Having an insight is to see what everyone else is seeing but notice only what a few will notice. | Tweet This [ Poster available at Sparktastic ] Here are three examples of practical innovations where you will see “insight in action.” 1. Tesco: Homeplus Subway Virtual Store This is where Tesco a supermarket in… Continue reading
You have heard about the enormous work that is involved in getting to the finish line of a meaningful project. An example – if you are writing a book, getting to the finish line is to see lives transformed by reading that book (it is not when the book goes to printing). Any meaningful project… Continue reading
This is a short and joyful video I watched tonight. It is one of those videos that you will watch without blinking. It’s a video of a cute little kid called Indigo. His Dad has captured a second of Indigo’s life everyday for the entire year. Here is the video It is a pure joy… Continue reading
Your first startup is special for you and everyone else in your team. It is hard work in whatever way you look at it. I am not suggesting that this article will provide a full recipe for cooking up your first startup. That is not the intention. If after you read this, you will discover… Continue reading
Reading about startups and trying to build one is like reading a book and jumping into the battleground to fight. Life in a startup is very different for those that are living in one of them and how it appears to someone from outside. That does not mean that there is no point in reading… Continue reading
It is true that not everyone is comfortable with being themselves. It is also true that there is no need to be guilty of just who you are. Social media is filled with sayings that will talk about the need to be Yourself in the name of authenticity. Some of these sayings are very cute… Continue reading
The easiest advice you can give to a first-time entrepreneur is to ask him or her to make their pitch better. Why? Two reasons to start with: 1. That advice (unintentionally) implies that everything else about the business is quite all right and all it requires is a pitch upgrade. 2. If you are that… Continue reading
A role model is someone who sets an example of where you want to go and who you want to become. A coach is someone who will help you to get from where you are to where you want to go. Putting the above two together, if you have a good coach, he or she… Continue reading
First, a quick definition of game changer. According to the dictionary, it is A newly introduced element or factor that changes an existing situation or activity in a significant way. So if you want to be a game changer in the lives of others, you have to be that “element” that will change their life… Continue reading
It was great way to start the second half of 2013 with a phone conversation with Richie Norton, the author of The Power of Starting Something Stupid. This is Richie’s second book (after Resumes are Dead and What to Do About It). Richie shared with me that the book was the result of his quest… Continue reading