by Chuck Kocher | Feb 23, 2015 | Great Entrepreneurs, Misc.
We tend to look at entrepreneurs as people of great vision. That’s probably true at some level, but it’s not the whole story. In a recent post, Amy Wilkinson, Author of The Creator’s Code: The Six Essential Skills of Extraordinary Entrepreneurs, focused on a...
by Chuck Kocher | Feb 16, 2015 | Great Entrepreneurs
Steve Jobs is often held up as a shining example of what it means to be an entrepreneur. Even though his faults were well documented, nobody could argue with his brilliance, his drive, his persistence, and his feel for where the market was heading. But what about the...
by Chuck Kocher | Jan 19, 2015 | Business Growth, Great Entrepreneurs, Misc.
There are plenty of “me-too” entrepreneurs out there. That may sound like a contradiction in terms, because we tend to think of entrepreneurs as exceptional people. But some people seem to stand head and shoulders above others in the marketplace. They are truly...
by Chuck Kocher | Dec 29, 2014 | Great Entrepreneurs, Misc.
Apparently people think that Google is a pretty great place to work. Both Glass Door and Fortune picked the Mountain View, California high-tech company as the best place to work in 2014. So what’s so good about Google? Well, nothing succeeds like success, and Google’s...
by Chuck Kocher | Dec 1, 2014 | Great Entrepreneurs, Misc.
When most of us think of entrepreneurs, the characteristics that come to mind tend to fall along the lines of: self-starter, intelligent, hard working, driven, visionary, risk-taking, and boundary pushing. People like that are the ones that make things happen, right?...
by Chuck Kocher | Nov 11, 2013 | Great Entrepreneurs
When most of us think about Las Vegas, we think about gambling. Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos has been known to make a gamble or two in his life—especially when he finds an idea he believes in. And when Tony thinks of Las Vegas, he thinks of gambling as well—but it has...
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