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Practical Guiding Philosophies For Entrepreneurial Success
The entrepreneurial adventure is NEVER devoid of challenges, many of which as statistics show, cause most business startups to fail. What will ensure success for virtually ANYONE who starts a business will be their ability to PERSEVERE in the face of marketplace rejection, and daunting obstacles they will encounter.This article spells out philosophies you can adopt if you wish to achieve long term, sustainable entrepreneurial success.1. Cut-Off ALL Sources Of Retreat: In his classic book, Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill uses the analogy of a General who had his soldiers burn all their boats upon arrival on the shore to face a much larger and formidable army, so they all knew they had to win the battle or die trying. This kindled a determination in the men to put forth their best efforts - and against all odds, they won.Hill stated that to in order to succeed in any endeavour one must be prepared to burn one's bridges. If you really want to achieve your ultimate entrepreneurial goal, you need to ensure your circumstances are such that no matter how hopeless the situation becomes, you leave yourself no "escape" route leading back to the comfort of your previous life. This is one sure way of keeping yourself fired up UNTIL you achieve the inevitable reward of success.2. Be Convinced Enough To Risk Financial Ruin: The ability to be honest with yourself is an important requirement here. Before you launch out, ask yourself WHY you want to become an entrepreneur. You need a reason that is compelling enough, a need that is felt deeply enough, to keep you going, refusing to stop or accept failure/defeat UNTIL you achieve your intended objective. Without this, you may find it difficult continuing the journey during the inevitable periods of pain, and adversity that most entrepreneurs have to endure before arriving.Robert L. Shook in discussing lessons from the lives of great entrepreneurs, pointed out that a startup needs to be strongly convinced about his/her business concept. Your conviction he said, would be so great that even when loved ones tell you it cannot be done, you would be prepared to invest all you own - and risk losing it all - to implement the idea. Most importantly, you would never give up regardless of how many times you failed.3. Remember That Your Struggles Develop Your Strengths: Napoleon Hill explained that even though

l’ ‘issues’ between her and I. Please excuse the excessive use of quotation marks above, my feelings as to the failures of the past should be obvious - that is not important as we look to the future, continuing in the same way. Nothing happened, or even looks like progress, I don't know what to do now, was hoping for some advice at the opening.

Well, I’ve gone out of my way to give Meg reasonable opportunities in which to start what ever process was indicated, including fixing her computer which had malfunctioned the day before the meeting, (heat retention damage to her most recent files) in fact while leaving, that same meeting, she asked my dad if he thought I would help her s

What is Superior Service?
"Waiter, there is a fly in my soup!""I am so sorry sir; let me replace that for you""I am so sorry sir; let me replace that for you and your entr?e will be free of charge""I am so sorry sir, let me replace that for you and have a free bottle of champagne on the house.""I am so sorry sir, let me replace that for you and as a mark of how much we value your custom, your meal will be free tonight"Are any of these responses superior service?No, they are not.No application of corrective action can retrieve a situation where such a basic need as hygiene and cleanliness has been breached in a restaurant.The requirements of customers for service follow a fairly simple hierarchy. At the basic level, customers need to have an environment in which they feel safe and secure and comfortable.Whether they are shopping on the internet, or by phone, or through a bricks and mortar experience, they must have the same feeling of security to which they have become accustomed in their day-to-day shopping experiences. Take them too far out of their comfort zone and they will not buy because they do not trust.They need the telephone or face to face experience to meet their level of expectation for friendliness and helpfulness or knowledge. They need the cleanliness of a bricks and mortar operation to meet their definition of cleanliness and order. They need the appearance, the grooming, the tone and pace of voice to meet their expectations. Take any of these basic needs outside of their comfort zone and customers will either not buy or will do so reluctantly, thinking that they have not had good service.However, if the basic needs are met, the best a seller can hope for is a feeling that the service was "OK".Having a fly in the soup destroys any feeling of comfort and trust and that cannot be regained by offering apologies and free services. Not offering an apology and some recompense can make the situation worse, but offering them does not redeem the situation to the point before the fly was observed in the soup.The thought likely to be crossing their mind is "What if the soup came from a tureen and the fly had been cooked in the whole batch?" or "What else can I expect? Mouse droppings in the .......?"Meeting the basic needs of customers is the foundation on which superior service is built, but is not superior service.Abo

Dear committee,

I do not wish to continue the proscribed process as outlined in the action points of the last committee meeting regarding my grievance with Meg. It seems obvious that with Meg’s abject refusal to even attempt to redress the problem that any process will fail to effect change without putting the museum directly into a potentially destructive process.

