Category: Entrepreneur School
Daymond John is an American businessman, best known as the founder and CEO of the fashion company FUBU. He is also a famous entrepreneur, investor, television personality, author, and motivational speaker. You may have watched it on TV, he participates as an investor on Shark Tank – reality television series on ABC. In this show he and four other business executives (the sharks) get ideas from everyday people, choose profitable projects and give money to their entrepreneurs to start them as a business. Today Daymond John has an estimated net worth of around $250 million and he has been a...
Being creative is the most important business quality today. No business can stay competitive for a very long time without being creative. But what is creativity? It happens when something new and valuable is born, a brand new concept, product, service… actually it can be anything else. Innovations, the most powerful economic weapon, are a bright example of creativity. There are countless examples of how innovations have changed business history, you can read about many such examples here on this site. There are hundreds of stories about David and Goliath here, in which a student starts a company in his...
Affiliate marketing is one great way to start a business online, no matter if you have or don’t have a product/service to sell. This is a kind of business where you get paid for performance (sales). It is one of the easiest to start, but also one of the most difficult to manage and earn from. Why? It’s easy to start because of the low barriers to starting, there are many people giving it a try here. Practically everyone with a computer and the Internet can start selling online. But this big number of participants also makes this niche highly...
Mark Cuban is a well-known entrepreneur and business mogul not only in the United States but also in many other countries in the world. He is one of the guys many young people want to be like, having accumulated a net worth of around $2.5 billion (2013) and being the manager and the founder of a bunch of successful businesses. Currently, he is best known as the owner of the National Basketball Association’s team Dallas Mavericks (The Mavs), he also stays behind Landmark Theatres, and Magnolia Pictures, and is the chairman of the well-known HDTV cable network – AXS TV....
The words entrepreneur and entrepreneurship have become really popular but also very few people know the exact definition and meaning of them. Often an entrepreneur is used instead of a businessman or a man/woman who starts a company and takes risks. But this is not correct! Nope… Let me try to throw some light on this popular word. In fact, the answer to the question “What is an entrepreneur?” seems to be not so trivial. But one thing is for sure, not every businessman is an entrepreneur. This is just like the apple – it’s a fruit but not all...
While I was browsing around the Internet, I came across another cool infographic, which shows 8 specifics for all successful entrepreneurs things. I think the following tips will be really helpful for any ambitious person and here I am publishing them here. I have read the stories of many self-made millionaires and billionaires, and I can conclude from this experience that the following facts apply really well to successful people. Here they are: 1. Never have a backup plan! 2. Work really hard, greatness comes from effort. 3. Pursue your goals. 4. Don’t try to be one of the herd,...
Below is a nice set of infographics, where you can see how some famous billionaires made their first billion dollars. Most of the richest people in the world were actually poor at the beginning of their lives, they are self-made billionaires. But how did they make their first billion dollars? Here is how Warren Buffett, Elon Musk, Lilliane Bettencourt, Oprah Winfrey, and Li-Ka-Shing did it. Below are the early stories of these people and the steps they made to their wealth. Buffett realized from a very young age that he will become an investor. He bought his first stock at...
Do You Need To Be More Confident In Yourself? Confidence is extremely important not only for running a successful business but also for living a successful life. Everybody at some point in her life has experienced some kind of lack of confidence, I am sure about that. Do you remember how were you feeling then? Speaking about myself, these were the most unfruitful moments of my life. If you are not confident you are constantly wondering and questioning if something is right or wrong. You become hesitant and feel uncertain about things, you even become more fearful and insecure. You...
How many times should you try to do something, if it is not successful on the first try? Here is an interesting point of view regarding this matter. It probably depends on what you are doing, maybe there is no general rule for every aspect of life? But in most cases when you want something achieved, the answer to the question of when to stop trying is … NEVER! You should never ever give up your dreams and you should reach them or die trying. The only way it’s 100% sure you will not get to where you want to...
This post will be really cool. On this interactive image, you can see advice for success from some of the most famous and prosperous entrepreneurs in the world. They are not only self-made billionaires but also they are the most successful ones. They are the big players in the game, and here they share their best principles, which they followed in their personal and business lives to become what they are. This is an amazing resource and source of motivation. Reading their advice, you can not only benefit from the experience they have, but you can also see what exactly...
