Lesson From Successful People 36
Discovering what successful founders, CEOs, and senior executives did to change their industries has a ton of lessons every business owner can use. This section is a collection of posts that summaries those lessons so you can apply them to your business.
13 Valuable Business Lessons from the Oil Magnate JD Rockefeller
JD Rockefeller Was an Oil Magnate and A Titan of Industry Whose History Contains Many Valuable Lessons for Small Business Owners
8 Valuable Business Lessons From The Shipping Tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt Was A Shipping Tycoon and A Titan of Industry Whose History Contains Many Valuable Lessons for Small Business Owners.
How to Overcome Your Fears
Identify your personal shortcomings and acquire the knowledge & skills needed to overcome your fears. Personal improvement makes you successful..
How To Grow Rich By Thinking Like Singer
Isaac Singer didn't invent the sewing machine. He just perfected it. However, as a businessman, he was quite an extraordinary individual. His ability to spot opportunities and develop unique solutions was unmatched by any of his rivals.
The Blue Jean Millionaire – Levi Strauss
My business attire consists almost entirely of blue jeans. I consider jeans part of my branding because it makes a statement about me not being part of the establishment docker business casual community. But the story of how blue jeans became a statement in American society is much more interesting. Levi Strauss was born […]
America’s First Multi-Millionaire – John Jacob Astor
Recently I watched the movie “The Revenant” with Leonardo DiCaprio about the fur trade in North America and was reminded of how John Jacob Astor’s part in created the industry and the takeaways for every entrepreneur. John Jacob Astor was born in Germany and was one of nine children. Growing up, his father could barely […]
Lessons from Pierre Omidyar
The year was 1995 and Pierre Omidyar wanted to help his girlfriend trade Pez candy dispensers. He was working as an engineer for General Magic Inc. in the San Francisco Bay Area. In his personal time, he created “Auction Web,” a site that served as a neighborhood community for sellers and buyers to meet. At […]
Lessons from the First Black Woman Millionaire, Madame C.J. Walker
As the Director of Entrepreneurship at a local community college, we offer a student success course base on the eight life lessons passed on to Clifton Taulbert from his uncle Cleve Morman from the book “Who Owns The Ice House, Eight Lesson from An Unlikely Entrepreneur.” An equally impressive story comes from Madame C.J. Walker […]
Lessons from Sea-Land’s Malcom McLean
After graduating high school, Malcom McLean bought a used truck and started a small trucking company with his sister and brother. Two years later in 1937, Malcom found himself sitting in a long line of trucks on the Hoboken, NJ docks. He was awaiting his turn for the stevedores and longshoreman to unload his cargo […]
Barbie, Seeing Things Others Do Not
Izzy (later change to Elliot) and Ruth Handler were husband and wife that complemented each other’s skills when it came to business. Elliot was the dreamer, who I have often referred to in business as the Oracle or someone who can see things that others can not. Ruth, by contrast, had a business mind and […]
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