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the problem with passion

by denise lee yohn on February 23, 2012 · 0 Comments · in business, innovation, leadership

brand as business bit:  Carol Roth wrote a ChangeThis manifesto that challenged some of the conventional myths about entrepreneurship. She took on the “follow your passion” movement, which suggests that you should earn a living from your greatest life passion. Roth points out: “Zappos.com is a business where passion followed opportunity but wasn’t the starting [...]

how to succeed in small business

by denise lee yohn on October 18, 2011 · 1 Comments · in business, leadership

Jason Fried, CEO of 37signals, knows a thing or two about small business.  His company has been developing apps for small businesses for seven years.  But it’s how he runs his own company that reveals his keen insight for how to be a successful small business.

inspired to fail — part 1 of 3

by denise lee yohn on May 24, 2011 · 1 Comments · in business, leadership

As an uber-competitive overachiever, I’ve always had trouble with failure. (Just ask my husband who refuses to play board games with me so he doesn’t have to deal with my inevitable sore loser attitude!) But last month’s Harvard Business Review gave me some fresh perspectives on failure. The Failure Issue helped me understand how to [...]

getting to a bold goal

by denise lee yohn on March 29, 2011 · 0 Comments · in business, innovation, leadership, marketing, retail, sales

Bryan Pate, Co-Founder and Co-President, of ElliptiGO has set some aggressive growth goals for his $2MM company which manufactures and sells a fitness apparatus that provides a low-impact outdoor running experience – it’s essentially an outdoor elliptical machine. He laid out his plans at a recent MIT Enterprise Forum, a unique educational seminar-type business gathering [...]

les mckeown on the path to success

by denise lee yohn on June 28, 2010 · 0 Comments · in business, leadership

I have a great interview to share with you! Les McKeown spoke with me about the stages companies work through on the way to success, which is the subject of his new book, Predictable Success: Getting Your Organization On the Growth Track–and Keeping It There. Les is a serial entrepreneur — he’s launched over 40 [...]

entrepreneurs’ words to the wise

by denise lee yohn on November 19, 2009 · 1 Comments · in business, innovation, leadership

Earlier this week I had the opportunity to hear the leaders behind four of the most exciting brands in action sports talk about their journeys as entrepreneurs.  They were brutally honest about their struggles and gave some great advice.  I’ve compiled my notes into the following presentation. Thanks much to the entrepreneurs: Brian Enge, CEO [...]