February 2012
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Great quote about being an entrepreneur...
The entrepreneur in us sees opportunities everywhere we look, but many people see only problems everywhere they look. The entrepreneur in us is more concerned with discriminating between opportunities than he or she is with failing to see the opportunities. - Michael Gerber
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The actual value of the "top" in organizations -...
Interesting conversation in Charleston SC about the actual impact of senior leaders in organizations. The popular mythology has it that “tone is set at the top.” I would argue otherwise that the tone at the top becomes the glass ceiling for the rest of the organization. Low ceilings sustain pessimism and high ceilings sustain optimism. When tone ceilings are low, even people with great passion...
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'PayPal Mafia' Gets Richer - Businessweek
The Yelp executives join Facebook Inc. investors Peter Thiel and Reid Hoffman and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. founder Elon Musk on a short list of ex-PayPal employees poised to generate big-time riches from pending IPOs. PayPal, which developed an online payment system, was purchased by EBay Inc. for $1.5 billion in 2002, making many of its early employees rich and eager to pursue new...
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Why Pinterest Is Playing Dumb About Making Money -...
Commissions on sales for affiliate links vary widely, but they average around 5 percent. After SkimLinks cut, that’d be 3.75 percent (although SkimLinks says they can sometimes negotiate deals that would keep the percentage closer to the original number). So, Pinterest has 10 million users. Let’s say that the average across all of them is that they buy items valued at $10 in a month...
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6 Tips for Tapping Pinterest's Surging Popularity...
Some tips: Create categories. Take a cue from Warby Parker Inc. of New York, with its Pinterest profile showcasing the brand’s eyewear, combined with other images that are intended to say something about its culture and mission. Notice how its profile is separated into categories, or “pin boards,” with themes such as “Fresh New Frames” and “Sunglasses...
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Download The Mobile App Roadmap PDF and get a $48...
via mobileapproadmap.com If 2011 wasn’t the year of Mobile, 2012 will. I’m excited to be part of the Mobile App Roadmap Report and Event with Barb Cagley to help organizations learn how to effectively launch mobile initiatives.