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Why Employees are More Important Than Founders in a Startup?

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Why Employees are More Important Than Founders in a Startup?

Hiring for startups can be very different from that of large companies. Huge multi-national companies are process driven and need employees who can follow instructions and processes diligently while everyday could be a fire fighting day for a startup. Many startups make the mistake of hiring employees who are merely looking for a job rather than someone who is looking for a life experience. A lot of entrepreneurial people have been turned down from jobs at startups because they challenge the status quo, and the founders fear that they might be training someone who might one day become their competitor. In an era where product cycles are shortening, and some of the largest companies today were startups merely 10 years ago, this fear is hardly palpable. Pavan Soni, a research fellow at...

What Google and Richard Branson Can Teach Us About Success

28Dec By AnkitaNo Comments

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What Google and Richard Branson Can Teach Us About Success

It’s all about seizing opportunities. The Entrepreneur Insider network is an online community where the most thoughtful and influential people in America’s startup scene contribute answers to timely questions about entrepreneurship and careers. Today’s answer to the question “What’s something you wish you knew before starting your business?” is written by Alexander Goldstein, founder and CEO of Eligo Energy. The main thing to remember whenever you decide to become an entrepreneur is that, at some point, your idea and your business will grow far beyond you while simultaneously taking over your entire life. It sneaks up on many aspiring entrepreneurs, and they’re left wondering how it all happened so fast. One day you have a great idea, and the next you’re on your way to become the next Ri...

24Dec By No Comments

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10 Mindsets of a True Winner

While mentoring a very sharp young entrepreneur the other day, it occurred to me that most founders and small business owners are in business without any real idea of what it takes to be a winner. That’s why they follow the Richard Bransons and Mark Cubans of the world -- so they can understand how a successful person thinks. Unfortunately, thinking is just the beginning. Becoming successful over the long haul is just as much about listening to your gut than your ability to reason. It’s more about building relationships than understanding yourself. It’s more about experience and execution than ideas. And it’s more about doing than dreaming. All that begins with a mindset that defines how you behave. A mindset that leads to action is the mindset of a winner. This is the mindset of a w...

Don’t Copy. Be Different. And Your Marketing Will Win.

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Don’t Copy. Be Different. And Your Marketing Will Win.

Gary Vaynerchuk nailed it when he said, “Marketers ruin everything.” Because it’s true. The moment they see people flocking to a new website, posting to the latest social platform or watching the hottest new TV show, they swarm in and fill it with ads for their stuff. To them, eyeballs equals dollar signs. And that is how it works. Until everyone starts doing it. Then, it’s an uphill battle to capture and keep your audience’s attention. In light of this, what’s the savvy business owner supposed to do? Well, rather than scraping the bottom of the marketing barrel, you can use a different strategy altogether. You can zig while everyone else zags. And when you do this, you end up light years ahead your competition. Today, I want show you three easy way to zig with your marketing and ...

The 4 Questions You Need to Ask When Starting a Business

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The 4 Questions You Need to Ask When Starting a Business

So you decided you want to be an entrepreneur. There are high failure rates, the nonstop work, and if you’re one of the lucky few whose business takes off, you get to shoulder the responsibility of other people’s livelihood depending on you. Of course, there is the flexibility to work when you choose, the perk of being your own boss, and the rewarding feeling of building something meaningful. You’ve weighed the pros and the cons and are convinced that being an entrepreneur is the way to go. But now you’re probably wondering, what type of business do I start? Here are the four questions I would suggest you consider before deciding what type of business you want to start: 1. Why are you deciding to start the business? This is the most important question to answer before you...

Are You ‘Intelligent’ Enough to Be an Entrepreneur?

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Are You ‘Intelligent’ Enough to Be an Entrepreneur?

Many people feel that they just aren’t smart enough to be an entrepreneur, yet there seems to be no convincing evidence that a high IQ is a prerequisite for this lifestyle. We all know of successful businesses started by first-time entrepreneurs who dropped out of school, and according to many sources, “street smarts” (experience) tends to trump “book smarts” (intelligence) every time. Another perspective is that there are in fact multiple types of intelligence, and we all have strengths and weaknesses along all of these scales. It does appear that most successful entrepreneurs are those with the broadest range of interests, skills and experiences (street smarts), while a maximum depth in any given discipline is not so important. Here are basic definitions for the eight most commonly...

