We’ve all fallen victim to a boring presentation at one point or another.
You know what I’m talking about … where the presentation has no structure, the presenter is basically reading straight off of text-heavy slides, the graphs are confusing, and there’s some weird stuff going on with the color scheme. Presentations like that are boring, and chances are, you’ll walk out of the room without remembering a thing.
Marc Maron is a comedian who has appeared on everything from Late Night with Conan O’Brien to VH1, HBO, and Comedy Central, but it’s his work outside the standup comedy circuit that has been getting him a lot of attention these past few years.
Back in 2009, Marc decided to start hosting a twice-weekly podcast called WTF With Marc Maron featuring candid conversations with comedians and celebrities.
“The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.”
There’s a reason that Sven Goran Eriksson quote is famous — it rings true for many of us.
We often avoid taking risks because we’re afraid of failing. We’re afraid that if we fail we’ll be judged. We’re afraid of the unknown. We’re afraid to get started on something that could potentially go wrong.
What do the most successful pitches on ABC’s hit television show Shark Tank look like? When it comes to landing a deal with the investors on the show, the entrepreneurs in some industries have it easier than others.
For example, a whopping 85% of successful pitches are products, while only 11% are service-based and 4% are both a product and a service.
When was the last time you changed your email password? Your Facebook password? How about your bank account password?
If it’s been a while, you may want to take a few minutes and change ’em up. According to a survey of 2,000 people in the U.S. and the U.K., almost three-quarters of consumers use the same exact password for multiple accounts. What’s more, a large number of people haven’t changed that duplicate password in over five years.
How can we take what we have and make it grow?
It seems like a simple enough question. But growth is hard — especially in the corporate world.
Between increased competition, shorter cycle times, and growth hackers finding innovative ways to disrupt a market in record time, scaling your business has become increasingly challenging (and more imperative than ever before).
Love learning about business and how some of today’s most successful entrepreneurs and companies are operating?
Business podcasts serve as a great way to stay informed (and inspired).
All you need is your smartphone and a pair of headphones to tune in to everything from one-on-one interviews with today’s top leaders to recaps of the day’s most pressing business news.
Did you know that Coke makes four times fewer writing mistakes than Pepsi in its posts on LinkedIn? Or that General Motors makes two-and-a-half more writing mistakes than Ford?
Even if you’re not keeping score, it’s likely that your spelling and grammar mistakes aren’t going unnoticed.
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We live in an unprecedented age of options. Cars, phones, jobs, products, lifestyles — at no other point in human history has there been such a variety of choice.
Marketers, entrepreneurs, best-selling authors, co-founders, strategists, thought leaders, investors, and bloggers … oh my.
While their roles and responsibilities may vary, the one thing all of this year’s INBOUND speakers have in common is their ability to inspire. The INBOUND15 lineup is riddled with the kind of people you could benefit from simply sharing an elevator with. From BuzzFeed Founder and CEO Jonah Peretti to best-selling author, speaker, and entrepreneur Seth Godin, there’s absolutely no shortage of experience and expertise.
