Leadership

David Ogilvy is considered “The Grandfather of Modern Advertising.” His style is often copied but never to the actual greatness that was Ogilvy. He learned his leadership qualities from good old-fashioned hard work and unrelenting determination.

What happens when you mix brilliant business sense with a passion for helping others? You get Sheryl Sandberg, one of tech’s most influential leaders. As Facebook’s (now Meta’s) former Chief Operating Officer (CEO), she didn’t just help build a social media giant – she sparked a worldwide conversation about women in leadership. From Harvard to Silicon Valley Sandberg’s journey didn’t start in tech. Born in 1969 in Washington D.C., she was a standout student who topped her economics class at Harvard. After earning her MBA, she worked everywhere from McKinsey & Company to the U.S. Treasury Department. Sandberg then joined the tech industry when she became Vice President of Global…

Ari Chazanas, the visionary founder of LotusProperties.com, is a dynamic force in the Los Angeles real estate market. A seasoned entrepreneur and passionate advocate for community development, Ari’s unique property acquisition and management approach has propelled LotusProperties.com to the forefront of the industry.

Dell has partnered with Camara, a non-profit organization, to provide and improve disadvantaged students’ access to ICT in education. The project will involve establishing e-learning centers in Benincasa School in Blackrock, Dublin, and St Gabriels School, Dooradoyle, Limerick. Dell will provide both schools with 68 devices, including Dell Inspiron laptops and Dell XPS tablets. The program will run for three years and aims to provide access to technology and, hence, improve computer literacy skills. This will, in turn, improve the quality of education the students receive in other subjects. A combination of support from Camara and Dell will see teacher training being carried out to ensure all staff can use…

Open Innovation 2.0 Conference at the Dublin Castle Dublin Castle was the venue for the world’s first Open Innovation 2.0 conference in May as part of Ireland’s EU (European Union) presidency. Intel Labs Europe’s Martin Curley spoke to Grainne Rothery about the new concept of innovation. The markets where innovation is making a strong impact are listed at the bottom of this article and recently updated. The adoption of a new paradigm, Open Innovation 2.0 (OI2). The OI2 will be “the catalyst that unleashes a virtual Cambrian explosion” of European innovation. Martin Curley and Bror Salmelin of the European Commission’s Open Innovation Strategy and Policy Group (OISPG) wrote in their…

A report by a government-appointed expert group charged with examining the problem of mortgage arrears in Ireland has recommended that a new Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process (MARP) should be introduced across the financial industry in order to offer help to homeowners struggling to make their mortgage payments. The Expert Group on Mortgage Arrears and Personal Debt, which is headed by Hugh Cooney and also includes the Financial Regulator Matthew Elderfield, has recommended that all lenders develop an industry-wide standard Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process (MARP) and calls for improved communication from lenders for homeowners who are in arrears in their mortgage. It also recommends banning penalty interest or arrears charges for…

Future business: disruptive innovationDr Trish Gorman In the first article in Business & Leadership’s new ‘Future Business’ series published in association with Vodafone, Sorcha Corcoran explores the concept of business agility in reacting to changing customer needs. The expression ‘if you snooze, you lose’ has to be resonating increasingly with the business community as the world hurtles through unprecedented change and consumers become ever more demanding. The past ten years have brought us pervasive internet connectivity, cloud-based applications, mobile devices that connect everywhere, remote working, and digital innovations that create newly empowered customers. (See The Open Innovation 2.0 ) And with rapid technological advancement and high consumer expectations has come an increased level of…

Bill Gates from 2007Photo source: akittv.com.tr Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft, the company which created the Windows operating system. He is credited as an entrepreneur who revolutionized the computer industry. He is consistently the richest man in the world, with an estimated net worth of $90 billion in 2016. A Short Biography From a very young age, Gates was fascinated by computers. In the eighth grade, he already showed an unusual interest in computers and even skipped his Math class to pursue programming. He went to Harvard College after scoring 1590 out of 1600 on the SATs. However, at Harvard, rather than studying, he spent most of his…

Teeka Tiwari is the editor of the Palm Beach Letter for the Palm Beach Research Group. As one of the first investing experts to explore cryptocurrencies, Teeka Tiwari is a financial pioneer.

Photo: lukesample.com Capitalize on Amazon’s incredible continued growth by co-owning the land where their MASSIVE warehouses reside and get paid ROYALTIES in the Amazon Royalty Program ! Luke Sample co-founded BookProfits (along with Jon Shugart ), a training program and software that helps entrepreneurs leverage part-time book trades for full-time profits.  As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? In what ways does that relate to what you do now? Well if we go WAY back, when I was very young I wanted to be a “garbage man”. They had the coolest job to me which was standing on the back of the truck while it was moving, and tossing…