What entrepreneurs can learn from Lara

Why Every Company Needs a Culture Chief; do you know why? If you don’t, meet Lara – the queen of fun and laughter at the Beryl Companies. She has been with the company for 12 years. She has the talent to build trusting and caring relationships with her co-workers. She organizes events for the employees. Lara also sits on the strategic leadership team and she has the power  to tell her CEO his ideas suck. She is in charge of the Beryl Companies’ culture. The fact she is on the strategic team clearly displays how committed the company is to its culture. More importantly, the CEO recognizes culture starts with the leader, and it is even more important how culture is executed.

The Big Data Question and Entrepreneurs

The new hype industry for entrepreneurs is Big Data — the collection, storage, analysis, use, and monetization of the flood of information and personal data being generated in an increasingly digitalized world. The phenomenon “Big Data” is the result of the Internet and is influenced by the decline in the cost of storage. The amount of data you’d have at your disposal grows exponentially, as we move towards further digitalization.

McKinsey & Company and MGI have united to make a research about how the big data will influence the way we do business now. One of the outcomes of the report is the statement that the competition for this data will become fierce.

“My best guess is that things are about to get crazy. And, only fools sit on the sidelines.”

This is what Adeo Ressi, the founder of Founder Institute and TheFunded.com predicts in his article. It is short, up to the point and provides entrepreneurs with an insight into a possible boom in the sector. Soon.

Adeo Ressi begins the article by outlining how the macro environment has been in the past 6 months, and explains why he thinks the everything is about to change, despite the recent recession. The fact that Mint.com was sold for $170 MM and the fresh exit of Instagram for $1 BN makes Adeo Ressi believe the sector is about to witness a great boom. A lot of “crazy” deals, as he calls them, will be realized. Therefore, he suggests if you want to be among the first to benefit from the new reality, make sure you work with the best partners, vendors, etc.

Sir Richard Branson’s Secret

Have you ever wondered why some people achieve more than others do? So, have I. Sir Richard Branson has revealed what his secret for success lies. “It’s all about finding and hiring people smarter than you…” You can read the full blog post here.

In only 3 lines and 8 sentences he managed to inspire me; to make me think everything is achievable. Maybe this is what makes people like him so successful – he never stops dreaming, and he inspires others to dream to. He just makes us feel happier. And we don’t forget those who make us feel happy.

The future of marketing in technology

Ajay Agarwal, a managing director of Bain Capital Ventures, takes the chance and writes a very interesting article about a rising trend which will define the field of marketing in the future. He predicts the emergence of new companies which will take advantage of the large quantities of data available on the internet and will utilize them in order to provide their customers with precise marketing related insights. The exclusivity of the emerging approach is rooted within the financial dimension of the product offering. Companies will be charged according to the performance of the SaaS product. Ajay predicts the rise of new tech giants as big as Salesforce and SAP. In order to prove his visionary statement, Ajay looks into the historical development of enterprise software, and he suggests software can be utilized to serve for optimizing the marketeers’ decision making processes.

Everyone can see it now, even the established economists ;-)

We at Akasha ventures have been talking about this for years now, but theck out what Michael E. Porter, (a Harvard University professor, for those of you, that dont know him,). He explains why business leaders must focus on shared value—creating products and services that benefit not only the company but also society. see also the HBR article: Creating Shared Value.

¨

Lack of Passion Igniting Projects is the Reasons Large Companies Fail to Keep Their Best Talent

All people have a deeper essence, but some live in full alignment with it. This gives them an abundance of energy to pour into their endeavors. That which inspires us about them is not their material success so much as their happiness and connection to their authentic being. We would like to go to work every day impassioned and trusting the rightness of our purpose like they do—and by doing so, build companies that do great things for the world.

Mabye thats why large companies have a hard time keeping their talents?

check out: Forbes top 10 list of reasons for loss of talents

Business as a Powerful Adventure

Learning how energy works and how powerful it can be to sense energetic changes before they have materialized has been an adventurefor me. Years ago, I wished so deeply that my business would be a success that I made choices that pushed the boundaries of my health and relationships. I was so focused on growth and the sale of the next project that I often sold on too tight a deadline and in the face of complexities that sometimes made it more difficult than usual to deliver. In short, I sacrificed quality in favor of delivering on time because I was prioritizing growth. I often forced things through—sometimes without having sufficient resources at hand—by working non-stop and demanding the impossible from my employees. As a leader, I have come to realize that this was part of a process of getting to know what it means to be forceful, instead of sensing what wants to happen. the consequences of forcing things through viscerally taught me the importance of balance and legacy.

The first power of the Quantum Company is authenticity

The first power of the Quantum Company is authenticity. We access this power through discovering what resonates with us on the deepest level of our being, and then by living this authentic essence in the world. In this chapter, I will show you how to discover your soul mission and essence, and we will discuss how, from these, you create a powerful personal manifesto. This is the foundation for the realization of the first power of a QuantumCompany –  the power of authenticity.

Partners in Co-creation

“If you lead a tribe, your supporters, fans, customers,and co-creatorswill be able to findtheir way to youthrough your businessnetwork”

Living your authentic self and soul mission through your businessmakes you and the value of your company’s o!erings unique. Since each of us has our own deeper soul mission and aspiration for our life, each of us has an individual journey that can bring us incredibly gratifying results.