True stories
about the people and businesses that shape my life, my community and my world.
Yesterday, I wrote about the shady role of a few start - ups in the government's bid to gather more and more intelligence
about people and businesses around the globe.
Be interested in getting to know more
about that person and their business.
Not exact matches
But the lack of privacy for Bitcoin
and just
about every other cryptocurrency is not only a problem for crooks, it's also a major barrier to adoption for regular
people and businesses.
Think
about how few
people seem bothered by Donald Trump's
business failings — in fact, some voters say that just shows he's a risk taker
and a dogged pursuer of the American Dream.
We've all met those over aggressive networking
people who only care
about themselves
and hand out
business cards
and compliments as often as they blink.
If nothing else, you need to know when
people are mentioning your
business, liking it, sharing it
and blogging
about it.There are plenty of apps out there that do just that so there's no excuse for staying in the dark.
A mastermind is simply this: a gathering of similarly - minded
people (entrepreneurs, for example,) who get together every once in a while
and talk
about what's going on in
businesses.
More broadly, there seem to be fewer
and fewer
people who believe there is anything fundamentally good
about the
business of technology these days.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Team Penske, which made it the perfect time to talk to Roger
about business, leadership,
and what he believes has contributed the most to his long - term success:
people.
People like to do business with other people, not with faceless corporations, and your About Us page is a great place to humanize your
People like to do
business with other
people, not with faceless corporations, and your About Us page is a great place to humanize your
people, not with faceless corporations,
and your
About Us page is a great place to humanize your brand.
When you meet someone at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon
and hand your
business card across the table, you add yet one more
person to those who know
about your
business.
We are looking to expand our
business so having
people take us seriously
and see that we care
about our community (a part of the mission statement) now seems more credible.
People who are building careers are the ones who take the assignments that everyone else shies away from as a way to gain valuable experience
and a new perspective, like the engineer who volunteers to work on a finance project to learn more
about that side of the
business.
They're ice breakers
and help
people put a face
and name to the
people they're
about to do
business with.
Justin McLeod: It started just because I was coming out of
business school at the time,
and I was
about to go back into management consulting where you don't meet that many new
people, you're traveling a lot.
«At Wazoku we are all
about innovation
and as a start - up we know that one of the biggest challenges faced by new
businesses is getting seen
and found by the right
people.
However, the best part
about this,
and the most powerful route that entrepreneurs take to scale their
businesses, is that if you know that sending 100
people to your site costs you $ 200, for example, but you get two
people to convert at $ 300 each, then you have a $ 600 return on $ 200 invested (300 percent).
If you're a small
business, doing your own PR is all
about crafting pitches
and getting them to the right
people.
The summer started with a reasonable (if clumsy) attempt by the government to stop incorporated individuals from taking advantage of the lower small -
business tax rate,
and ended with
people such as Arlene Dickinson, the investor
and Dragon's Den star, talking
about an assault on entrepreneurship.
«It's OK to exclude
people who can't follow the law
and their oaths as jurors, but you can't say that anyone with qualms
about capital punishment is ineligible,» Richard Re, an assistant law professor at the University of California at Los Angeles, told
Business Insider in an email.
Think
about the kind of
people you market to
and want to use your
business — then hang out with them via social media outlets.
So
people who know a lot
about airlines, from the
business side
and the union side, should be able to get into a back room
and sort this stuff out.»
Every
person who buys from you, every service that works with you, every
person who goes to your website — how can you make them more likely to talk
about you, share you
and bring in new
business?
«So in order to stand out, in order to have
people share stories
about you
and to evangelize for your
business on your behalf, you need to create these exceptional experiences.»
If rates rise across the board by one percentage point, it would amount to
about $ 91 billion a year in extra income
and thus extra spending money for these
people and businesses.
«The orientation should begin at the first click of the mouse when someone first goes on the company's website, so by the time the
person comes in for the interview, they already know quite a lot
about the organization,» says Richard Jordan, a
business coach who has been responsible for reshaping the recruiting
and orientation process at a number of technology firms.
