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Not Every Founder Is A CEO And Not Every CEO Is A Founder

If your business is NOT growing, REMOVE the word AND from that title Founder and CEO...

It Is Easier To Invest Than Influence

I have said this once before but I wanted to say it differently this time because I recall a story that put it in perspective. Before I tell the story, I want to remind you that you are being influenced every day of your life but NOT all of it results in a POSITIVE impact for you. So, if it is NOT positive it has to be negative. There is NO NEUTRAL to IMPACT. Influence leads to POSITIVE or NEGATIVE impact. With that said, I do NOT want to discourage you from making a POSITIVE impact on your...
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Live Streaming As A Feature Is Stupid Or Smart?

This is usually a segment that happens in the SMART STUPID group but I wanted to write about it briefly because one of my followers sent me an article a few days ago that inspired this post. First, let me mentioned that there are two perspectives....the app creator and the app user. This post will be talking about both but at a high level. Plus, live streaming as a feature of a product has been around for a while but only recently have become popular. With that said, many are watch streamers...

First Startup In The Category But Lost 91% Of The Market Share

This was a bitter sweet moment for me because over the past few weeks buzz has been building around this companies new camera line and at the same time they are in serious financial trouble. The company I am referring to is Gopro. Gopro is currently a publicly traded company that is looking to be acquired. How does a company go from raising hundreds of millions of dollars and years later losing their market share to competitors? The answer is NOT simple but i am going to make it...

Real vs Fake Gurus

Reader, The other day a guy asked me a specific question about a commercial building blueprint I was reading. I proceeded to answer the question but as I was in the middle of my response, he then mentioned what his boss said that was slightly different. Then I stopped and posed a question that caused him to look at me crazy. While this post is NOT about commercial real estate blueprints, it is about BRANDING. Ask yourself this: What is YOUR definition of a GURU? Most people think that as long...

If your business is NOT growing, REMOVE the word AND from that title Founder and CEO...