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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008The following is a true story. The names have been withheld to protect the entrepreneurs’ competitive advantage. Once there was a startup that grew to the point that the newly hired employees began making decisions that troubled some of the long-time employees. Distressed, the tenured employees approached the CEO and expressed their concern that the [...]
Humble Pride –Steadfast Resolve Is Vital To A Startup’s Success
Monday, June 30th, 2008In the Western movie The Magnificent Seven, the protagonists are escorted out of the town they were hired to defend, unarmed and under gunpoint. Once they are a few miles out of town, their gun belts are tossed on the ground and the banditos who defeated them ride away. The group’s leader, Chris, played by [...]
Max Brand – Entrepreneurs’ Branding Maxims
Thursday, June 19th, 2008Frederick Schiller Faust is a nobody. His face evokes no recognition; his name conjures no associations, nor do eighteen of his nineteen pseudonyms. However, one of his aliases elicits widespread recognition. Nearly 65 years after Frederick’s death on the front lines during World War II, his celebrated penname remains an enduring brand that invokes a [...]
Time Wounds All Heels – The Importance Of Honesty To Successful Serial Entrepreneurs
Monday, June 9th, 2008Standing on the courthouse steps, moments after receiving his permanent residency Green Card, John Lennon was asked if he harbored a grudge against the Nixon Administration for tapping his phone, putting him under surveillance and mounting a multi-year attempt to deport him. Without missing a beat, John smiled and said, “Time wounds all heels.” Given [...]
Corporate Creed – Values, Desires, Purpose and Talents Are the Basis of a Startup’s Corporate Culture
Friday, May 16th, 2008No doubt about it, most Hollywood screenwriters disdain entrepreneurs. The negative depiction of entrepreneurs arguably reached its nadir in the film Wall Street. In one scene, Michael Douglas’s character proclaims, “Greed is good. Greed is right. Greed works.” He goes on to rationalize why it is OK to screw everyone on your way to the [...]
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