Levi Giesbvecht is an entrepenuer who makes a point that loving your buisness and loving your customer is essential to running your buisness.
Levi thinks that loving your customer and beleives any buisness should be the buisness of making people happy. Your customers should be kept happy with how they are treated so they will be a returning customer. He beleives Spa Utopia is very successful because people are treated nicely and feel happy when they leave.
Along with loving your customer, Levi beleives you have to love your buisness just as equally. If your employee are unhappy this will reflect on the customers being unhappy, and in turn not come back. But when employees are given good benefeits, and employee trips and such, even if another job pays better, they will stay and be happy because they know they are being treated well.
Love your job and oyur job will love you back.
1.Partner is a good choice
2. Make people look/feel good.
3. Find a way to be the best.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
Martha Stuart
Martha Stuart is one of America's most successful woman entrepenuers ever. From early age she was seen as a model for other students, and had the image of the perfect life. This carried onto adult hood where she others look to her for advice, so she created a magazine.
The magazine was hugely successful and bought out, but that didn't stop Martha. Martha went on to create a television spot and be a sponsor for K-mart, she did a newsletter colum, and an evening radio show.
For homeowners she is an important role model. For entrepenuers, she is an even greater model.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
3 of Canada's top 100 Employers 2010
Hewlett Packard
a) Hewlett Packard Canada Inc. cares for the people they employ, which makes it a great place to work. There is on on-site gym in the corporate building, an open patio, many common areas, and a large tea bar that is free for all employees. The hours are very flexible for employees personal lives, and hours can be chosen to work any time of the open hours. HP offers an impressive employee coverage plan that covers everyone who works over 20 hours a week. There is also a system to make sure that hard work does not go unnoticed for every employee.
b) Hewlett Packard is know for there innovation in a simple 3 part Principal. Design can simplify a product, Design can Differentiate a product, and Design can innovate a product. With this HP has been well known for innovation in the market.
c) HP corporate culture is very modern and relaxed. employees and encouraged to use the on site exercise facilities, and using bicycles or walk to get to work. Most employees dress casually.
d) HP corporate office is quite centralized, but only in working with each other at the corporate office.
Gay Lea Foods Co-operative
a) Gay Lea foods is very employee orientated. The staff is divided into teams that work together to increase productivity and cooperation and competitiveness in their work. Gay Lea foods makes an extra effort for employee feedback to the company, and the company feedback to the employees.
b) The company innovates in community involvement. Whenever there is a local event in one of the areas of business, Gay Lea foods will offer to supply free food and cook for events in support of local community involvement.
c) Gay Lea foods has a very casual atmosphere of work. workers can dress casually on Fridays, and many events are hosted with free food, celebrating many of the employees birthdays. There are often tourneys for baseball and soccer to improve employee moral.
d) Gay lea is very de-centrailizeed. focus is on individual outlets and partners.
Sophos Inc.
a) Sophos inc focus's on their employees like no other company in Canada. The office is located in an old Bank branch, with a 14/7 lounge, complete with video games, Foosball, billiards and even a DJ station for the company's monthly social events.
b) The companies big innovation is to remain a small centralised company, while supplying other companies with anti-virus software internationally.
c) The workspace is very relaxed. Most employees bike to work, since there are showers and bathrooms to get ready for work at the office. All employees dress casually, listen to music on shift, and can bring in pets if needed. Every Friday, when weather permits, there are weekly barbeque's. All employees are able to and encouraged to write for.
d)Sohphos inc. is a very centralized company, but small enough to supply products internationally from one popular office.
a) Hewlett Packard Canada Inc. cares for the people they employ, which makes it a great place to work. There is on on-site gym in the corporate building, an open patio, many common areas, and a large tea bar that is free for all employees. The hours are very flexible for employees personal lives, and hours can be chosen to work any time of the open hours. HP offers an impressive employee coverage plan that covers everyone who works over 20 hours a week. There is also a system to make sure that hard work does not go unnoticed for every employee.
b) Hewlett Packard is know for there innovation in a simple 3 part Principal. Design can simplify a product, Design can Differentiate a product, and Design can innovate a product. With this HP has been well known for innovation in the market.
c) HP corporate culture is very modern and relaxed. employees and encouraged to use the on site exercise facilities, and using bicycles or walk to get to work. Most employees dress casually.
d) HP corporate office is quite centralized, but only in working with each other at the corporate office.
