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"Given that 93% of companies, that ended up being successful had to change their initial strategy, any capital that demands that the early company become very big, very fast, will almost aways drive the business off a cliff instead."
"Given that 93% of companies, that ended up being successful had to change their initial strategy, any capital that demands that the early company become very big, very fast, will almost aways drive the business off a cliff instead."
How 25 Teen-Trepreneurs Succeeded And Left World Leaders Perplexed
This is actually a title from a book that I recently bought at a discount. I love discounted books and I have been very lucky that this book is one of the books that I bought at significant ROI – at least 1,000%. I have bought several other books with similar ROI – Fifth […]
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Reviving Youth Unemployment
“The number of young people out of work globally is nearly as big as the population of the United States”. This headline certainly will make you wonder whether the youth unemployment is really that bad, the answer is YES. This report was published in The Economist back in April 2013, “Generation Jobless”. It takes at […]
MoreThe Execution Premium
Today’s world is full of ideas. Why? With a quick search on Google you will find at least a million pages on almost anything you want to know. From as general as cook books to as specific as writing resume. Consulting business thrives on this superb accessibility to information including other knowledge-based services as well. […]
MoreHappy And Performing
In his book called Brain Rules, Dr John Medina said that happy brains perform significantly better because stress hurts brains and people. Other than the jumbo-mumbo cells damage because of stress attacks, stressed brains also resulting to depression, performance decline, truancy, loss problem solving abilities and creativity and physical deterioration. Well, some dose of stress […]
MoreMalaysian Olympic – Not About Talent
I watched my favourite sport, basketball, with great interest. It was a match between Russia and Spain. The first two quarters led by Russia, it was probably then the Spanish could have said ‘bastante!’ (means enough in Spanish!) in the next two quarters. The Spanish won by 67-59 in the semifinal. The Spanish will be […]
MoreDiscovering Gems In Interns
As I am writing this article, there are hundreds of thousands students in Malaysia that will be completing their university final year examination this year. These undergraduates will then disperse around the country to look for internship. Some will make to the top companies, while some to small and medium ones. Some will probably decide […]
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New Interview with PTMBD_Dato’ Hj. Ameer Ali bin Mydin
Now, this is what i called real-stuff. I know this man not by chance, rather through some work i did with Mydin Holdings Berhad some years ago. Since then i have been keeping in touch and learning as much with Dato’ Ameer, occassionally when I am @ Subang Jaya I will text to say I am […]
MoreManagement – Performance Now
“The management boom is over; the time for management performance has come.” Peter F. Drucker; Management: Tasks, Responsibilities and Practices, 1985 Today’s management is all about performance and results. Management can be found in big corporation to government to non-governmental organization to military and self. Management is an organ that sits inside a body and […]
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PTMBD_Interview with Huza Radzi of Westin KL (Part 2)
Organizational Issues 6. Is it easy to find good talent for this industry? What is the entry level? It is never easy. Leaders are made, not born. But some leaders are just better at it. Some are direct, some are introvert, some no-nonsense and so on. Leaders need nurturing, give them chance to explore, […]
MoreBASIC – How to Create Successful Product
BASIC This is the first step; you need to have a BASIC product. At this stage this product will have some features and benefits that appeal your primary customer segment. Talking about customers, to have shorter period to achieve critical mass, my advice is to develop market driven product. Look at your customers and […]
MoreMarketing Dilemma: Social vs Business
Marketing is the strategy for any organization to grow their business. If only you have read about “marketing” at core, you would understand. if you find your marketing definition equivalent to sales or advertising or branding solely, emmm…you got to do a lot more research, reading and learning. Because marketing, by right will make the sales, branding […]
MoreBuilding A Company Without Borders: How I Am Going To Do It?
I got this title as i was reading an article in Harvard Business Review (April 2010) – How Did I Do It. Whereby the CEO of Reckitt Beckinser (RB) – Bart Becht wrote a very useful article on how he grew the company to become one of the most fearful competitors in the housing cleaning products […]
MoreSelling Skills for Business Fitness
How many of you work as a salesman? How many of you enjoy sales? How many know someone that don’t enjoy doing sales but working as a salesman? How many of you need some recharge and newer perspectives and ways to get your sales momentum? Read on. I think i just found a nice piece […]
MoreDeceptive Marketing
This marketing strategy is not new. It has been in practice for many years by many service providers as well as manufacturers. We have experienced faulty products, low quality products and some were totally scam. All in the name of cost and profit. It is understandable if the company that does this is from small, […]
MoreCoaching as Strategy
I have written some entries on this blog about coaching, but I think coaching as a subject deserves more than that. I will not brag about what others say about coaching because that will be repetitive and meaningless for you. I will write my experience in coaching and how you can compare and contrast with […]
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Marketing Plan E-Book Is Going to Launch Real Soon!
My marketing plan e-book is going to be launched.
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