Gary Cohen On Just Ask Leadership (Part 2)

By guest author Gary Cohen [The first part of Gary’s post focused on improving vision, one of the five categories of Just Ask Leadership. This second and final installment is about ensuring accountability. To learn more about the rest of Gary’s approach – build unity and cooperation, create better decisions, and motivate to action –

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Brian Cohen, Vice Chairman, New York Angels (Part 8)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: What can angel groups do better? Brian: I think there are a variety of things that angel groups can do better. They could – I would say, most important – make it clear to the entrepreneur what their ability is to actually fund him or her.

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Carol Kline, CIO Of TeleTech (Part 1)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini We have here an interesting cloud adoption use case with generous insights into the world of a large global business process outsourcing (BPO) enterprise, TeleTech, which manages global-scale contact centers. Over the past seven years, through private cloud adoption, TeleTech has not only moved to the next level

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100 Percent Bootstrapped 10 Million Dollar E-Commerce Company: WaterFilters.Net CEO Jamin Arvig (Part 2)

Sramana: So you decided to base your e-commerce business on water filters because of the potential of the industry? Jamin Arvig: We saw it as an exciting industry and a future market. It was also coupled with other growing markets, including the green industry. Every water filter we sell saves many water bottles. That is

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New Year’s Message: 1M/1M Call For Action

As we end 2010, I want to wish each of you a very happy 2011. We have a come a long way this year with the 1M/1M initiative, and will continue to push forward in 2011, executing on our mission to help a million entrepreneurs reach a million dollars in annual revenue by 2020, establishing

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Gary Cohen On Just Ask Leadership (Part 1)

By guest author Gary Cohen [The end of the year is a time for people and businesses to reflect on the past twelve months and think about goals for the future and changes that need to be made. With, among other problems, the financial crisis, the BP oil spill, and, for many U.S. companies, record

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Gary Cohen

As president and co-founder of ACI Telecentrics, Inc., Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is managing partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. His book is Just Ask Leadership – Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009).

Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Brian Cohen, Vice Chairman, New York Angels (Part 7)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: How do you feel about entrepreneurs who drop out of school to build their companies? Brian: I think, for the most part, entrepreneurs have to be educated. There’s no turning away from the fact that a good education represents curiosity and a desire for personal advancement.

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