I had a rude awakening recently. I checked the days’ worth of sales from one of my sites and there were none. This had never happened before and of course I was anxious to find out what was wrong.
Business Lessons Learned From The Mall
Normally in this column I dispense highly-intelligent small business advice in response to thought-provoking questions submitted by future and fellow entrepreneurs. This week, however, I have a couple of questions for myself, one of which makes me wonder how truly intelligent I really am.
Job-Search King of the Hill — Tough Career Lessons Learned on the Playground
When you were a child, did you ever play a game called “king of the hill?” In my childhood neighborhood we had a low sand hill just right for playing king of the hill. A dozen of us would rush to the hill to scramble and push our way to the top. The hill only allowed one person on top-the king, the champ.
If I could start over… Lessons learned in e-publishing business
As my online business approaches its 1st anniversary, I look back on my efforts and results, trying to summarize and draw conclusions. What would I have done differently if I had to start from scratch again? What could I have done better? If you are just starting out in an information publishing business, or thinking about going into an e-business, the information I will share with you could be absolutely priceless as I will speak completely from personal experience.
If I had to do all over again, here are the things I would do differently:
Top Ten Lessons Learned in Internet Business
Since starting my Internet business back in 1997, I have
learned many lessons along the way. These lessons have
played a major role in my success, and I’d like to share
them with you.
Downsizing Lessons Learned
Since the 1980s, about 10 million jobs have been eliminated and the downsizing trend continues as organizations hope to cut costs and improve performance. Yet, research has shown that most of the anticipated economic and organizational benefits of downsizing are not achieved. Downsizing is a chaotic and uncertain experience at best. Unfortunately, there are few guidelines on the best way to achieve the desired results. Below are a few things that we have learned about downsizing:
Lessons from LearnKey: What the CEO Needs to Know (continued)
This specialization makes the complex production process a simple series of easily duplicated steps. Think the factory floor of any major car manufacturer.
Lessons from LearnKey: What the CEO Needs to Know
LearnKey founder and CEO John Clemons decided early on that his company could not be all things to all people. That’s why he decided his company would be the best e-learning production company in the world. This decision bears out in the breakdown of employee function: only ten percent of their 100 or so employees are in sales and marketing, while 75 percent work on scripting, directing, filming, editing, design, programming, and other aspects of production.
Leadership Lessons from the Pearl Harbor Disaster
One strategy for achieving your full leadership potential is to study history, and learn from the mistakes of others. I recently read At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor, the definitive 889-page study of the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. The bountiful human errors of leadership suggest lessons for leaders that may help you prevent your competitors from catching you and your company off guard and asleep.
One Short Story, Three Very Important Lessons
I buy a lot of books online. So many, in fact, that I built my own website (Booku.com) which searches the big online stores and locates the best prices for me. It’s nothing fancy, but it does the trick.