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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

How to Close a Deal Every Time

Posted on October 8, 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

Aptitude over Attire

Posted on October 7, 2021 by Kevin D. Johnson in Apple, Business Attire, Facebook, IPO, Mark Zuckerberg, Silicon Valley, Steve Jobs, Wall Street

Clothes don’t make the man. —Unknown. Apparently, Wall Street investors prefer that disruption be applied to business and not to fashion. When Mark Zuckerberg, cofounder of Facebook, began his IPO tour to persuade Wall Street investors to purchase stock in his company, he showed up in his iconic hoodie. In doing so, he continued a […]

View Post Analyst, Brooks Brothers, Business Attire, Dress Code, Fashion, Hoodie, Initial Public Offering, IPO, Izod, Michael Pachter, New York City, R. Jewels Diamond, Rolex, Silicon Valley, Wall Street

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