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Zoom’s Return-To-Office Could Doom The Company
Exceptional leaders often excel as skilled storytellers, and for good reason. Once a company hits a certain level of organizational complexity, one of the most important tasks the CEO has is to craft intellectually coherent and captivating narratives about the firm, its purpose, and its performance. Failure in this task means undermining the very existence of the company; a sin…
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How to Make $10,000 a Month As a Public Speaker
Speaking can be lucrative. An experienced speaker can easily command $10,000 or more per talk. But how do you actually get those gigs? Speaking agent Katrina Mitchell has advice:"One of the biggest mistakes new speakers make is wanting to be all things to everyone," she says. They'll offer to speak…
This Family-Run Business Uses Bold Strategies for Success
In the late 1980s, Chip Fudge came to a realization that changed the course of his business. He was running the collection agency his parents started 20 years earlier, and one of its clients, Southwestern Bell, asked the team to help with some property claims it was struggling to recover.It…
Why Side Hustles Are Reshaping Careers in the Future of Work
Side hustles are here to stay. In 2024, 36% of American adults have a side hustle, with an average of $891 a month in earnings, a 10% increase from 2023 to 2024.But side hustles are more than just a way to pocket some extra cash — they are an onramp…
He Started a Business That Surpassed $100M in Under 3 Years
This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Ryan Close, founder and CEO of Bartesian, a company that produces cocktail-making machines for home bars. Responses have been edited for length and clarity. Image Credit: Courtesy of Bartesian. Ryan Close. What was your day job or primary occupation when you started Bartesian?I grew…
Campbell’s Is Ditching ‘Soup’ From Its Name. Here’s Why.
The 155-year-old Campbell Soup Company, the first to bring canned soups to the market, wants to drop the "Soup" part of its name and go by just the Campbell's Company. Shareholders "overwhelmingly" voted to approve the name change on Tuesday at Campbell's annual meeting, per the AP.The request reflects Campbell's…
10 Ways My Leadership Has Changed in 10 Years
Lemonlight recently hit its 10-year anniversary, and in honor of the milestone, I've been looking back at how much has changed for both the company and my role as a leader.I started by figuring things out as I went along, but my approach to leadership has evolved in some pretty…
How Entrepreneurs Can Create a More Inclusive Office Space
When discussing inclusive workspaces, we often refer to inclusivity from a cultural perspective. For instance, we might talk about activities that promote diversity, or we brainstorm DEI-focused hiring techniques. However, what's sometimes missing from the whole "inclusive office" conversation is how the actual office space (e.g., the building, the floor)…
Ditch the ‘Fake It Til You Make It’ Mentality — Here’s Why You Need to Be Honest About Your Weaknesses
What if I told you that a key precursor to success wasn't confidence or mastery, but rather vulnerability? We often hear about the importance of vulnerability from those with unquestionable credibility: a decorated athlete, an innovative CEO, a talented musician. They tell us how vulnerability is the linchpin of growth…
NFL QB Jameis Winston Shares Startup Success Game Plan
If there's one word to describe Jameis Winston, it's passionate. Whether firing up his team by eating Ws in a pregame speech, dancing through a postgame celebration while on crutches with a torn ACL, or, most recently, venture capital investing, the 2015 NFL first-overall pick throws himself wholeheartedly into every…
Want Your Workers to Be More Productive? You Need a Better Way to Measure Their Contributions
With performance slipping, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy called all corporate employees back to the office earlier this year. Butts in seats, five days a week.But will RTO solve productivity? The honest answer: Who knows?Productivity is a seemingly simple concept that proves notoriously slippery in practice. What does it mean to…
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Creative Ways Startups Can Earn Funding in Tough Economic Times
In a declining economy, startups face an uphill battle when it comes to securing funding.…
I Asked AI to Create a Plan for a Fake Company — The Results Blew Me Away, But Not in the Way You Might Think
With all of the recent news about artificial intelligence (AI), it got me thinking about…
Ideas To Transform You From Good To Better To Best
A while back, I took a couple of my grandchildren on a tour of the…
5 Crucial Challenges Startups Must Overcome
Startups face numerous challenges on their journey to success, and failing to overcome any one…