Tag Archives: culture-council

We’ve all been there — you pitch a journalist, you wait with bated breath and then nothing happens. You follow up, but still nothing. Then you move on to the next outlet because there’s no point waiting around any longer. But what if your story went viral or at least …

In business, often the only thing that is certain is uncertainty. You never know if your product will sell or if you’ll make enough money to last another year or if being an entrepreneur is really your true calling. While no one can predict what tomorrow will bring, there are …

Coaching is such a key part of leadership and management. In the first part, we discussed coaching oversight, overcoming fears, imposing rest, knowing your team members, and guiding and protecting. In this article, we’ll discuss developing performance, team-building and rewards of coaching. Let’s get into it. Developing Performance When you …

According to a popular legend, when JFK toured NASA in the Sixties, he asked a janitor what his role at NASA was, to which the man replied, “I’m helping put a man on the moon.” More than just a buzzword, corporate culture is the fuel that turns vision into reality. …

Brand — probably the second most common word you will hear in a discussion about the cannabis industry, the first being cannabis. So how have we come to a place where branding is so important to the success of cannabis as an industry when, as an illicit product, it’s never …

Growing up a fan of video games, long before esports ever became a multi-billion-dollar industry, I knew that the values I learned from gaming had an important cross-over to the real world. Little did I know that I would become an entrepreneur years later — both within and outside of …

The start of the new year is packed with new goals for business leaders. As a business leader, every holiday season and its aftermath (the first month of the new year),I reflect on a particular part of my past and how it’s influenced my personal and professional life. I live …

As creatives and artists, we are so close to our creations, but do we make sense when we pitch our ideas? I’d like to share two examples of pitches I’ve heard and my honest advice for how to pitch your idea in a way that best represents you and your …

In 2005, Turkish immigrant Hamdi Ulukaya took a risk and bought a recently closed yogurt factory with an ambition: to make yogurt that was on par with the yogurt he had grown up with back home. For an entrepreneur, opening your own plant is no easy feat, so this was …

When it comes to finding the right business partner, not just anyone will do. However, they also may not be the type of person you think you need at first. While many entrepreneurs will assume they need to find someone with superior technical skills like marketing or sales to help …