[quote style=”boxed”]When you stop being curious about the world, you stop learning. [/quote] Rohit Bhargava is a marketing expert dedicated to bringing more humanity to business. He is the author of three bestselling marketing books (including the award-winning “Likeonomics”), CEO and founder of Influential Marketing Group, and professor of global marketing…
Meet Rohit Bhargava – Founder of Influential Marketing Group
[quote style=”boxed”]I got really good at executing. Ideas are great and my team and I have a ton of them. However, if you want to be successful you need to be great at executing on ideas. There’s plenty of dudes living in their parents basement at the age of 40…
[quote style=”boxed”]Staying focused on the underlying vision of your work helps. There are good days and bad days, so keeping your eye on the end goal is important.[/quote] Eleanor Hall is founder and Executive Director of Connected Potential, a web-driven service that provides young adults with the advice, resources, and…
[quote style=”boxed”]I would have started earlier. It’s really time consuming to try to create a startup while working full-time. I wish I could have taken some time off right after college and fall back on a job if things didn’t work out.[/quote] Matt Rutter, a Massachusetts native, is just beginning…
[quote style=”boxed”]Successful people leave behind clues. If you model what successful people do and stay persistent, then you should start seeing amazing results.[/quote] Jeff Leighton is the owner of Action Homebuyers, a Washington, D.C. real estate investment and solutions company that buys and sells distressed properties. He specializes in purchasing…
[quote style=”boxed”]You need to be able to laugh without being offended and take criticism without folding. Know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em.[/quote] Sarah Ware is a young serial entrepreneur currently living in Washington, D.C., and is the co-founder of Markerly. Previously responsible for leading a traveling…
[quote style=”boxed”]You can get a lot farther by making people talk about you than you can by plastering the world with advertisements that people will ignore.[/quote] Emmitt Parkman is the founder of Sports Talk Trash, where he is working to build a platform to bring together the world’s most passionate…
[quote style=”boxed”]The only way to truly enjoy winning and being successful is to fail. If you never fail, then you’ll never know the pain of defeat, which means you’ll never understand the passion and hard work it takes to stay on top.[/quote] Mr. Grant Harris is the owner and chief…
[quote style=”boxed”]Never stop learning and always ask questions.[/quote] Matt Zeller, a native of Rochester, New York, is a consultant on alternative energy issues and works in northern Virginia. In his upcoming, first book, Watches Without Time: An American Soldier in Afghanistan (Just World Books, 2012), Zeller gives a vivid description…
[quote style=”boxed”]Producing something of value is hard and takes lots of time. Be content with having a small number of things that you come back to again and again, over many years. This persistence and ability to ignore distractions is more important than the specific ideas you pursue.[/quote] Cal Newport…
Meet Cal Newport – Author and Assistant Professor at Georgetown University