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“The Path to Success is to Pursue Your Passion” – EBay Founder, Pierre Omidyar
Posted on October 31st, 2011 No commentsPierre Omidyar talks with Guy Kawasaki about the founding of EBay. Learn how Pierre Omidyar followed his passion for computers and created one of the most well known sites in the world. Omidyar was 28 when he sat down over a long holiday weekend to write the original computer code for what eventually became an internet superbrand — the auction site eBay.
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Bob Parsons: Why Successful People NEVER waste time trying to be perfect.
Posted on October 13th, 2011 No commentsIt’s hard getting any business off the ground. Bob steps you through the Top 10 Traps entrepreneurs fall into.
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Watch the Founder of Subway interview with Donny Deutsch
Posted on September 5th, 2011 No comments“You know,” says DeLuca, “you start a business and you really don’t have much of a budget.” They did not even have enough money to make practice sandwiches and sample them themselves. DeLuca had to make his submarine sandwiches perfect from the get-go, and so he began his mission to learn from others on the road.
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Building a Sweet Business using Twitter and Facebook
Posted on May 20th, 2011 No commentsMari Luangrath, of Foiled Cupcakes, talks about her selling of cupcakes online and the ‘touchpoints’ she uses when interacting with her customers. Mari says Foiled Cupcakes engages in relationship-building with its customer’s right from the start. Mari goes on to explain on she began using Twitter to look for potential cupcake prospects for her business. But Mari did not engage these prospects with a sales pitch. Instead, Mari engaged them on the subject of shoes, having reviewed what it is these prospects tend to tweet more about. Mari concludes with some advice for young entrepreneurs and businesses that might still be on the fence about using such social media applications like Twitter and Facebook, about how to jump in to social networking.



