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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 Use AI While Minimizing Environmental Harm
The use of artificial intelligence is on the rise across almost every industry, and the ways it can be used are expanding as we speak. AI can be tremendously beneficial across a variety of fields, but it can also have drawbacks — one of them being a substantial impact on…
How to Secure a Premium Domain Without Raising Prices or Attracting Competitors
Buying a premium domain delivers a killer blow to the competition because it establishes authority for the brand. This strategy is especially useful in the current digital economy, where a company's website significantly influences its branding. Why reveal your intentions publicly for everyone to see? You will undoubtedly end up…
Siblings With Self-Funded 8-Figure Brand Share Business Tips
Rae and David Liu, the brother-sister co-founders behind luxury leather accessories brand Leatherology, "had the entrepreneurial bug" from a young age — but they didn't make the leap to business ownership right away.Image Credit: Courtesy of Leatherology. David and Rae Liu. Originally from Dallas, Texas, the siblings' early work experiences…
Why Entrepreneurs Should Stop Obsessing Over Growth
Most business owners obsess over growth. More customers. More features. More revenue. But private equity (PE) investors focus on something different: capital efficiency.They ask a sharper question: Where is our next dollar best spent? This isn't just a finance exercise. It's a mindset. And it's one every business owner can…
He Went From $471K in Debt to Teaching Others How to Succeed
Joe Crisara didn't set out to be a business coach. Like most tradespeople, he started with a toolbox, some hands-on skills and the dream of working for himself. But six years into running his own company, he found himself $471,000 in debt and on the brink of bankruptcy. That's when…
‘Timmy Failure,’ ‘Pearls Before Swine’ Creator Stephan Pastis on Creativity
Ever get so absorbed in your work that you forget to eat?That's nothing compared to best-selling author and cartoonist Stephan Pastis who told me, " I kid you not, when I'm coming out of a writing session, when I walk out the front door of the studio, I don't always do…
Why Entrepreneurs Are Swapping Beach Vacations for Longevity Retreats
Summer used to signal a slowdown. It was a time to unplug, travel for vacation and maybe answer emails poolside. But for most entrepreneurs and executives I know, including myself, "slowing down" feels more like a slogan than a reality.Amidst growing businesses, leading teams and showing up for family, it's…
From ‘Side Project’ to 8-Figure Business: Left On Friday
When Laura Low Ah Kee and Shannon Savage met while working at Lululemon in 2005, the Vancouver, Canada-based athletic apparel brand wasn't yet the global phenomenon it is today.Image Credit: Courtesy of Left On Friday. Laura Low Ah Kee, left, and Shannon Savage, right. "The term 'athleisure' didn't exist yet,"…
Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Obsess Over Metrics
Here's a fun thing that happens in product management. You wake up one morning and your daily active users are down 15%. Your conversion rate, though? Up 8%. Customer satisfaction scores just hit an all-time high, but your churn rate is creeping upward. Your metrics dashboard looks like a Jackson…
How I Stopped Letting Emotion Sabotage My Leadership — And How You Can Too
For years, I let fear, ego, and loyalty influence my biggest decisions. It felt noble. Human, even. But looking back, I can see how much it held us back.Once I learned to pause, recognize what I was feeling and act from clarity — not emotion — everything changed. I became…
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