by Larry Putterman | Business, Entrepreneurs, Leadership, Management
Leaders working in a vacuum will fail. Entrepreneurs need “Fresh Eyes.” If you want to succeed, this is the most important concept you must learn. I define “Fresh Eyes” as looking at a problem or a situation in a new or different way. For example: consulting others...
by Larry Putterman | Business, Entrepreneurs, Family Business, Leadership, Management, Organizations, Vision
The problem is: entrepreneurs manipulate people in situations instead of persuading. I recently spoke with Bob Burg successful author and coauthor with over 1,000,000 books in print. He is coauthor of the bestseller: The Go-Giver. In his new book, Adversaries into...
by Larry Putterman | Business, Leadership, Management
Relying on large customers is tempting but dangerous. When they leave, large customers create big voids. LARGE CUSTOMERS:Increase sales.Dictate policy and make big demands.Provide low margins.Create dependency.Take all the companies resources.Pay slowly.Companies need...
by Larry Putterman | Advisory Board, Boards, Business, Cybercrime, Entrepreneurs, Leadership, Management, Outside Director, Technology
Target, a national retailer, announced 40 million credit and debit card accounts of customers had been stolen. The Target breach is officially the second largest breach of a retailer in history. Cybercrime threatens all businesses. Cyber threats are increasing in...
by Larry Putterman | Business, Leadership, Management, Organizations, Vision
The odds are against entrepreneurs. Most fail. I asked Marty Zwilling, author, CEO, and founder of Startup Professionals, Inc, why 9 out of 10 startups fail? Marty said, “The #1 reason is entrepreneurs get tired and just give up. “ 6 reasons entrepreneurs...
by Larry Putterman | Business, Leadership, Management, Organizations
Hanging on too long makes you irrelevant. Organizations change. Leaders should change too. You may not be the best person to lead your business forward. The skills that worked yesterday may not work today or tomorrow. Successful leaders know when to move-on. Are your...