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I recently wrote about Apple’s 2007 launch of the iPhone, and how the most consequential thing to come out of that keynote was easily the most overlooked. That happens because until we’ve experienced something we don’t know what to expect or to watch for.  In the process of writing that, …

Kalika Yap, an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member in Los Angeles, is founder and CEO of both Citrus Studios, a branding and design agency, and Orange & Bergamot, a creative agency for female founders. As the host of EO’s Wonder podcast, Kalika interviewed Maggie Drake, co-founder and CEO of Bandolier, the original cross-body phone accessory. Kalika …

Today I’m going to share with you a really neat trick that will improve your life. It’s worked for me, anyway. And it has to do with listening multidimensionally to what other people say, and thus being very tuned in to decipher their motivations. Frankly, you’ll probably understand their motives …

Over the 20 years I’ve been in business, I’ve noticed only a fraction of business owners pay attention to their business credit profile, but it’s a critical factor to keep watch over. Although the credit bureaus take their mandate to provide accurate and timely business credit information seriously, mistakes happen. Your business credit …

The surprise album drop isn’t new. On a random Thursday in December 2013, Beyonce announced on Instagram that her self-titled album was available on iTunes. For big names — and few are bigger than Beyonce — that strategy can work. Her album hit #1 on the Billboard charts the next week. …

Most companies waste hundreds of thousands of dollars and man hours on unnecessary or ill-conceived market research. I know whereof I speak because for six years, I worked in a marketing group inside the software division of a huge high tech firm. Our group spent around $2 million a year …

If there’s one thing about work that the coronavirus hasn’t changed it’s that drinking coffee is an inextricable element of most everybody’s workday, at least in the USA. And that’s a good thing, because the science says that coffee is a super-food. Drinking two to four 8-ounce cups of coffee …

There are plenty of skills entrepreneurs need to be successful, but in an interview from more than a decade ago, Bill Gates suggested that sales skills may be the most important differentiator between success and failure. Speaking at the 2007 Salon des Entrepreneurs conference in France, the Microsoft co-founder said that …

In addition to a human tragedy of epic proportions, Covid-19 has proven to be a a huge business challenge and — for some — a growth accelerant. As Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has written many times — such as in this 2016 shareholder letter — the outcome all depends on how you …