Hållbart ledarskap. Hello uncertain world - Reaktor. Steve Jobs rare footage conducting a presentation on 1980 (Insanely Great) Legal Challenges Related to Crowdfunding: Volume 3. Editor's note: This is a guest post by Antti Hemmilä, of Attorneys at Law Borenius, and our go-to person when it comes to the legal side of crowdfunding. See is past articles here, and here. I had a chance to write two blog posts about crowdfunding last year, published on 23 October and 26 November 2012. 15 Things That Emotionally Strong People Don't Do.
There is a particular aspect of mental strength that is the deciding factor of whether or not you will have a good life.
There are many levels to mental strength and all are needed to be successful and happy. The one particular area of mental strength that has the greatest impact is that of emotional strength. Emotions are, of course, a part of our psyche, yet nevertheless, can be distinguished from the remainder of mental qualities because they most directly influence our physical body. They affect the way our body functions and they drive every single one of our actions. Life is a game. This is your strategy guide. 682k shares Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Real life is the game that – literally – everyone is playing.
But it can be tough. How to connect deeply with anyone (in 5 minutes) 468k shares Share on Facebook Share on Twitter I’m going to share a game with you.
This game will reveal incredible things about whoever plays it; surprise, shock and delight complete strangers, and has kickstarted more friendships than I know how to count. Play along and you’ll see. 6 Things Really Thoughtful Leaders Do. What motivates us at work? 7 fascinating studies that give insights. “When we think about how people work, the naïve intuition we have is that people are like rats in a maze,” says behavioral economist Dan Ariely in today’s talk, given at TEDxRiodelaPlata.
“We really have this incredibly simplistic view of why people work and what the labor market looks like.” Dan Ariely: What makes us feel good about our work? When you look carefully at the way people work, he says, you find out there’s a lot more at play—and a lot more at stake—than money. In his talk, Ariely provides evidence that we are also driven by meaningful work, by others’ acknowledgement and by the amount of effort we’ve put in: the harder the task is, the prouder we are. Leading a Customer-Centric Transformation. The Lewis Model.
Fund management: The rise of smart beta. Kannattaako streaming kenellekään? Future Proof Design and the Platform Design Canvas. How and Why to Be a Leader (Not a Wannabe) - Umair Haque. We need a new generation of leaders.
Startups Are Risky Business. A key message from last time was recognizing your business model, not your product, as the true product of your startup.
Thinking this way is quite empowering as it allows you to apply similar techniques for building and testing your business model as you would to any product. One of these is tackling the riskiest parts of your business model first. Building a successful startup is fundamentally about risk mitigation or in marketing speak: “removing all objections”. The 3 Questions People Always Forget to Ask in an Interview. Legal Challenges Related To Crowdfunding, Volume 1. Editor's note: This is a guest post by Antti Hemmilä from Attorneys at law Borenius.
While crowdfunding is not a new concept, it is getting a lot of media attention nowadays. Crowdfunding is evolving and new crowdfunding platforms provide an excellent tool for financing different projects, whether these are art projects, game or hardware/device development or even equity financing. Yet the use of these new platforms and practices needs to comply with the existing regulation, which sometimes causes conflict. This first guest blog looks into the legal issues related to using donation/rewards-based crowdfunding platforms mainly from Finnish perspective, and the second blog addresses the use of equity-based crowdfunding platforms. The magic word when considering legality of crowdfunding campaign is consideration. The above-mentioned pre-order crowdfunding structure is obviously not suitable for all projects. 'Dropbox' Is Taking Over The World.
BEFORE Apple launched iCloud in 2011, Steve Jobs allegedly offered to buy Dropbox, a file-sharing service founded in 2007, for $800m.
When Dropbox declined, Apple's late boss disparaged it as a feature, not a company. Soon after, Dropbox raised $250m, putting its value at over $4 billion. In December Dropbox concluded a promotional campaign that, in just a few weeks, added 2m new users, bringing the total to over 100m, roughly double the number when Jobs made his comment. Consumers, it seems, can't get enough of the feature. How To Become Valuable To A Start Up (If You’re Not An Engineer) For all the glamor and noble intentions attributed to start-ups, working at an early-stage technology start-up isn’t fundamentally dissimilar from working at an established technology company.
Products are built, released, iterated upon based on customer feedback, and the cycle is repeated. And while I don’t think I’d ever want to trade in jeans and a t-shirt for slacks and a button-down, I know I could probably get a job at GeneriCorp, the company that makes automated accounting process optimization software for mid-sized wastewater treatment plants, and not feel totally out of place. One key distinction does exist between life at an early-stage technology start-up and at an established technology company, though: diversity of workload. The idea is that, rather than specializing, employees at start-ups are given the latitude to engage in a diverse range of activities, all of which contribute to product development. Or business analysis. Top image stolen from the Grey Area blog.
How To Craft Your Pitch Email To Startup Media. Servant First, Leader Second. “I humbly serve as a guardian to my fellow Americans always ready to defend those who are unable to defend themselves.” -- Navy SEAL Creed Servant leadership.
That’s a concept that comes easily to a Navy SEAL, because a SEAL is trained to lead and to follow. Team leaders are strong and bold, and have the ability to make hard decisions under the most extreme conditions imaginable. But they also encourage their team members to step up, share the power, and not hesitate to take care of business without waiting for further instruction. Servant leaders are not afraid to share the power. The Lewis Model. The Most Misunderstood Aspect Of Great Leadership. Bill Cantlon's Photos. 7 Things Customers Want Most From You. What do your customers really want from you?
No matter what your industry, your customers want more than just great products and workable solutions.