Posted by admin on October 5th, 2009 — Posted in Best Social Resources, Beyond Cats, Enterprise
If you have not heard the name Steve Schwarzman, take some time and be inspired by this. Forbes listed him as the fifty-third most well-heeled individual in America last year, but it is his exceptional success in the business and finance world in addition to his donations to non profit organizations which make this story so amazing. The Blackstone Group co-founder is inspiring and his life goes to prove that dedication and hard work are key to achieving success.
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In the mid-eighties he launched the Blackstone Group with his partner Peter Peterson; to start with it was a private equity and financial advisory company. Today, of course, the Blackstone Group is a household name with ventures as variegated as Madame Tussauds and Allied Waste, to name only two.
After calling Pennsylvania home for much of his young life, Steve Schwarzman attended high school in the School District of Abington. After high school Steve opted for an undergraduate program at Yale. He then chose a master’s degree at the well esteemed Harvard Business school near Boston, Massachusetts. Once he had finished his time at college, Steve started a job at Lehman Brothers investment bank. By the age of thirty-one, he was already one of their managing directors. Stephen A. Schwarzman supports a diversity of educational programs as well as teaching as an ancillary professor at the prestigious Yale School of Management. Moreover, he is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Furthermore, Steve recently presented to the New York Public Library $100 million to sponsor their building program. In fact, the NYPL called their new extension after him.
This is why, America’s elite look at Stephen A. Schwarzman for inspiration: Times Magazine last year appointed him as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. His quick rise to power in the financial sector is certainly amazing, and coupled with his readiness to give back to his own community through his large gifts to the arts and education galvanizes individuals who see him as an inspiration. So the financial space waits in anticipation to see what Steve will do next. Steve Schwarzman is without a doubt a captivating businessman whose influence can clearly be seen in the USA and the financial community all over the world.
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Posted by admin on August 9th, 2009 — Posted in Best Social Resources, Beyond Cats, Enterprise
A rising number of well-known CEOs are actively embracing charity nowadays. You will most likely have seen mention of Mr. Naveen Jain as the CEO and co-founder of Intelius, Inc. a market leader in background checks, identity theft protection and public records services. On top of having made the Forbes list “400 Richest in America” in 2000, this enterprising businessman has been honored with diverse reputable awards, foremost the Albert Einstein Technology Medal, the WSA Industry Achievement Award, and the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Even so it doesn’t finish there. For Jain and his kin are equally as fervent about philanthropy and will strive to give succor whenever possible. There can be no reasonable doubt about the fact that our young generation are veritably our world’s number one resource and the single guarantee of its entire future. Naveen Jain also regards children as constituting the center of his endeavors, and he leverages any occasion available to help them. This is why he is always intensely using every chance available to him to offer support wherever it seems possible. Hence, Naveen Jain, his relations and his staff at Intelius, Inc. donate a material amount of of time and effort to charities such as the Children’s Hospital, the Overlake Service League, and the Vedic Cultural Center. Of course they will assign magnanimous material aid but most importantly they pledge plenty of time and care to those children who require it the most. Further, Naveen Jain donates to the Children’s Hospital in an effort to restore children’s health, as well. With Jain being an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology and XLRI Jamshedpur, it’s no surprise that teaching has been assigned an exceedingly significant prerogative within his charitable worldview. This also includes movements and voluntary organizations that cover the full spectrum from neighborhood programs to the global. Therefore, Intelius and its CEO are assisting deserving interest groups and humanitarian institutions like Child Rights and You (CRY), Hopelink and the University of Washington. Providing for the planet’s starving is an additional essential responsibility for Jain and his kin and to him, it makes not one jot of difference. Although Naveen is cognizant that the job of getting sustenance for all the planet’s unnourished is a herculean one, he is also cognizant that the impossible can indeed be made possible assuming that each person strives towards a common end. If this CEO gets his way, there will be a definite conclusion to squalor and hunger in the world one day.
One may suppose that as the headman of a wildly flourishing market leading business plus being a committed family man would leave him little spare time for benevolent engagements. However, he ensures that all of his beneficent endeavors is given as much attention as he can conceivably muster. This philanthropic man is indisputably a lot more than any obsessed maverick of industry. He is an outstanding individual and a veritable community patron.
