Tag: business motivation
3 Rules to follow that will make you a successful leader
Founder and CEO of Predictable Success, Les McKeown, talks about the challenges that leaders face while managing their teams.
5 Rules of product design from Steve Jobs
The Apple founder, Steve Jobs, was a master of creating products that functioned beautifully-and looked even better.
How Michael Dell took on IBM during his freshman year of college
Michael Dell describes three issues with the way people were buying and selling computers that he wanted to fix.
How Mark Zuckerberg grew Facebook into a $500 billion company
Here's a look at how Mark Zuckerberg turned Facebook into a $500 billion company.
How the founder of Change.org stopped worrying about getting rich
Ben Rattray, founder of Change.org, describes the moment he decided to leave behind a career in finance and figure out a way to empower social change.
How GoDaddy’s founder sold his first business for $24 million more than he asked...
Bob Parsons, founder of the domain registrar GoDaddy.com, describes how he used provocative advertising to get his companies off the ground.
Crossfit CEO Greg Glassman on why great entrepreneurs chase excellence-not money
Greg Glassman, CEO and founder of CrossFit, explains why profit often follows excellence--but it often takes a circuitous route.
Twitter co-founder Evan Williams on how to ‘Dominate the Internet’
Evan Williams, founder of Medium and co-founder of Twitter, explains why there has been a massive shift from websites to content platforms.
How Reddit was born out of a very, very bad idea
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian tells the story of how his company (almost) did not come to be.
How MailChimp’s Ben Chestnut turned a failed side project into a hugely successful company
Ben Chestnut started off leading a web design company--but a happy little accident turned the lights on at MailChimp.
How Slack’s founder turned a failed video game into a multibillion dollar startup
Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield describes the unlikely origin story behind the fastest-growing business application in the world.
How Richard Branson started his first business out of a phone booth
Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of Virgin Group, describes how he started a magazine business out of a phone booth.
