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Align Your Equation for Success. How to Make Your Equation Greater than the Sum of It's Parts

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Michael MacNair |
Strategy - Small Business - Entrepreneurship - Leadership - Management - Sales - Marketing |
Fri, 02/03/2017 - 22:56

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts – Aristotle.

What will make your life whole? What does this equation look like? The whole of your life done well makes for exponential happiness. Its greater than the sum of its parts! Take for example the great Steve Jobs. He achieved amazing success in business, yet he believed his life was a disappointment. What if the sum of a great life, great family and great business achievements were all his?

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Are You Telling Stories--Or Anecdotes?

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Dianna Booher |
Strategy - Self Governance - Entrepreneurship - Leadership - Management |
Wed, 01/18/2017 - 02:58

The new CEO wanted to slug it out of the ballpark at his first all-hands meeting. Employees were watching the broadcast from around the globe. Obviously, engaging those assembled in the auditorium in front of him would be much easier. But he didn’t want to miss the first opportunity to gain their confidence that he could handle the job vacated by his predecessor.

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Preventing a Founder Feud

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Guest Blogger |
Strategy - Entrepreneurship |
Fri, 01/06/2017 - 00:13

Andrew Eisenberg, Partner, Lee & Hayes

When a company is set up, there are many aspects to consider; one such aspect is the allocation of company shares.

Many founders dislike the idea of vesting shares to founders, themselves, and, instead, grant shares outright. The problem is that it’s very common for at least one founder to leave a company early on – whether it’s a disagreement, a change in circumstances, or a dream job.

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The Rules of How C-Level People Rule

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Leslie Ungar |
Small Business - Entrepreneurship - Management |
Tue, 12/27/2016 - 20:55

In communication the number three is an important number. From childhood we remember Ready, Set, Go, the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria, and breakfast, lunch and dinner.

So it should come as no surprise that my most recent CEO lessons came in a series of three.

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Silicon Valley’s mystique isn’t being exported

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Ray Zinn |
Entrepreneurship |
Tue, 12/13/2016 - 22:45

Silicon Valley’s aura is unique. Try though they might, other localities have yet to replicate it and likely never will.

In The Valley where I helped drive the semiconductor industry, we thrive on doing, and every vector of activity is based on doing things big. Nobody in the Silicon Valley technology world dreams of starting anything less than a global business. A good starting point for us is a million customers or users. Changing the world is considered the norm. In a word, Silicon Valley’s culture is geared to the exceptional.