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Do Not Wait: Put your Plan into Action Now

Admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:02:28 +0000

Waldorf believes it is important to grab opportunities as they come instead of waiting for the right moment. It is not an easy path, he notes. For this reason, he says an entrepreneurial career is not for everyone.

Passion: The Driving Force Behind an Entrepreneurial Career

Admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:56:12 +0000

It takes time to find the right career. You should not work on something you are not passionate about, says Waldorf. Instead, he emphasizes that people should work on a cause that they really care about.

Facing the Unexpected with Adaptability

Admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:52:20 +0000

Waldorf believes that in an entrepreneurial career, nothing plays out as expected. Being flexible and willing to adapt to new things is the key to success.

Taking Smart Risks While Not Following the Safe Path

Admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:48:59 +0000

Waldorf believes it is important to be self directed and follow one’s passion. Assessing risk, having success in past endeavors, and finding good people can mitigate the effect of following the path less traveled.

Working with Great People

Admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:45:20 +0000

Standford’s Greg Waldorf underlines the importance of collaborating with great people; people with qualities similar to those of good teachers or bosses. Once the right set of people is found, the company can function better on its own, he says.

Knewton Prepares to Take Education by Storm

Admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:25:08 +0000

By TechCrunch.

Here at the World Economic Forum in Davos, among the banking, shipping, steel and transport magnates of the global economy, there are a number of technology entrepreneurs floating around. As they rub shoulders with the likes of Eric Schmidt, Sean Parker, Loic Le Meur and Robert Scoble, it’s possible to peel them off from the crowd. I managed to catch Jose Ferreira, CEO and Founder of Knewton a startup which is aiming a silver bullet at the education problem with something that one might even call an audacious platform.

Ferreira has raised $54M to achieve this, which is quite a sum. Despite that, he is openly critical of VCs who do not think in such word changing arenas as education.

The Best Business Books That Money Can Buy

Admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:45:56 +0000

Entrepreneurs are always learning. Maximize your time and money by focusing on lessons that are inexpensive and accessible. There are a million books out there to sift through, and who has time? Don’t worry; we’ve done that work for you. Below is the short list of books that should make it onto your reading list. We’ve read them all, and these are the best.

We’ve also made it easy for you – just click on any title to go directly to Amazon, read a review or two, and buy if it resonates with you.

Entrepreneurship

The Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki
The Partnership Charter by David Gage
Growing a Business by Paul Hawken

Guerrilla Marketing by Jay Conrad Levinson

The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries

Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers

Democratizing Innovation by Eric von Hippel

Leadership

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

Blink

Crush It

Social Boom!

The Leadership Engine

Cross the Chasm

Leadership Challenge

The 360 Degree Leader

The Leadership Pipeline

4 Hour Work Week

Getting Things Done

The Effective Executive

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

The Leadership Challenge by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner

Strategy

Good to Great by Jim Collins

The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen

Execution by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan

Wharton on Dynamic Competitive Strategy

Good Strategy Bad Strategy

The %1 Windfall

Marketing & Sales

Crossing the Chasm

Why We Buy by Paco Underhill

The Experience Economy by B. Joseph Pine II and James H. Gilmore

The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

Management

The Essential Drucker by Peter Drucker
Out of the Crisis by W. Edwards Deming
Reengineering the Corporation by Michael Hammer and James Champy
The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox
The Great Game of Business by Jack Stack with Bo Burlingham
First, Break all the Rules by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
Six Thinking Hats by Edward De Bono

How Much Should You Push the Envelope?

Admin — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:44:00 +0000

Known for her stunning portraits of everything from crying children to grizzly bears, photographer JillGreenberg makes work that inspires controversy. In this short cut, she talks about the tension between doing commercial work and making an artistic statement, concluding that “fear is the opposite of creativity.” From the99percent.com.

Don’t Pursue Ideas With Obvious Conclusions

Admin — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:38:02 +0000

Drawing on his extensive research into radical extremism, Google Ideas Director Jared Cohen launched a new program that will bring together former militants and extremists from around the world to foster an “intellectual collision.” Through his narrative, Cohen shares the importance of unstoppable passion, the value of misperceptions, and why we shouldn’t mind being called crazy. From the99percent.com.

Scott Thomas: Designing the Obama Campaign

Admin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:17:52 +0000

As the Design Director for Obama’s 2008 campaign, Scott Thomas led a now-historic political campaign, in which branding, design, and the web played a truly pivotal role. Likening the experience to “building an airplane in flight,” Scott talks about the creative’s need for triage, the crucial role of incremental design improvements, and the importance of getting back to the hand and keeping things simple. From the99percent.com.