by Chuck Kocher | Nov 4, 2013 | Business Growth, Coaching and Encouragement, Great Entrepreneurs, Key Ideas to Think On, Strategic Thinking, Strategy, Strategy Development
What’s the real source of innovation? Is it really the domain of the “wild and crazy” guys who seem to dream in Technicolor and have imaginations that leave the rest of us poor mortals in the dust? Or can it sometimes be a bit more down-to-earth? Let’s be honest....
by Chuck Kocher | Oct 22, 2013 | Coaching and Encouragement, Great Entrepreneurs, Key Ideas to Think On, Planning, Strategic Thinking, Strategy, Strategy Creation
In the entertainment industry, people talk about “The X-Factor.” Some in the industry refer to it as the “It-factor.” TV-mogul, Simon Cowell built a whole reality TV series around the search for people who have “The X-Factor.” In entertainment, it’s a kind of...
by Chuck Kocher | Sep 23, 2013 | Great Entrepreneurs, Leadership
When you think of Richard Branson, you may think of innovation. After all, Branson is the founder of Virgin Group, which boasts more than 400 companies around the world including Virgin Atlantic, Virgin America and Virgin Mobile. Branson has always been an...
by Chuck Kocher | Sep 3, 2013 | Great Entrepreneurs, Key Ideas to Think On, Strategy Creation
One of the most common character traits that successful entrepreneurs have is that they are creative. That doesn’t mean successful people necessarily have a talent for painting, drawing, designing, writing, or any of the other things we often associate with...
by Chuck Kocher | Jul 29, 2013 | Great Entrepreneurs
John Paul Dejoria may not look like your typical billionaire entrepreneur. But what makes the successful business mogul different goes far beyond his bearded, ponytailed look. It’s hard to argue with someone who went from living in is car along the Sunset Strip in Los...
by Chuck Kocher | Jul 15, 2013 | Business Growth, Execution and Productivity, Great Entrepreneurs
A business that manufactures nuts and bolts may not seem very sexy. Of course, when Bob Kierlin scraped together $30,000 with for of his friends to open the first Fastenal store back in 1967, he probably wasn’t thinking about having a “sexy” company. And when the...
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