Some believe success is a matter of luck or good fortune. Not so says DLA Piper’s Bob Bratt, COO and former Executive Officer of the Criminal Division in the U.S. Department of Justice. Bratt says incorporating key practices of other successful business leaders can be the catapult of growth for any business entrepreneur. Here are a few tips for others like Mr. Bratt.
Sheryl Sandberg: Hire Big
Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook says one piece of good advice is when starting or growing your business not only should you think big, but hire big.…
Thousands of people set up their own company every day. Some do it so they can work for themselves; others because they have spotted a gap in the market, and there are those who want to make a fortune. If you want to get started in this, just wait – you would not bungee jump off a cliff without bringing the right equipment, so why start a business without being prepared? Taking some time to develop a plan will help you get ready for the risk and challenges to come, and help make your start-up business a success.…
Their apps and websites are familiar, and millions of us use them every single day – but how many of us really know anything about the entrepreneurs behind some of our favourite phone apps and websites? The massive popularity of their apps has taken the innovators by surprise, too.
Kevin Systrom & Mike Krieger
Kevin Systrom studied at Stanford University and went on to do an internship at Odeo, the company Twitter originated from. After two years with Google, he met Mike Krieger, a Brazilian entrepreneur and software engineer, and in 2010 the pair went on to found Instagram, the photo sharing app for mobile phones that allows users to take pictures on their smartphones, customise them and share them on the app or via Twitter and Facebook.…
Infographics visualize data; but a series of infographics can tell you a story. In this blog post, I will share 5 infographics on startup which can help guiding you to start right and grow right in your pursuit for success.
Are you a startup material?
Okay, let’s start with an infographic from TopManagementDegrees.com. Here’s a question for you: Do you have what it takes to start a business? Your passion can help you start a business, but understanding what you are going to go through on daily basis can make a big difference.…
It’s an exciting time for start-ups. With technology moving at such a rapid speed, there’s always something new on the horizon. And there’s no better feeling than knowing that you were onto something before it was cool. So, if you want to be ahead of the curb, here are six startups who you should start paying close attention to, because what they’re doing is bound to be the next big thing.
Tastes Like Chicken
With sustainability on every innovator’s mind right now, this start-up is trying to see how we can consume less of the world’s resources in what we eat.…
“There are no secrets to success,” says Colin Powell, because “it’s the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” No matter which path you take or where it leads, certain key components are shared by successful people. You don’t need a trust fund, prodigious talent or a massive IQ to reach your dreams, you just need to follow the wise words of those who have reached theirs.
Bob Parsons: Kiss Your Comfort Zone Goodbye
In his article “16 Rules for Success in Business and Life in General,” Bob Parsons, GoDaddy CEO, outlines his route to the top.…
Technology, these days, is moving at a pace that none of us could have imagined even a decade back. There is no surprise if a few businesses find it really tough to keep pace with the fast changing technology and understanding how this change can impact the overall growth of a business.
It can’t be denied that the good thing that we are getting to experience with this fast paced technology is its ability to boost productivity, save money and even improve collaboration for businesses in the long run.…
Kickstarter, for those who’ve been living under a rock for the past few years, is one of the hottest start-ups this side of the Sun. Through it, everyone from your neighbor to the biggest names in art, science, and the wildly creative can post a project, and provided it’s good enough (or at least not boring), people from all over the world can donate, crowd=funding the project(s) to fruition and getting some nice bonuses for their trouble. Sometimes, though, things don’t turn out as planned.…
Many business professionals use LinkedIn to help boost their career. LinkedIn allows you to connect with other business professionals, network with other people, learn more about specific companies, attend online presentations, join industry-related groups, read industry-related news and even find a new job.
Your LinkedIn profile also contains a variety of information. You can add personal and professional links to websites, current and past jobs, a small biography about yourself, and a list of awards and accomplishments.
One other feature on your LinkedIn profile is the ability for other people to be able to recommend you or for you to recommend someone else.…
If you ask an entrepreneur or a business expert about useful and operative marketing strategies and ideas, you will probably get hold of plenty of them but in reality, marketing strategies and ideas largely depend on the unique situations of businesses. Growing your business can be a challenge and when all the brand new strategies seem to fail, there is no harm in going back to the basics.
There are several marketing tactics from the “old school” that have been tried but now most of them have been left out in the dust.…
