“The only way for a scale-up to succeed is if it zigs when other people zag. Failure is definitely doing what everyone else is doing. Because we cannot do that as well,” says Cheryl Calverley, CEO of sleep wellness brand and mattress purveyor Eve Sleep. Her task is doing just that, getting a popular, growing brand – yet one that is still in the red – to achieve success in the … [Read more...] about Brands should dare to zig when others zag
Q&A: How to Support Rural Students Pursuing Higher Education
Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a rural thinker, creator, or doer. Like what you see here? You can join the mailing list at the bottom of this article and receive more conversations like this in your inbox each week. I’m no stranger to the struggle that can … [Read more...] about Q&A: How to Support Rural Students Pursuing Higher Education
Accidental Rancher: Amidst the Grassy field’s Summer Bounty
Same old slippers Usual rice The usual look of paradise William James Lampton Framed by the little window above my composing desk, I can see the tips of the grasses waving green and gold. My author's shack, which stands behind your house in a windbreak filled with aging trees, is ungrazed, so the grass grows just as high as it pleases. In a year with regular rainfall, that … [Read more...] about Accidental Rancher: Amidst the Grassy field’s Summer Bounty
What Leaders Can Learn From Great Teachers
"The best teachers are leaders, and the best leaders are also teachers," says Harvard Business School Professor Thomas DeLong, who has taught over 20,000 MBAs and executives across the globe since 1997. According to him, teachers, as with leaders, "should be like a mad scientist who can't wait to get to the classroom to share the experiment. If you adopt this mindset, students … [Read more...] about What Leaders Can Learn From Great Teachers
Four Reasons Leaders Are Calling It Quits on Retirement
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. An estimated 1.5 million retirees have re-entered the U.S. labor market over the past year, according to an analysis of Labor Department data. As someone who left the corporate world for retirement and then changed my mind, I have a first-hand perspective of what's to be gained when someone "unretires." At my … [Read more...] about Four Reasons Leaders Are Calling It Quits on Retirement