled about Fridays.” I anticipated some lighthearted criticism from my friends, but I didn’t think that my sanity would […]

View Post Easybeats, Employees, Facebook, Friday, Friday on My Mind, Happy Hour, Motivation, Payday, T.G.I.F.

Office Space Is Not a Priority, But a Good Team Is

Posted on October 9, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in Business Attire, Creativity, Employees, Failure, Misconceptions, Price, Productivity, Risk

I think, team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed. —LeBron James, NBA champion One of the most costly mistakes I have made as an entrepreneur is to rent high-end office space, thinking that it would foster growth through increased productivity and project a more professional image. It did none […]

View Post Buckhead, Prestige, Regus

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