Please find the attached document ‘Complaints.rtf’, which outlines the processes that are notionally in use, I must stress that this is a draft, and should not be considered anything more than my personal notes on the problem. Please circulate as appropriate.

Because there has not been a coherent effort to document this, until now, what has not been noticed is that this is a system which requires command and control structures that don’t, and can’t, exist within a totally voluntary organisation. This power vacuum is a natural consequence of the fact that, increasingly, we are all volunteers, thus among other inconsistencies, the required level of perceived authority to execute this style of system where one volunteer has to exert speculative control over others does not exist. This can be seen in the question of ' which hat am I wairing' and the confusion generated where direct reporting and operational lines are combined into one person with two 'hats'.

To extend the argument, I think since a hierarchical system is failing to manage with grievance and complaints, the idea of a more communal arrangement is worth some consideration, ie there have been two complaints recently, incidentally both of which can be directly linked to Meg’s interference.

In this communal environment, if a complaint can not be resolved informally, it passes to a ‘committee of the whole house’ type meeting for all volunteers and management to ask the questions of all concerned and to vote on a consensual solution.

As a by product of this thinking, I would seriously recommend that management committee meetings be opened up to all volunteers, and the formal directors meetings reduced to the circulation of written reports, effectively reverting to a more passive entity, ie as things were before committee members were actively getting involved in operations.

I don’t want to teach people how to suck eggs, but my situation doesn’t give me much choice in the matter as I have a unique insight into the workings of the museum, and I would hate to think that this painful episode has not produced anything of benefit to anyone.

With kind regards,

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Dear committee,

It has been 3 weeks since the last committee meeting at which, as I understand the situation, Meg was ‘asked’ to informally make some ‘attempt’ at ‘resolving’ the ‘personal’ ‘issues’ between her and I. Please excuse the excessive use of quotation marks above, my feelings as to the failures of the past should be obvious - that is not important as we look to the future, continuing in the same way. Nothing happened, or even looks like progress, I don't know what to do now, was hoping for some advice at the opening.

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document this, until now, what has not been noticed is that this is a system which requires command and control structures that don’t, and can’t, exist within a totally voluntary organisation. This power vacuum is a natural consequence of the fact that, increasingly, we are all volunteers, thus among other inconsistencies, the required level of perceived authority to execute this style of system where one volunteer has to exert speculative control over others does not exist. This can be seen in the question of ' which hat am I wairing' and the confusion generated where direct reporting and operational lines are combined into one person with two 'hats'.

With kind regards,

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Dear committee,

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hink since a hierarchical system is failing to manage with grievance and complaints, the idea of a more communal arrangement is worth some consideration, ie there have been two complaints recently, incidentally both of which can be directly linked to Meg’s interference.

With kind regards,

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Dear committee,

The Future Of Advertising: How Crafty Marketers Are Chasing After Your Cash
Everywhere we go, we are bombarded by a myriad of pesky ads. You name it, they are all over the place. Television, radio, billboards, magazines, news bulletins, the internet, buses, ATM screens, flyers, street signs, mailboxes and even people wearing ads. Advertising is all about attention. Grabbing people’s attention these days is no piece of cake. Given a chance, most people are eager to banish these countless and irksome “in-your-face” product promos. Proof of this is the overwhelming success of PVRs (Personal Video Recorders). So what are companies expected to do? The traditional 30-second spot on TV doesn’t seem to bear much fruit. Moreover, newspaper advertising can be very treacherous and unrewarding, unless you can burn plenty of bucks to afford a full-page exposure.Broadcasting networks which rely heavily on the multi-billion dollar advertising industry to survive are taking a new approach, with the introduction of “ads-free” television shows. But wait a minute. Television networks are not exactly turning down the cold, hard advertising cash worth billions just to please their viewers. The new trend is to conveniently place ads and product logos in such a way that they do not appear advertorial. In other words, products will have to seamlessly integrate with television shows in such a manner that they do not steal the limelight, but rather appear to be part and parcel of the show. Does it seem like a strange twist of coincidence that the judges on the popular “American Idols” show are always taking coke with the “Coca-Cola” logo constantly facing the audience? Also take note of the “Coca-Cola” couch used by the contestants and the endless mention of the name “AT&T Wireless” by the show’s host. You may also be familiar with the Apple logo which hits you straight in the face every time Carnie Bradshaw uses her laptop from the hit series “Sex and the City”. What about Jack Bauer and his CTU cronies always riding high in Ford SUVs and their penchant for Dell computers in the hit show “24”? You may also recall some of the more memorable examples of product placement from classic movies such as “Back To the Future” (Pepsi products), “You’ve got mail” (America Online, Apple, IBM, Starbucks), “I,Robot” (Audi RSQ), “Men In Black” (Ray-Ban sunglasses, Burger King) among others. The king of them all is probably James Bond. The latest Bond flick, “Casino Royale” is awash with a plethora of produc

uced to the circulation of written reports, effectively reverting to a more passive entity, ie as things were before committee members were actively getting involved in operations.

