Ember Carriers Blog » launch business http://www.embercarriers.com/blog From Possibility to Results Mon, 04 Apr 2016 21:00:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=436 The Ten Commandments of Good Design http://www.embercarriers.com/blog/2013/12/30/the-ten-commandments-of-good-design/ http://www.embercarriers.com/blog/2013/12/30/the-ten-commandments-of-good-design/#comments Mon, 30 Dec 2013 12:28:51 +0000 http://www.embercarriers.com/blog/?p=1216 Designer-Dieter_Rams

Dieter Rams at Vitsœ (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

Dieter Rams is a German industrial designer who has been recognized as one of the most influential industrial designers of the 20th century. He worked for 40 years at the German consumer products company, Braun. Today, he works at Vitsœ, a …

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Focusing on study

If you were to compile a checklist of attributes for great leaders, it would probably include the following items:

  • Visionary
  • Great communication skills
  • Focus
  • Courage under fire
  • Charismatic
  • Strategic thinker

When I ask business owners which of these attributes is most important for a …

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Will Smith

Don’t let the outside get in!

circumstances. The pressure of running a company or leading a large employee …

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Don’t take chances with your business growth

The formula for success is certainly not new:

Innovation +Optimization + Capital =Sustainable Growth

It has been stated and practiced by business experts and industry leaders for time and time again. Why then, do companies fall short or struggle?

Some experts think that …

]]> http://www.embercarriers.com/blog/2013/08/05/innovation-optimization-capital-key-to-sustainable-growth/feed/ 20 Bootstrapping: “The art of learning to do more with less.” http://www.embercarriers.com/blog/2013/07/31/bootstrapping-the-art-of-learning-to-do-more-with-less/ http://www.embercarriers.com/blog/2013/07/31/bootstrapping-the-art-of-learning-to-do-more-with-less/#comments Wed, 31 Jul 2013 11:39:21 +0000 http://www.embercarriers.com/blog/?p=948 Gary Rushin

Gary Rushin – Turnaround Specialist

Bootstrapping…bootstrapping…bootstrapping, it can be said that the purest form of entrepreneurship is bootstrapping.  During the prelaunch phase of a company and at times when access to business capital is difficult, bootstrapping is the way to go. To compete with existing businesses entrepreneurial firms face two …

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