News For (Toilet Paper) Entrepreneurs – MARCH 6, 2009
The World’s 50 Most Admired Companies
The News: Fortune produced a slide slow of the 50 most admired companies in the world and what makes them great. Full report.
Why It Matters: Toyota is #3. Even with the crushed auto market, Toyota has yet to lay-off a single person. Learn how they do what they do, and copy it.
What To Do When You Inherit A Business
The News: CNN reports on the tough decision you need to make if you inherit a business from a deceased entrepreneur. Full report.
Why It Matters: If you are an entrepreneur, don’t die. If that is not an option, have good transition planning in place instead.
A Touch Version of The Rubik’s Cube
The News: Popular Science reports a new version of a classic toy. Full report.
Why It Matters: I have said it a million times – you can do the same. Take an established product, apply a radical (or even obvious) innovation… and you are in action!
Don’t Let The Economic Crisis Go To Waste
The News: BusinessWeek reports on how entrepreneurs have navigated and exploited past economic challenges to their advantage. Full report.
Why It Matters: Good lessons for sure. I am flattered to be part of the article.
Compiled by Mike Michalowicz, Author of The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur
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