There’s no genetic test for entrepreneurism but these three questions come pretty close. “…being an entrepreneur isn’t just something you do; it’s something you are.” You can’t just take a blood sample and determine if someone has the DNA of an entrepreneur. Still, I’m convinced from decades of observation and interaction that being an entrepreneur isn’t just something you do; ...
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Being aware of what you’re doing wrong isn’t enough to change. These four steps are… We’re all works in progress, trying to grow and change. But there’s no way around it, we carry with us good habits and bad ones. Often those bad habits are pretty well entrenched; not likely to be dislodged by even a direct nuclear hit. Many ...
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Do we search for meaning or do we create it? The answer may surprise you. “We all want to be part of something — an organization, a team, a community, a relationship — that somehow allows us to exceed our expectations of ourselves.” Inc.com may seem to be an unlikely place to find the meaning of life, but stick with ...
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According to Forbes, there are about 1,826 billionaires on the planet. Of those, 290 joined the club in 2015. That’s an increase of about 19 percent. At that rate, the number of billionaires could nearly double every four years, which means that in about 90 to 94 years (depending on population growth), every man, woman, and child could be a ...
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If I’ve learned anything in my short time on Earth it’s that there is no success without taking risk-even if it’s only taking on the perception of risk. That’s exactly what stops most people; the sense that standing still is safer than moving forward. We end up stuck on the shoreline as we wait for some untold future to arrive ...
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These five gadgets will help you to stay in control, focus on your content, and wow your audience. I’ve been on the speaking circuit for 25 years. I’ve learned a lot in that time about what makes a keynote presentation great; not just good but great. My previous Innovation Excellence article on Can You Present Naked Like a Master? covered ...
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If you’re intent on going the VC route, then what you do say in your pitch is just as important as what you don’t. While venture capital isn’t right for the vast majority of businesses, if you’ve decided to go that route then I’m going to assume you’re doing your homework on how to put together a really great pitch ...
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Not being totally honest with yourself about this might be the biggest mistake you will ever make. “The freedom to make my own mistakes is all I ever wanted.” – Mance Rayder, Game of Thrones I have an eminently simple philosophy when it comes to business and life; no decision is a mistake if you can look back on it ...
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A New Science is showing us how staying in-the-flow may be the most important part of building extraordinary teams. “I will never consider defeat, and I will remove from my vocabulary such words as quit, cannot, unable, impossible, failure, and retreat, for these are the words of fools and cowards. ” — Georgia Smoke Diver Creed At one time or ...
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The biggest challenge and greatest reward come from keeping the best people. Here’s how… Creating a world-class team is tough enough but keeping the team together, especially when you’re growing a company, is one of the greatest challenges you will face. One of the cornerstones of the success of my first Inc. 500 company was putting together a core team ...
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