Some time ago I posted an argument against seeking an ROI for Social Media tools. My point was that social media tools are a communication medium that are rapidly becoming ubiquitous: the need to justify the expense of implementation will be replaced by cost/return comparisons between competing technologies. But here is an even more salient [...]
Do you remember that part of The Muppet Show where they would put four kids on the screen and you’d see that one of them was different in some respect? Three of the kids would be playing baseball, and one would be holding a football – “doing his own thing”. Welcome to the entrepreneurial life. [...]
Some people are infectiously driven by their work, while others seem to trudge through the day, just trying to get through – what is fundamental difference between these people?
Success is one of the most overused and diluted words in the popular lexicon. It really doesn’t mean anything when I say it to you, or you say it to me. It is a valueless value. “I want to become a successful success at succeeding.” Right. But I recently came across this quote from Booker [...]
Jim Collins, author of Built to Last and Good to Great, is interviewed in the current issue of Inc. Magazine (April, 2009). Jim is one of my favorite business writers, and he offers some gems of hope, promise and optimism for today’s entrepreneur.