With kind regards,

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Dear committee,

Executive Search Firms at The Intersection of Human Capital & Investment Capital
The venture capital industry competes in a volatile marketplace typified by high risk and high reward. Venture firms invest millions of dollars on seasoned executives and entrepreneurs who present great promise of creating significant shareholder value with the identification of the next big idea or innovation that will revolutionize an industry.Whether an investment yields financial rewards depends on the delicate balance of innovation, market conditions, leadership strategy and countless other uncertainties. In making the complex calculation of whether to invest in a promising new venture, many venture capitalists often overlook one critical factor – the human capital component. After an investor invests capital behind a concept, it takes the right management team to get a company off the ground and execute the company’s strategy.Raj Pai, a principal at CID Capital, a 26 year old Midwest based venture investment firm that manages over $300 million of investment capital and specializes in life sciences, information technology and business services, says he has seen human capital “make or break” investment deals.Pai remembers an investment his firm made in a technology company that fell apart because the right management team wasn’t in place. Pai says the company’s founder had problems with communication and delegation that didn’t come to the surface until after CID Capital made the investment. Even though the technology was innovative and the market was ready to receive it, Pai says the company couldn’t survive without the right leadership.“You can go from everything’s okay, to all hell is breaking loose in one month, and that’s what happened with this company. We had to shut the whole company down, and lay everyone off.”Pai says that identifying the best management talent takes more than just sifting through stacks of resumes. Innovative leadership – the kind it takes to turn a bright idea into a profitable company – depends on all kinds of intangible factors, such as how an executive copes with stress or how she or he interacts with the board of directors.Many of the most successful venture capital and private equity firms partner with a top executive search firm to help ensure the success of their portfolio companies. In addition to recruiting senior executives to serve as management team and board members, an executive search firm can play a criti

I sorted out the computer, said that if she had only being using MsWord, instead of Wordpad, she would not have lost her priory exhibition texts, I’ve even offered to help her learn how to use all the features of Word while helping to write her ‘reporting responsibilities’ document, that would have directly resolved’ the root of the original conflict.

The fact is that she only even talks to me when its convenient for her, ie when she needs something, before her computer issue I don’t think she has said more than 3 consecutive words to me since last October.

Even at the opening, there were times when Meg just came over and started talking to whom ever was there, as if I didn’t exist, once while talking she moved from where she was standing so as to literally exclude me too.

Anyway, I believe Meg is not ignoring or just not trying but is actively not accepting any problem even existed, I can only assume she is having difficulty as an ex school teacher, but that’s no reason to hide her head in the sand. What sort of behaviour is this for an adult women? What sort of an example is this for the younger generation?

I think Meg wants all this to be forgotten, putdown to bad luck and then all will be right again, either that or she ‘believes’ that she has resolved the problems, maybe since I fixed her computer, it her mind, that counts somehow. :-)

Well indeed the memory and the emotion fades – but the understanding gained will not so easily, enlightenment itself does not – not completely. What does this teach me? It teaches me that I am who I was, and will always be, and so will Meg, she didn’t even write her final dissertation (she gave notes to her friend who organised and typed it up). Still I wonder about how it is that this terrible and terrifying thing called human society allows the truly stupid, reckless and dangerous to flourish.

So then logically, if I am to survive in this world, in the midst of this society, then I too can just go around floundering helplessly interfering with things I don’t understand, aimlessly not knowing or caring for the reason to do so; barking orders & acting unilaterally, just as long as I say what ever is politically convenient at that time so people think I’m actually competent!

With kind regards,

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Dear committee,

I see your version of the covering note section on your reasoning is ‘stronger’ than dads original.

I like it, as you imply that Meg/Sheila didn’t know there were other considerations, other than simply a matter of permission fromVestry Hall, and just because they didn’t think it would be a problem, that noone else would have anything important to say on the matter & it is not in anyone

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