When you think of the great inventors, you probably think of people such as Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Graham Bell and even Steve Jobs — people who have brought entirely new concepts to the market. But great ideas and innovations don’t have to change the world. Sometimes the best new product opportunities start with small improvements […]
Intel’s Andy Grove often said “Only the paranoid survive.” The competitive marketplace is changing rapidly today, and to succeed you must be constantly adapting and reinventing your company. Only 71 companies remain today from the original 1955 Fortune 500 list. Think about some of the brands you used to love that no longer or barely […]
In the famed children’s fable, “Alice in Wonderland,” Alice says, “Sometimes it seems as though I have to run twice as fast just to stay in the same spot.” Does that sound like your business? If you’re running around in a frenzy getting nowhere, here are some ideas to help you propel your business forward. […]
The world’s future leaders overwhelmingly believe that today’s businesses can grow only if they can innovate – and that today’s business leaders aren’t demonstrating they’re up to the task. While that’s the thinking of nearly 5,000 millennials – the 20- to 33-year-old generation – at least one baby boomer, the innovator who transformed the U.S. […]
It’s tough for small businesses to compete head to head with major corporations when it comes to providing fringe benefits such as health-care coverage, tuition reimbursement programs or matching 401(k) plans. But small businesses do have one advantage — they can create a company culture and environment that attracts the best and the brightest by […]