Pivot INC. STAFF
High-Performing CEOs and Founders on the Best Practices for Building, Growing, and Running a Business
They learned their lesson. Now you can learn from them.
High-Performing CEOs and Founders on the Best Practices for Building, Growing, and Running a Business
They learned their lesson. Now you can learn from them.
Pivot SHAMA HYDER
Business Leaders Who Thrive In Challenging Times Share This Quality
Resilient business leaders rely on technology, data, and predictive tools to command consumer attention and guide their preparation for the future.
Business Leaders Who Thrive In Challenging Times Share This Quality
Resilient business leaders rely on technology, data, and predictive tools to command consumer attention and guide their preparation for the future.
Pivot SEAN KIM
How to Learn Any Skill Fast
It comes down to these four timeless principles.
How to Learn Any Skill Fast
It comes down to these four timeless principles.
Pivot LARRY ROBERTSON
Smart Entrepreneurs Have A Secret: Knowing When to Get Out
Entrepreneurship Is an adventure. This adventurer's trick can make it a successful one.
Smart Entrepreneurs Have A Secret: Knowing When to Get Out
Entrepreneurship Is an adventure. This adventurer's trick can make it a successful one.
Pivot RHETT POWER
How the Platform-and-License Model May Outpace the Product Model
Many companies run on a product-based model – but should some of them be shifting to a platform – and – license approach?
How the Platform-and-License Model May Outpace the Product Model
Many companies run on a product-based model – but should some of them be shifting to a platform – and – license approach?
Pivot BRIT MORSE
These Two Founders Used the Pandemic as a Time to Regroup. Now, They Say, They're Ready for Anything
During a recent Meta Small Business Studios event in Columbus, Ohio, local founders shared how they pivoted their businesses to survive the pandemic and how they're planning ahead.
These Two Founders Used the Pandemic as a Time to Regroup. Now, They Say, They're Ready for Anything
During a recent Meta Small Business Studios event in Columbus, Ohio, local founders shared how they pivoted their businesses to survive the pandemic and how they're planning ahead.
Pivot STEVE CHAMBERS
How to Know When it's Time to Pivot
Assessing when it is time to adapt to the latest trends.
How to Know When it's Time to Pivot
Assessing when it is time to adapt to the latest trends.
Pivot HOWARD TULLMAN
Upgrade or Die
Companies such as AAA are being overtaken by technology. But they still have huge customer bases. The challenge: offer customers a new, differentiated product before that connection fades.
Upgrade or Die
Companies such as AAA are being overtaken by technology. But they still have huge customer bases. The challenge: offer customers a new, differentiated product before that connection fades.
Pivot KAYLA SOLINO
How This Family Business Became the No. 1 Selling Tortilla Brand in the U.S. on Amazon
The brothers first had to get turned down--a lot--by supermarkets.
How This Family Business Became the No. 1 Selling Tortilla Brand in the U.S. on Amazon
The brothers first had to get turned down--a lot--by supermarkets.
Pivot LARRY ROBERTSON
Your Team's Best Shot Isn't Your Star. It's Your Culture
There's only one sure bet for success, and it's not the hero.
Your Team's Best Shot Isn't Your Star. It's Your Culture
There's only one sure bet for success, and it's not the hero.
Pivot REBECCA DECZYNSKI
How This Tech Founder Keeps His Business Afloat With Employees in a War Zone
Jacob Udodov, founder of the remote tech company Bordio, deliberately hired international workers. The limitations of that strategy are now apparent.
How This Tech Founder Keeps His Business Afloat With Employees in a War Zone
Jacob Udodov, founder of the remote tech company Bordio, deliberately hired international workers. The limitations of that strategy are now apparent.
Pivot LARRY ROBERTSON
Think You Know How To Lead? It's Time To Challenge That
We may want our leaders to be heroic, but our understanding of how needs challenging.
Think You Know How To Lead? It's Time To Challenge That
We may want our leaders to be heroic, but our understanding of how needs challenging.
Pivot REBECCA DECZYNSKI
These Retailers Don't Wait, They Innovate
It takes more than just good marketing to get customers to buy non-essential items. Some sellers have found out-of-the-box solutions for a retail environment that is anything but normal.
These Retailers Don't Wait, They Innovate
It takes more than just good marketing to get customers to buy non-essential items. Some sellers have found out-of-the-box solutions for a retail environment that is anything but normal.