Though we don't usually think of them this way, company technologists are often deeply knowledgeable
about not just technology but
about the company's
business processes
and people.
As
people worry
about Dropbox
and Box.com's future, companies large
and small are getting into the pure storage game; a
business backbone in the cloud
Are they
about how long they had to wait, had to talk to too many
people, the price, «your website says one thing but you say something else», «you say it's easy to do
business and I can't even get a price», «I didn't know
about your warranty», «you don't know what you're talking
about» — right?
«Think
about how you, as a
business owner, want to impact the world,» said Darn Good Yarn's Snow, who has made it her mission to create opportunities for other
people and small
businesses within her supply chain.
Since starting my podcast a little over a year ago, I've had the pleasure of interviewing some pretty brilliant
people about business, money
and the idea of success.
«Because it could be you have an online reputational issue because someone was upset
about something that has happened, but it's not actually the way you do
business and it's not what most
people are saying
about your company.»
I've heard from several young
people lately that they're excited by the possibilities of the technology sector
and want to start their own
businesses, but aren't sure how to go
about learning the technical skills to help them succeed — or whether they need to know the technical side in the first place.
And, think
about it, if I'm a star employee or a superstar volunteer or
business owner — whatever it is I'm so great at — if I get to socially share what real
people said
about me in a recommendation, what is that going to do to my bank account?
«Be really clear
about the assumptions you're making
about the
business you're going into,
and check those assumptions as quickly as you can — whether it's building a prototype
and testing it with
people, or just talking to other
people in the industry.
Give this process a try
and tell us
about your wins
and stumbling blocks here on One -
Person -
Business!
Then I remembered what Dr. Wiklund said
about why he hired me, in spite of my lack of medical experience; «You knew
business, you knew systems,
and you knew
people.
Have you noticed lately that
people are approaching you on a regular basis
about new partnerships in
business, philanthropy
and giving?
About Lewis Howes: Lewis is a
business coach, keynote speaker, athlete
and investor, who was recognized by President Obama as one of the top 100 entrepreneurs in the country under 30
and has been featured in The New York Times,
People, Men's Health, The Today Show
and other major media outlets.
Thanks to his contacts in the
business, the report costs him only $ 35,000 a year to produce,
and Hoffman says that when he asks recent hires, as well as
people who have declined recent offers, «What gave you a favorable impression
about us?»
We can learn a lot from hearing
about other
people's
businesses and career paths.
«If I had to speculate, [the layoffs occurred] because Fancy isn't making enough money to support the
business and pay salaries,
and the investment money from last year (
about $ 60 million) is pretty much all gone,» one
person says.
When you think
about conventional management thinking
and practices in a dog - eat - dog, transactional
business world, not enough leaders spend the time to do what Watson had to learn over his many years at Chevron: Getting results through the
people and relationship side of the
business.
In fact, they work really well in social stories, but will just annoy
people if you're blogging
about your
business and related topics.
As is often the case, the Government is busy pointing their finger at energy providers
and energy providers are busy pointing their finger at the Government - but no one seems to be doing anything
about it,
and the
people (
and businesses) of South Australia are caught in the middle.
Although Fiasco Gelato has regular meetings, huddles
and lunches with the intent of igniting collective creativity
and innovation, Boettcher doesn't watch when his employees come
and go,
and has never denied a vacation request: «You don't track the time
people spend thinking
about how the
business is going to get to the next level, so, why would I track their time off?»
Today
about 250,000
people,
businesses and financial institutions use Dwolla, with transactions on pace to total $ 1 billion in 2013.
Just because most of the
people in your
business are roughly the same age doesn't automatically mean that they're in accord
about how,
and who, should run the show
and who should be included in decision - making.
Be sure to do some homework
about the
business and the
person involved so when the company representative speaks, it's not all brand - new info.