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Zoom’s Return-To-Office Could Doom The Company
Exceptional leaders often excel as skilled storytellers, and for good reason. Once a company hits a certain level of organizational complexity, one of the most important tasks the CEO has is to craft intellectually coherent and captivating narratives about the firm, its purpose, and its performance. Failure in this task means undermining the very existence of the company; a sin…
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Being Sick for 7 Days Exposed a Hard Truth About My Business
I rarely get sick. Maybe once a year, I'll have a quick 24-hour bug, shake it off and get right back to business. But this time was different. What started as a simple head cold turned into a full-blown fever that lasted a full seven days. Seven days of feeling…
How a Business With $20M Annual Revenue Pulls Off a Rebrand
Seattle Chocolate, founded in 1991, nearly met its end just one decade into business after the Nisqually Earthquake destroyed its manufacturing facility.Jean Thompson, one of about a dozen of the company's investors at the time, stepped in to save it. She became the owner, salvaging the machines and transferring operations…
What Business School Won’t Teach You About Entrepreneurship
Starting a business is exhilarating. You're building something from the ground up, shaping your vision and taking control of your destiny. But beyond the glamorized stories of billion-dollar valuations and overnight success, there's a reality that business school won't prepare you for — the emotional, mental and strategic demands of…
Top 10 Mentors Shaping Today’s Entrepreneurs
In my journey as a venture investor and CEO, I've built, acquired and sold multiple businesses. While many decisions were made independently, the opportunity to collaborate with mentors has been invaluable. Engaging with CEO coaching and mentors I've found through venture investment communities has profoundly impacted my growth.The reality is…
4 Ways to Protect Your Business From AI Fraud
It has been a long time since we stopped believing everything we read in the media or on social networks. With the development of AI, we will soon stop believing what we see online as well. Seeing a fake Hollywood sign burning is heartbreaking. Still, deepfake photos of world leaders…
This Kind of Leadership Is Key in Times of Low Worker Morale
In a world where employee disengagement is reaching alarming heights, the call for moral leadership in business has never been more urgent. The HOW Institute for Society's 2025 State of Moral Leadership in Business report paints a stark picture: While 95% of employees see moral leadership as essential, only a…
How I Ditched This Toxic Mindset to Succeed — Even vs. Google
It was one of the most jarring emails I'd ever received, and it was only one line: "Did you see that Google came up with a competitive product?"The email, sent from a friend, was letting me know about the arrival of Google Forms — meaning my then-young startup, Jotform, was…
Avoid These Risky Blindspots When Using Gen AI Company Wide
Interest in gen AI hasn't slowed, but company-wide implementation has as more risks come to light. Recent research in manufacturing found growing concerns about gen AI risks are leading manufacturers to pause deployment.This article explains three blindspots that can be catastrophic. But, first, know that gen AI isn't like other…
7 Lessons Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Special Operations Training
Some of the best business lessons don't come from the boardroom — they come from experiences that push you to the edge. My journey began in Shayetet 13, Israel's elite naval commando unit, often regarded as the Israeli counterpart to the U.S. Navy SEALs. This unit regularly trains and operates…
How Mentoring Young People Makes You a Better Leader
The traditional notion of a mentor-mentee relationship is changing. Instead of mentorship being a one-way system where the more experienced person simply tells younger people what to do, it is now becoming a way current leaders can also learn from the young people they mentor.According to the World Economic Forum's…
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