[quote style=”boxed”]Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free.[/quote] Alexandra Allred made sports history when she became the first female to make the US Women’s Bobsled team and was named Athlete of the Year by the United States Olympic Committee in 1994. She was also over…
[quote style=”boxed”]Promote from within. It’s the best way to motivate and maintain your environment.[/quote] Tim Edwards is the CEO of NSR Holdings, a company that acquires underperforming or undervalued businesses, provides capital for fast-growing or high-potential startups, and creates holistic teams focused on strategy and execution in operations, finance, and…
[quote style=”boxed”]Listen. C-level leaders, VPs, and salespeople tend to do most of the talking. You can learn a lot more about a situation and the motivations of people if you just don’t talk. So what should everyone do? Stop talking and listen.[/quote] John McLellan is the Chief Revenue Officer of…
[quote style=”boxed”]Find a need. Figure out how to solve it. Then do it. A lot of people try to overcomplicate it, but it’s kind of straight forward.[/quote] Billy Murphy is a serial entrepreneur who’s created several online businesses. He’s a former professional poker player who started , a poker training…
[quote style=”boxed”]Never be afraid to go after wild dreams, you can achieve so much more than you ever imagined.[/quote] After losing her husband suddenly and arriving home on a flight from a business trip just hours before the 9/11 attacks, DuAnne Redus decided it was time to stop putting off…
[quote style=”boxed”]Look for ways you can provide value to everyone.[/quote] Mike Deck is the CEO of EchoVantage, a company that delivers a new approach to marketing analytics. Mike has several years of experience in software development and lifecycle management, working as a lead consultant for Fortune 500 companies in both…
[quote style=”boxed”]Consistency, especially in your communications with your clients and potential clients. This has a lot to do with developing a newsletter and scheduling it to go out on a consistent basis. Nowadays it takes a lot to move a prospective client to a paying client and consistency helps in…
[quote style=”boxed”]It’s important to listen to the “right” people so you’re neither falsely encouraged by a bad idea nor discouraged from a great idea hiding under a simplistic UI.[/quote] Jack Holt is founder and CEO of MATTR. Jack founded S3 Matching Technologies in 2001, bringing to market big data SaaS…
[quote style=”boxed”]If you don’t try your ideas because people think it is “crazy” or “stupid,” then you will never have the chance to prove them wrong.[/quote] Andyshea Saberioon is 24 years old, born and raised in Houston, Texas. Andy, is a first-generation Iranian-American. He went to school at Second Baptist…
[quote style=”boxed”]”Not everyone is meant to be an entrepreneur, but if you’re built to be one, nothing else will really work for you.”[/quote] Richard Myers founded Realty Capital in 1987 to acquire, develop, and manage investment-grade commercial and residential real estate projects. In 2011, Realty Capital became an employee-owned firm,…