Pivot DARPAN MUNJAL
5 Critical Lessons I Learned From My Failed Startup
First off, don't be all things to all people.
5 Critical Lessons I Learned From My Failed Startup
First off, don't be all things to all people.
Pivot LARRY ROBERTSON
It's Time You Asked: Am I Paying or Paining It Forward?
You've heard of 'paying it forward.' Beware its evil twin.
It's Time You Asked: Am I Paying or Paining It Forward?
You've heard of 'paying it forward.' Beware its evil twin.
Pivot YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR COUNCIL
Should You Become a Full-Time Real Estate Investor?
While the flexibility and cash flow are attractive, there are many things to consider before jumping in with both feet.
Should You Become a Full-Time Real Estate Investor?
While the flexibility and cash flow are attractive, there are many things to consider before jumping in with both feet.
Pivot STEVEN I. WEISS
Three Covid Pivots? How This Startup Found Success By Reinventing Itself
HELM Life went from childcare to remote DEI events and found rapid growth in the process.
Three Covid Pivots? How This Startup Found Success By Reinventing Itself
HELM Life went from childcare to remote DEI events and found rapid growth in the process.
Pivot GEORGIE-ANN GETTON
How to Know If You Should Move Your Event to Virtual
Use these five questions to guide your decision on whether to hold your event in-person or virtual in 2022.
How to Know If You Should Move Your Event to Virtual
Use these five questions to guide your decision on whether to hold your event in-person or virtual in 2022.
Pivot JEFF HADEN
What Happened When a Tractor Manufacturer Decided to Take on Ferrari
Moral of the story? The customer you didn't listen to today might just be your competition tomorrow.
What Happened When a Tractor Manufacturer Decided to Take on Ferrari
Moral of the story? The customer you didn't listen to today might just be your competition tomorrow.
Pivot KEVIN J. RYAN
How Traditional Retailers Will Fight Back in 2022
Experts think the retail landscape will look much different in the new year.
How Traditional Retailers Will Fight Back in 2022
Experts think the retail landscape will look much different in the new year.
Pivot REBECCA DECZYNSKI
How ClassPass Founder Payal Kadakia Mastered the Art of the Pivot
The founder shares how she found the business model for her fitness company and her best advice for budding entrepreneurs.
How ClassPass Founder Payal Kadakia Mastered the Art of the Pivot
The founder shares how she found the business model for her fitness company and her best advice for budding entrepreneurs.
Pivot STEVEN I. WEISS
How a Covid Pivot (and a Dumpling Machine) Changed a Restaurant Forever
A shift to online classes and nationwide delivery saved Boston-based Mei Mei from a pandemic slump.
How a Covid Pivot (and a Dumpling Machine) Changed a Restaurant Forever
A shift to online classes and nationwide delivery saved Boston-based Mei Mei from a pandemic slump.
Pivot KELLY MAIN
CVS Isn't Closing Its Doors--It's Becoming The Company It Set Out To Be Nearly 60 Years Ago
The death of the pharmacy's retail stores as we know them is the birth of a whole new business
CVS Isn't Closing Its Doors--It's Becoming The Company It Set Out To Be Nearly 60 Years Ago
The death of the pharmacy's retail stores as we know them is the birth of a whole new business
Pivot ANNA MEYER
Diane von Furstenberg Said Rent the Runway Would Never Work. Here Are the Key Lessons After Its $1.7 Billion IPO
Long before the billion-dollar valuation came learning how to deal with 'no.'
Diane von Furstenberg Said Rent the Runway Would Never Work. Here Are the Key Lessons After Its $1.7 Billion IPO
Long before the billion-dollar valuation came learning how to deal with 'no.'
Pivot RICHARD WHITTINGTON
What Disney+, Peloton and Zoom Can Teach Your Business About D2C
The pandemic has demonstrated that strategies that work for even the biggest companies can be used by small businesses
What Disney+, Peloton and Zoom Can Teach Your Business About D2C
The pandemic has demonstrated that strategies that work for even the biggest companies can be used by small businesses
Pivot JASON ATEN
Google Just Made a Controversial Change and Did Apple a Massive Favor
Google's response to a new law in South Korea is an opening for Apple to make real change to the App Store.
