Archive for Entrepreneur View
-
Public Speaking Skills Webinar – September 16, 2010
Sign up TODAY for my next "Virtual Brunch Webinar" Not everyone wants to be a professional speaker, but everyone can benefit from presenting with more impact. My rule is "just because someone is smart or has done something cool, it does not mean they belong on the stage!". Too many business pr...
-
If HP is Headless, Then Is Dell Brainless? Acquisition Lessons for a Startup
We can’t take credit for asking that provocative question which references the battle for 3Par –but it leads us to the following question: What can a startup learn from this battle of the titans? The lesson is simple: know your positioning in the value chain of your market niche, in order to ...
-
The Mystery of a Disciplined Process
“Mystery” and “process” aren’t often used together. A process is commonly thought of as a way to replace mysterious methods of accomplishing a goal with a well-documented, step-by-step procedure that, if followed precisely, always produces the desired result. CEOs can be mystified when ...
-
Maximize Your Conference (Part 8 of 10) "Give Feedback To The Organizers"
Maximize Your Conference (Part 8) "Give Feedback To The Organizers" by Thom Singer When you attend a conference you automatically become part of the community. The people who plan these events are not some distant bureaucrats working with a counter agenda, but instead you are all on the...
-
2010 Greater Austin Business Awards – September 1st
On September 1st I will be the Master of Ceremonies for the 10th Annual Greater Austin Business Awards (Hosted by the Austin Chamber of Commerce). This is the fifth year in a row that I have the honor of being the MC for his major event in the local business community. The theme this year is "...
-
All Companies Are Tech
My wife's 70 year old aunt, who is a Catholic Nun and lives in Rome, visited us last week. After getting settled in the guest room the first thing she asked was if we had high-speed wireless. She pulled out her laptop and logged into the server of her religious order in Italy. From our kitchen ta...
-
What Martial Arts Teaches Me About Productivity and Control
I have the honor and the privilege of being a student of the Shoshin Ryu School of martial arts. I’ve recently returned from the annual Nationals conference, this year in Boise, Idaho, where students and sensei from the dojo all over the country gather for 4 days of intense training. It’s so...
-
Why “Time Management” is No Longer Relevant
Search engines, billions of websites, targeted advertisement and easy access to digital content provide us with myriad ways of taking care of our most complex informational and entertainment needs. What is now scarce, and therefore valuable, is the user’s attention, which explains the intense effo...
-
Turning Productivity into Passion, Part 2
A while ago I wrote about one of the greatest benefits of increased productivity: the extra time it allows you to give back to a cause you believe in. I am fortunate to be on the board of an Austin non-profit called GENaustin (Girls Empowerment Network). GEN’s mission is to foster healthy self e...
-
Rethinking Competitive and Complementary Positioning
Who knew that 3Par was such a hot commodity? Not anyone on Wall Street or the IT research group community. One week Dell is bidding $1.13 billion for a company valued on the NYSE for $605 mm, and the next week, HP is bidding $1.5 billion for the same company. Everyone is still surprised since...
