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In my years of working with new business founders, I have often heard the promise that their new idea will create the next Amazon or Apple, but I rarely hear the more important promise that the founder will practice all the good habits of winning business leaders like Jeff Bezos and Steve Jobs. You Read More

Any business founder with a vision can postulate a new business, but it takes a collaboration of many people to make it a success. Today the complexity of forces required for success include multi-disciplinary skills, competencies, and experiences in which the whole is greater than the sum of the p Read More

Every business founder wishes that he could predict whether his idea could be the “next big thing,” before he spent his life savings and years of energy on it. Investors, on the other hand, typically don’t even look very hard at the product or service, but prefer to evaluate first the business own Read More

A common request I hear from aspiring new business founders is for an assessment of their latest idea. I don't even try to critique things at the idea level since I can't read minds to fill in the details. I can evaluate execution plans if you have any. Yet I believe that business success is more a Read More

As a business consultant and a mentor to many entrepreneurs, I am convinced that continuous learning is a mindset and a skill that defines the most successful business leaders. When you put learning at the center of everything you do, you validate your relationships, encourage improved engagement f Read More

Are you one of those people who believe that happiness at work is an oxymoron? If so, maybe it’s time to rethink your perspective, and perhaps start enjoying work for a change. As an advisor to new owners and new ventures, I’m seeing a refreshing new focus by Millennials on work and successful new Read More

You can't survive as a new business founder without resilience, because you are going to fail at least once, maybe multiple times. That's the nature of trying something that's never been done before. Resilience means not giving up and being energized by what you have learned. As Thomas Edison said, Read More

During my experience in business, I have met or worked for many executives who are strong and recognized leaders, and dealt with others who have similar positions and titles, but are unable to lead effectively. The differences always seemed more mental and emotional, rather than skill or experience Read More

As a business advisor, one of the most disheartening things I see in business today is a serious lack of commitment at all levels, consistent with various global engagement surveys, finding that less than twenty percent of workers fully engaged in their job. I see people walking around every day li Read More

More business owners want to be socially responsible these days, but fear a negative impact on profits, growth, and the ability to find investors. In the short run, there are real costs associated with the triple bottom line of maximizing profit, people (social), and planet (environment). But very Read More