PBTO37: Surge – Identifying and riding Trends in Your Marketplace with Mike Mikhalowicz

http://traffic.libsyn.com/pushingbeyondtheobvious/37_PBTO37__Surge__Identifying_and_Riding_trends_in_your_marketplace_with_Mike_Michalowicz.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Email | RSSIn this episode, we welcome Mike Mikhalowicz back to our podcast. This makes him the first guest to be on our show twice. This in itself is a testament to the fact that I find him and his insights particularly helpful to all of us entrepreneurs. In this episode, we talk about his latest book – Surge. He shares his thoughts and ideas on how entrepreneurs can identify an imminent trend (lots of Tesla electric cars in early 2018 on the road) and how we can use these trends to grow […]

PBTO27: Selfish, Scared and Stupid – A Guide to Navigating Change

http://traffic.libsyn.com/pushingbeyondtheobvious/27_PBTO_27__Selfish_Scared_and_Stupid_-_In_conversation_with_Dan_Gregory.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Email | RSS In this episode of Pushing Beyond the Obvious, we host author and innovation consultant Dan Gregory to talk about the Impossible Institute and changing human behavior. We are living today in a world that is rapidly changing and evolving. In order to navigate this ever changing, constantly evolving world and succeed, we need to be able to keep pace with the change. Some of it involves organisational change and personal change. I can tell by my personal experience and from what i read that neither organisational change nor personal change […]

Helping a 1000 Entrepreneurs

When I was running my business in Salem, a decade back, I did not have mentors or coaches that I could reach out seeking help or guidance. Being an entrepreneur can get very lonely. Today, the situation has changed significantly. There are a lot of mentors and coaches are available for startup founders and entrepreneurs to connect, learn and achieve the results that they want to. I have had my share of mentors as well – some whom I have worked with directly and learnt a lot, some whom I have learnt by following them and their work. I wanted […]

Starting Movements instead of Businesses

I recently watched a TEDx Talk titled, “How to start a movement | November Project | TEDxBeaconStreet”. This was about the founders of the November project sharing their success at holding open workout sessions across cities and their learnings from the experiment about starting a movement.  You can watch the entire video here. I really think that the lessons that they share about starting movements is not only important for people who want to start a social movement, but equally important for entrepreneurs to understand so that they are able to build a movement around their businesses. As an entrepreneur, […]