by Lea Strickland | Apr 1, 2011 | Results, The Street (the street.com)
Innovators Pay for Results, Not Time For decades, if not centuries, our production efforts have been focused on time. We pay by the hour, day, week, month and year. We focus on the amount of time an employee (or contractor) spends working for us or on projects. In...
by Lea Strickland | Apr 1, 2011 | The Street (the street.com)
Garmin, Google Give Map to Path of Innovation Everyone talks about innovation, but what does it really mean? Is innovation a product, a service or a technology? It can be all of these, but it’s also something more. To be called an innovation your...
by Lea Strickland | Apr 1, 2011 | Business Articles, The Street (the street.com)
When looking at business opportunities, investors nearly always put their money on a team, not an individual or an idea. It’s true that when you think of great businesses, it’s usually a charismatic leader that stands out. Think of GE(GE_) and you think of...
by Lea Strickland | Apr 1, 2011 | Start-up, The Street (the street.com)
Bootstrap Like Spanx to Start a Business You may have heard that “Everything is a function of time and money. You can have it fast. You can have it cheap. But you can’t have it fast and cheap.” But “bootstrapping” companies continually...
by Lea Strickland | Apr 1, 2011 | The Street (the street.com)
Sustain Innovation and Stay on Top I decided to take a look at the rankings of the 25 most innovative companies according to Bloomberg Businessweek from 2006 through this year and Fast Company’s current list. For Businessweek, the expected players such as...
by Lea Strickland | Apr 1, 2011 | The Street (the street.com)
Prioritize Customers Building Your Bottom Line Every organization has to do it: Decide which customers and projects have the highest priority and get the most resources. For some it is a matter of necessity; there’s just not enough time, people or other...