9 Billionaires Entrepreneur Who Didn’t Graduate High School

10Dec By AnkitaNo Comments

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9 Billionaires Entrepreneur Who Didn’t Graduate High School

Did you know that “more than 1.3 million students drop out of high school every year in the US?” Considering that this makes a high-school dropout ineligible for 90% of jobs in the country, is there any reason to think that they’ll find success? Actually, there is. Though I don't recommend that anyone drops out of high school and I'm a big believer in school, there is hope if you've not been able to complete high school. In the 21st Century, successful people like Tumblr founder David Karp have left high school and entered the business work and have found some serious success. But, being a millionaire wasn’t good enough for these 9 billionaires who shunned higher education. 1. John D. Rockefeller Arguably the richest American of all-time, the founder of the Standard O...

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Apple releases first Arabic version of Siri

Reuters- Apple Inc on Tuesday released a version of its virtual personal assistant Siri for Arabic speakers in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, potentially making its iPhones more attractive in a largely affluent market of more than 30 million people. The move, part of Apple's latest software updates, means people in those countries will be able to use Siri in their native tongue on iPhones, iPads and the Apple Watch. It follows Google, whose Android phones' voice search function already offer some support in Arabic. "This is part of the consumerisation and personalisation of IT-based services that we're seeing at all levels of the industry," said Paul Black, director of telecoms and media at IDC Middle East, Turkey and Africa. Apple and its primary smartphone competitor...

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Don’t Forget Your Failures

There is a lot of emphasis on succeeding. And whether we buy the hype or not, we all want to succeed, especially if you consider success as "it works out the way I want it to." You know it feels good in the gut and in the heart because it worked out. So failing by that definition is that it didn’t work out the way you wanted it to. And [failing] is what we don’t usually get a lot of preparation for. She's right. But there's this, too: Failure is far from the only thing that entrepreneurs and business leaders don't get a lot of preparation for. When you're running a venture at breakneck speed, it's hard to pause even for a few hours or a few days, let alone reflect on what's happened in the recent past—for good or ill. And while most of us know that looking blindly toward the future with...

Send Giftwrapped Happiness for Everyone This Diwali With Giftease.com

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Send Giftwrapped Happiness for Everyone This Diwali With Giftease.com

Giftease.com now Helps you Send Diwali Wishes to Your Loved Ones With Their 'Special Combos' Diwali forms one of the most important and most-awaited festivals in India. People celebrate the festival of lights with sweets, dry fruits and gifts. Giftease.com - an online gifting specialist gears up and joins the festivities with its carefully curated assemblage of products. This season, they have come up with a range of special combos with elements that have the festive essence of Diwali and are varied to suit multiple tastes and add to the joy. People believe that the joy and luck Diwali brings multiplies when you share it. In spite of the geographical distance between families, during festivals, people long to connect with their family and celebrate together. While being together in p...

5 Ways to Grow Your Startup by Focusing on Mindshare- John Ruhlin

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5 Ways to Grow Your Startup by Focusing on Mindshare- John Ruhlin

While growing your startup, metrics serve as your markers for success. When you can command a sizable market share, you know you’ve made it. Right? Not exactly. Many entrepreneurs fall for this flawed thinking and get distracted from the metrics that really matter. To build an amazing business, you may only need 100 of the right people to know and love you. If you can grow to become a $10 million company with 20 percent net to the bottom line, who cares if you’re only reaching 1 percent of the market? Instead, you need to refocus your thinking on staying top of mind with those 100 key relationships -- or gaining mindshare. Often, this is when companies really take off. Prioritizing mindshare over market share doesn’t mean you have to ditch your metrics mentality. Mindshare focuses...

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What Motivates You- Brad Harker

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox What drives people to do what they do? Why do some people succeed while others fail? Motivation is generally defined as the force that compels us to action. It drives us to work hard and pushes us to succeed. Motivation influences our behavior and our ability to accomplish goals. (more…)