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Posted by admin on February 15th, 2009 — Posted in Assistance, Best Social Resources, Lots Of Web Resources
With the new launch of MySpace the question on our lips is: Is MySpace finally making a comeback? I am not really a MySpace fan because it seems to be the exclusive territory of dark haired 16 year old emos, see this Emo MySpace layouts. No offence intended. But the recent revamp of MySpace has made me rethink. I was reading in the Chameleon Interactive Marketing Blog that 50% of users are now over 35. Yes, you heard that right. 1 in 2 users are over 35 and presumably no longer glamour princesses or emo goths. Stereotyping aside, the article does have a valid point which is that with the changing demographics of MySpace and ingenuous methods of advertising, MySpace is popular with advertisers again. Whilst the article can rightly claim that the new revamp of MySpace can lure back advertisers, I do not think that advertisers are likely to return to MySpace in flocks and droves, as the writer of the blog seems to think. Yes, I have no doubt that MySpace can sell itself to older users, that is, people in the 40+ demographics, but the key question is: how successful are they likely to be? To be quite honest, I do not think that they will be highly successful. This is because the blog-ish nature of MySpace makes it less attractive to many 40+ people who simply do not have time to blog about the joys of raising teenage children amongst working and cleaning up after the mess of these children. The writer of the blog informs us that MySpace is also trying to break into the 60+ user group. Commonsense would tell you that the plan is not likely to succeed simply because internet users amongst the 60+ population is substantially smaller than say internet users amongst those who are 25 to 40 years old. At the moment, I am trying really hard to imagine a granny using MySpace without laughing. I am failing abysmally because I simply cannot imagine a granny wearing horn rimmed glasses staring at the screen attempting to blog about the rheumatism in her back or changing her MySpace wallpaper to a garish shade of pink. One very interesting point which Fiorella makes is that “Last year, MySpace began a music venture with all four major record labels - EMI Music, Sony BMG, Universal and Warner Music to allow users to listen to free streaming audio…and…buy music direct”.This is an excellent feature but ultimately it is simply the icing on the cake. At the end of the day, the simple truth is that the hey-day of MySpace is over, not necessarily because it is not as good as Facebook, but simply because it is yesterday’s thing. Unless NewsCorp makes a substantial overhaul of MySpace, advertisers are unlikely to come back to it in flocks and droves. But it’s nice to see MySpace step up its game in the face of competition from rival, Facebook.
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Posted by admin on July 7th, 2008 — Posted in Best Social Resources
A short and memorable web address will ensure that your new contacts can also locate you and be updated with your company’s developments.
Always use your corporate email address when corresponding with your networks.
Incorporate a blog (an online diary) in your corporate website and invite your networks to contribute to your comments.
Profile your networks and provide free links back to their own websites.
Join Networking online forums like OpenBC, LinkedIn and Ecademy etc.
Join Trade Associations.
Ensure that your namecard has relevant contact information and keywords about what you do.
Provide free content for global portals will also ensure that your website will appear high on search engines’ ranking. However, this may not be sustainable in the long run as your content may be “open-source” and you will find it difficult to incorporate it in your own intellectual capital.
Provide fresh ideas for media companies like television and broadcasting stations.
Share your research and white-papers with public.
Write book reviews and interview business authors to complement your books reviews.
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Posted by admin on April 14th, 2008 — Posted in Best Social Resources
Everyone in business needs information. A business owner only has so much time, so it would be easy to miss industry news that affects them, or even more devastating, they could miss an opportunity to make a profit. You can help.
Make a list of your clients to keep at your desk. Also, keep directories of organizations you belong to. Review these lists frequently so you know what people do. These people are your contacts. They need your help. By helping them you also help yourself.
For yourself, you should already be reading the local papers every day. In addition you should read USA Today and the Wall Street Journal. Read headlines on internet news services for breaking news as well. As you find something that affects a contact, copy or print out the information. Then you simply mail the information to your friend or client. You mail this so there is a hard copy that reaches their desk. Add a line like, “I thought you might find this useful.” Be sure to sign it. You find the information to help them. You send the copy to help you.
Okay, now what are you looking for? Nothing in particular, everything in relation. Be selective.
Here are some examples of what I’ve done:
I’ve sent notices of job bids for new school windows to a client that sells and installs commercial glass
I’ve sent notes to real estate developers on property they may have missed
I’ve sent articles about new businesses to insurance agents
I’ve sent comments about community action to clients who sit on various boards of directors
I’ve sent a book review on unions to a friend in HR who works on contracts with several unions
As you can see, what you send out varies by what you find. Now, you are not your own clipping service. Don’t spend a ton of time on this, but as you read be thinking about others.
What you don’t want to do is send a whole bunch of mail to the same people. You’ll look like you’re doing this for a living OR worse, yet; you’ll look like this is advertising yourself. Keep in mind, that all you’re really doing is finding valuable information for people whom you think will benefit and then sending that information to them. You are sharing.
By helping others do better in business and the community, you will be rewarded as well. Individuals appreciate and remember people that look out for them.
Author Don Doman: Don is a published author of books for small business, corporate video producer, and owner of Ideas and Training (http://www.ideasandtraining.com), which provides business training products. Don also owns Human Resources Radio (http://www.humanresourcesradio.com), which provides business training programs and previews 24-hours a day.
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