In my last blog I wrote about the first of three competencies Peter Diamondis claims are essential for consistent entrepreneurial success: Hiring. You must figure out how to source, hire, interview and recruit the best talent. Now, here is #2: Culture Peter advocates that first you have to hire the best. Then, you place that talent […]

In my last blog post, I mentioned that Peter Diamondis, an entrepreneur best known for being the founder and chairman of the X Prize Foundation and the co-founder and executive chairman of Singularity University, and I share a common goal. Our goal is to extract the tactics and tools you can use to create highly […]

In his most recent blog post, Peter Diamondis poses the question: “Why are companies like Amazon, Uber and Google so successful?” The rest of the post delves into three topics he and I are both dedicated to researching, learning and teaching: (1) Hiring, (2) Culture, and (3) Experimentation. Peter claims that if you get these […]

Psychologist Carol Dweck, author of the book Mindset (which I reviewed last year), discovered from decades of research that people develop one of two minds sets: Fixed or Growth. Those who see their abilities as fixed tend to become low achievers. However, those who see their capabilities as dynamic are more likely to become high achievers and […]