Chris West, CEO of Verbal Identity, explores the similarities between billionaires Elon Musk, Warren Buffett, and Steve Jobs. An obvious thing is the huge personal fortunes made from the companies they built. The less obvious thing is how they skillfully used language to build those companies (and those fortunes). Steve Jobs and Warren Buffett had […]
If you were to ask somebody on the street who the king of the smartphone market is, there is a good chance that their answer would be “Apple”. Interestingly, however, Apple has never been the leader in terms of market share, with just 14%, but they do take around 42% of profits from the global […]
Image: Kindly granted by Valery Marchive (LeMagIT) - Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16228490 According to Bloomberg News, this most recent portion of the deal consists of around 5 million shares worth approximately $750 million. Part of the final payout is dependent on the company’s stock return over the past three years surpassing a minimum of […]
The page-long application was written by Jobs after he dropped out of Reed College, three years before he co-founded Apple in 1976 alongside Steve Wozniak. The application says he was interested in electronics tech or design engineer positions, although doesn’t list a particular position or the company. Jobs’ listed his skills as computer and calculator […]
Successful entrepreneurs are frequently nonconformists. They swim against the current and are often perceived as difficult by others. Even as young people, many of them had problems bowing and scraping to authority figures. Entrepreneurs such as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were able to captivate, motivate and inspire their employees. In this respect, they fit […]
Bill Gates Gates admitted that he had been obsessed with computers since he was 13. “I mean, then I became hardcore. It was day and night.” His parents were worried about him: “Although he was only in the ninth grade, he already seemed obsessed with the computer, ignoring everything else, staying out all night.” In […]
How you show up as a leader depends on what you truly believe is the answer to the question: ‘Is management power or is it responsibility?’. There are plenty of CEOs, new and old, who see their position as one of power; who believe in command and control; who revel in the opportunity to treat […]
There are a number of different ways to run a business, and it takes a careful balance of different factors. Do you lead with your personality? Your sense of management? Honesty and humility, or being brash and bold? Lead with conscientiousness and care, or push the envelope unabashedly for the new and innovative? Whatever your […]
By Louisa Rochford Apple Inc. reached a valuation of one trillion dollars in August of this year, the first of this phenomenon in history. At the time, the company was in tight competition with Amazon, both vying for this historic milestone—and it’s clear who won the race. However, while only briefly, Amazon reached trillion-dollar […]
By Louisa Rochford A CEO lies at the heart of any business. They lead, they inspire, and they are responsible for the some of the big and often lifechanging decisions that frequently go unseen behind the company to keep it running smoothly and efficiently. There are numerous big-name CEOs in this world that are […]
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