by Chuck Kocher | Aug 14, 2012 | Great Entrepreneurs
Ask most people to paint you a picture of what a successful person looks like and you’re likely to end up with someone that looks like they just stepped off the campus at Harvard Business School. What you probably won’t get is a couple of self-avowed “Vermont hippies”...
by Chuck Kocher | Jul 30, 2012 | Great Entrepreneurs
If monetary success is the measure of a great leader, Warren Buffett has it in spades. He is one of the richest men in the world. That, however, is not the real yardstick by which his success is measured. Here are three characteristics—or commitments—that make “The...
by Chuck Kocher | Jul 23, 2012 | Great Entrepreneurs
When trying to figure out what makes a company a great company, we often look at a company’s product and how they deliver that product to their market. So where do you start when the company is Disney? What is their product? Is it their movies? Is it their television...
by Chuck Kocher | Jun 26, 2012 | Great Entrepreneurs
You’d be hard-pressed to find a great company that was great right out of the chute. In spite of appearances to the contrary, there really are no “overnight successes” because great companies are made, not born. The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is a case in point....
by Chuck Kocher | May 21, 2012 | Great Entrepreneurs
Often when we think about great companies we immediately think about their products or services. After all, what is a company without products and services? And yet, if you take a look at Whole Foods, the secret to their success isn’t just what you’ll find on their...
by Chuck Kocher | Apr 23, 2012 | Great Entrepreneurs
You may not know (or remember) a little company named Cadabra that was incorporated in 1994. After founder Jeff Bezos changed the name to Amazon.com in 1995, however, the company went on to become a household name—not only in the United States, but also in Canada, the...
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