Warren Buffet: Write!

Warren Buffet: Write!

When most of us envision a writer, we probably think of a New York playwright cooped up in her apartment, dressed in pajamas, papers and books scattered everywhere. Or maybe we envision a nineteenth century novelist holed up in a cabin writing with a quill pen, seated...
Harland David Sanders: Persistence Pays

Harland David Sanders: Persistence Pays

Harland David Sanders, better known as Colonel Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) fame, has one vital lesson for modern marketers: Persistence pays. Early life Harland Sanders was born in 1890 on a farm about 3 miles (5 km) east of Henryville, Indiana. He was the...
Andy Grove: Only the Paranoid Survive

Andy Grove: Only the Paranoid Survive

A brilliant engineer, former Intel president Andy Grove has been dubbed by business historians as “the guy who drove the growth phase” of Silicon Valley. The famously immodest Steve Jobs idolized Grove and called on him for advice when he was starting Apple. Grove...