Flexibility is gold. It is prized above nearly all else by members of the workplace. Allison O’ Kelly has built an empire offering flexibility. Flexibility and talent that thrives with it. Her startup MomCorp—valued at $20 million—matches skilled businesswomen who choose to work from home with companies looking for contract work. It started when—as one ... Read more...
Take Some Cues from a Successful Entrepreneur. Howard Schultz has come a long way from the Bay View Housing Project in Brooklyn, where he grew up in the 60’s. He is now the CEO of Starbucks, the ubiquitous coffee shop that is now conquering Europe and Asia. In between, he toiled as the VP of ... Read more...
Howard Schultz is a visionary. He built his Starbucks empire upon principles in which he truly believes. Namely, he strived to create a casual meeting place, homelike, but with a cosmopolitan feel as well. His humility, democratic ideals, and commitment to the customer proved to be the successful strategy. Starbucks has conquered the west, and ... Read more...
Why Owning Your Own Business is the Only Way. The thing about dreams is that they call for bigger dreams. If you aspire to a five-thousand square foot house overlooking the city, it won’t be long before you begin dreaming of twelve-thousand square feet, with a pool, a home movie theater, and an underground carport ... Read more...
He’s an entrepreneur, an international mogul, a guru, an author. And one of the concepts this successful juggernaut is best known for is failure. He has a high tolerance for it, and has turned this tolerance into a philosophy that has reached millions. Branson, founder of Virgin Group and author of, most recently Like a ... Read more...