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Lesson #1: You Are Only As Good As Where You Work
“Business is difficult,” says Laliberté. “But it could be approached two ways: Seriously, or with the same way you're doing your job, with entertainment aspect, with pleasure, with fun. And we decided to try to make it as fun that we do our creativity.”

Lesson #5: Turn Up the Volume to Tune out the Critics
BET might have gone on the air over twenty years ago, but it has no fewer critics today than it did when it first started. Indeed, throughout its lifetime, BET has been criticized from people all across the spectrum. From white conservatives to black liberals, BET had its enemies from all walks of life. But throughout it all, Johnson remained focused on his number one goal: to make his business profitable. Other than that, there was no criticism that could distract or deter him.

Flying High: How Kelleher Took Southwest to the Top
“I took an aptitude test in college, and it said there were three things I’d be fairly decent at,” says Kelleher, “being a journalist, an editor, or a lawyer.” Nobody – not the other airlines, not the financial community, not even his own aptitude test – believed Kelleher had what it took to start a successful company. So how did this man who was so destined to be a lawyer defy fate and become one of the most successful CEOs of his time?

Lesson #2: Sharpen Your Organization’s Goals
In 2007, Yahoo! was the setting for a major Silicon Valley shakeup. The company’s then CEO Terry Semel was ousted and replaced by its original co-founder, Yang. It was a tumultuous time for the company, which was suffering from much shareholder criticism in the face of rising competition from Google. But Yang was determined to rise to the challenge.

Cashing out, but staying in
We see a lot of business owners wanting to take cash out of their business, but without selling up or losing control. At the moment there are many owners who had planned on selling their businesses by now, but as a consequence of the recent difficult times, it just hasn't happened - the clocks have been forcefully turned back. So, instead of selling, they may want some liquidity to provide security for themselves and their family. Another scenario where cash may need to be taken out is when, for example, there are two shareholders and one of them is retiring. Unless personal funds are available, the shareholder who is staying in may not want to be left with burdensome debts when his partner is safely out, so may also like some cash.

HOW WAL-MART HANDLED AN AWKWARD PR PROBLEM
The world's largest public corporation has an unusual approach to public relations.
Stick to Your Guns and Understand That Failure is Natural
Stick to your guns. Outside advice should be welcomed but the vision should come from the entrepreneur and you should stick to your guns. Just because nobody has done it before doesn’t mean that you can’t; I urge entrepreneurs to maintain their vision, and the payoff will come.

Change Management
People sometimes think that if you’ve been in the business world for ten plus years, you’ve got all the answers. You know what it takes to manage your employees, manage your financial accounts, and run your business smoothly. And while that very well may be the case, no business person can ever think their job is done. In fact, change management is one of the most important aspects to running a successful business.

LETTING CULTURE GET IN THE WAY OF GOOD PUBLIC RELATIONS
A case study involving an Australian life insurance company, showing what happens when employees are indoctrinated to believe that "the customer is always wrong".
LETTING CULTURE GET IN THE WAY OF GOOD PUBLIC RELATIONS
A case study involving an Australian life insurance company, showing what happens when employees are indoctrinated to believe that "the customer is always wrong".

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VI. D. Shareholder Protection: WHAT DETERMINES STOCK MARKET DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA?
Another key determinant of stock market development is the level of shareholder protection in publicly traded companies, as stipulated in securities or company laws (Shleifer and Vishny, 1997).
Lesson #2: Sharpen Your Organization’s Goals
In 2007, Yahoo! was the setting for a major Silicon Valley shakeup. The company’s then CEO Terry Semel was ousted and replaced by its original co-founder, Yang. It was a tumultuous time for the company, which was suffering from much shareholder criticism in the face of rising competition from Google. But Yang was determined to rise to the challenge.

Lifestyle Investing: “Compound Time” Like Compound Interest?
I met David Kutoff in Omaha at the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting, and he asked me an interesting question: Do you think that the value of time can compound like interest?
Picking Warren Buffett’s Brain: Notes from a Novice
“Excuse me. Where is the most difficult to reach microphone?” I was out of breath from running up the steps but had managed to find one of the microphone stands, manned by two headset-wearing volunteers. More than 10,000 people had waited on the sidewalks overnight to be first in the doors of the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting, and I had made a choice: I would go for the mics instead of the front row.

Merger Failures, Value Destruction and Cultural Conflicts - and How to Avoid Them!
There have been endless studies over the past 30 years to explore the reason for merger successes and merger failures. The overwhelming evidence is that over 70% of the time, mergers do not create synergies and shareholders of both companies involved do not see gains in shareholder value.
Why Every Business Big or Small Should Take Advantage of Shareholder Agreements.
One of the worst things that can happen to a company is to have a minority shareholder who is unhappy with how the company is being run and no way to force him to sell his shares back to the company at a fair price. This situation can foster a devastating lawsuit by an unhappy investor.

Income Loss Replacement Plan
Setting up income repacement plan will protect the income of the key employee or shareholder of th business and hep the sustainabity if the business
Social Media Principle 2 – Behaviours That Sway Purchase.
In the age of the shareholder, the agenda of businesses has been orientated around generating maximum profit and consequently, they have focused on engendering behaviour that is centred on the usage / consumption of their products and services.

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