Google Just Made a Controversial Change and Did Apple a Massive Favor
Google's response to a new law in South Korea is an opening for Apple to make real change to the App Store.
Pivot KEVIN J. RYAN
How to Grow a Startup During a Pandemic? Be Willing to Say No
Square co-founder Jim McKelvey helps myDigitalOffice founder Ali Moloo figure out how to build a business when your customers have no money.
How to Grow a Startup During a Pandemic? Be Willing to Say No
Square co-founder Jim McKelvey helps myDigitalOffice founder Ali Moloo figure out how to build a business when your customers have no money.
Pivot MARCEL SCHWANTES
How to Take Your Company from Good to Great in 4 Radical Steps
The path to transforming your business from an industrial age mindset to a digital age mindset.
How to Take Your Company from Good to Great in 4 Radical Steps
The path to transforming your business from an industrial age mindset to a digital age mindset.
Pivot CARMINE GALLO
I Quit A Corporate Job 15 Years Ago. Here are 4 Things to Know Before Joining the Great Resignation
Build the right conditions to give your startup the best chance to flourish.
I Quit A Corporate Job 15 Years Ago. Here are 4 Things to Know Before Joining the Great Resignation
Build the right conditions to give your startup the best chance to flourish.
Pivot STEVEN I. WEISS
Get Ready: Single-Use Plastic Is on the Chopping Block Again
Why you're likely to find yourself purchasing more reusable, recyclable, and biodegradable materials.
Get Ready: Single-Use Plastic Is on the Chopping Block Again
Why you're likely to find yourself purchasing more reusable, recyclable, and biodegradable materials.
Pivot JESSICA STILLMAN
The CEOs of Microsoft and LinkedIn Agree: We're in the Middle of the 'Great Reshuffle,' Not the 'Great Resignation'
Satya Nadella and Ryan Roslansky argue the distinction matters if you want to attract and retain workers now.
The CEOs of Microsoft and LinkedIn Agree: We're in the Middle of the 'Great Reshuffle,' Not the 'Great Resignation'
Satya Nadella and Ryan Roslansky argue the distinction matters if you want to attract and retain workers now.
Pivot CHRISTINE LAGORIO-CHAFKIN
This Founder Had Several Options for Selling His Company. Then He Got a Note That Made His Choice Easy
Tru Optik founder Andre Swanston knew TransUnion was the right buyer when an executive reached out to him during the George Floyd protests.
This Founder Had Several Options for Selling His Company. Then He Got a Note That Made His Choice Easy
Tru Optik founder Andre Swanston knew TransUnion was the right buyer when an executive reached out to him during the George Floyd protests.
Pivot INC
Two Boston Food Tech Companies Were Hit By Covid-19. One Pivoted Successfully
It's better to change your products to satisfy changing customer needs than to bet you can outlast the pandemic
Two Boston Food Tech Companies Were Hit By Covid-19. One Pivoted Successfully
It's better to change your products to satisfy changing customer needs than to bet you can outlast the pandemic
Pivot MARLI GUZZETTA
On His Birthday 20 Years Ago, Tom Lo Escaped the South Tower of the World Trade Center. He Vowed Never to Waste Another Day
For Lo, September 11, 2001, ended with a sprint over the Brooklyn Bridge. Two decades later, it's still motivating the doctor, chef, and entrepreneur to go his own way.
On His Birthday 20 Years Ago, Tom Lo Escaped the South Tower of the World Trade Center. He Vowed Never to Waste Another Day
For Lo, September 11, 2001, ended with a sprint over the Brooklyn Bridge. Two decades later, it's still motivating the doctor, chef, and entrepreneur to go his own way.
Pivot YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR COUNCIL
3 Key Lessons I Learned From Leading During the Pandemic That I'll Apply to the Future
The pandemic underscored an important leadership lesson: There is only so much within your control.
3 Key Lessons I Learned From Leading During the Pandemic That I'll Apply to the Future
The pandemic underscored an important leadership lesson: There is only so much within your control.
Pivot LARRY ROBERTSON
The Road Ahead After Covid Will Be Hard--Harder Still If You Fail This Lesson
If you are trying to fill the leader-as-hero role, stop. It's time to trade it for some humble pie.
The Road Ahead After Covid Will Be Hard--Harder Still If You Fail This Lesson
If you are trying to fill the leader-as-hero role, stop. It's time to trade it for some humble pie.
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