Gay Lea Foods Co-operative
a) Gay Lea foods is very employee orientated. The staff is divided into teams that work together to increase productivity and cooperation and competitiveness in their work. Gay Lea foods makes an extra effort for employee feedback to the company, and the company feedback to the employees.
b) The company innovates in community involvement. Whenever there is a local event in one of the areas of business, Gay Lea foods will offer to supply free food and cook for events in support of local community involvement.
c) Gay Lea foods has a very casual atmosphere of work. workers can dress casually on Fridays, and many events are hosted with free food, celebrating many of the employees birthdays. There are often tourneys for baseball and soccer to improve employee moral.
d) Gay lea is very de-centrailizeed. focus is on individual outlets and partners.
Sophos Inc.
a) Sophos inc focus's on their employees like no other company in Canada. The office is located in an old Bank branch, with a 14/7 lounge, complete with video games, Foosball, billiards and even a DJ station for the company's monthly social events.
b) The companies big innovation is to remain a small centralised company, while supplying other companies with anti-virus software internationally.
c) The workspace is very relaxed. Most employees bike to work, since there are showers and bathrooms to get ready for work at the office. All employees dress casually, listen to music on shift, and can bring in pets if needed. Every Friday, when weather permits, there are weekly barbeque's. All employees are able to and encouraged to write for.
d)Sohphos inc. is a very centralized company, but small enough to supply products internationally from one popular office.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Tina Seelig
Tina Seelig did a lecture for a class at Stanford on being an entrepreneur and looking for opportunities in problems. Here are two points she made that I found Important.
"Don't burn Bridges" - Tina believes that there are really only 50 substantial people in the world; the rest are just wallpaper. What she means is that, everywhere you go and anything you do, you will continually bump into people you know. These people will either help or hinder your experience and opportunity. What every person should do is make a great impression on every person you meet. Don't burn any bridges, because even enemies now could be value able for you in the future.
"You do the job, you get the job." - Tinas gave great advice for aspiring entrepreneurs. She advises that entrepreneurs don't wait for their position, but take it instead. In any work place, one should take lead and start doing the position that they want. start acting as a supervisor and a mentor even if you ain't one. As soon as someone see's your doing the job already, they will likely promote you.
"Don't burn Bridges" - Tina believes that there are really only 50 substantial people in the world; the rest are just wallpaper. What she means is that, everywhere you go and anything you do, you will continually bump into people you know. These people will either help or hinder your experience and opportunity. What every person should do is make a great impression on every person you meet. Don't burn any bridges, because even enemies now could be value able for you in the future.
"You do the job, you get the job." - Tinas gave great advice for aspiring entrepreneurs. She advises that entrepreneurs don't wait for their position, but take it instead. In any work place, one should take lead and start doing the position that they want. start acting as a supervisor and a mentor even if you ain't one. As soon as someone see's your doing the job already, they will likely promote you.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
My Big Hairy Audacious Goal
The 7 principals from Good to Great.
1. Particle Principals
2. Confront the brutal facts
3. Stockdale paradox
4. The Hedgehog Concept
5. A culture of discipline
6. The Flywheel and the Doom Loop
7. Building vision
My BHAG
Using the 7 principals from Good to Great my BHAG is to build a
1. Particle Principals
2. Confront the brutal facts
3. Stockdale paradox
4. The Hedgehog Concept
5. A culture of discipline
6. The Flywheel and the Doom Loop
7. Building vision
My BHAG
Using the 7 principals from Good to Great my BHAG is to build a
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Blog on a Blog - Jason Calacanis
Jason Calacanis was a blog I decided to look at today. Jason is an internet entrepenuer, starting up in 1976 a computer newsletter that has exploded into at 300 page annual report. He is nicknamed "yearbook editor of sillicon valley". Since he has started up and ran several buisnesses becominf CEO of Netscape and Weblogs inc, and starting up Mahalo, a people powered search engine.
Jason has a blog that would intrest many in his feild. Aside from his personal posting's of pictures of his dogs and his last nght dinner, he likes to give his insight's into everythng from politics, to the newest videogame releases. But what's of most interest is he likes to blog on state's of certain internet companys, and what they are doing right, and what they could work on fixing. It is an interesting read on a CEO's view on other competitive and non-competitive online websites and buisnesses.
Jason has a blog that would intrest many in his feild. Aside from his personal posting's of pictures of his dogs and his last nght dinner, he likes to give his insight's into everythng from politics, to the newest videogame releases. But what's of most interest is he likes to blog on state's of certain internet companys, and what they are doing right, and what they could work on fixing. It is an interesting read on a CEO's view on other competitive and non-competitive online websites and buisnesses.
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