Share the best business advice you’ve received (#in!)
Last week LinkedIn launched a significant integration with Twitter, enabling professionals to expand their personal brands to their professional networks and vice-versa. To show our users how that might work, today we’re asking you: What’s the best business advice you’ve ever received?
The best business advice I ever received seemed to be something of an oxymoron. As an entrepreneur, you’re told frequently, “Be persistent! Follow your vision! Flatten obstacles!” But on the other hand, you’re urged to “Learn from the market! Adapt to changing conditions! Take a different course!” Knowing when to persist and when to be flexible is more of an art than a science. So in a fluid, fast-changing world, sometimes you stick to your vision, and sometimes you adapt quickly.
Unfortunately, that’s more than 140 characters! So watch the video to see how Biz and I resolve our best advice to the unique Twitter format. And tweet your best advice today with #in.
Here’s how you can share the best business advice you’ve received on LinkedIn and Twitter
1. LinkedIn and Twitter users can participate by tweeting the best business advice they’ve received with the hashtag #in.
2. If you’ve already linked your accounts, this hashtag will automatically update your LinkedIn status, enabling you to share your wisdom with both networks simultaneously.
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Joseph Marler November 17th, 2009
I am not sure about the secret to success – but I am confident that the path to failure is to try to make everyone happy.
Kevin Lee November 17th, 2009
Watch your cash flow. Simple, but critical. More sexy is listen more to your smart clients than dumb ones.
Anne Ahola Ward November 17th, 2009
The best advice I have ever gotten was to THINK BIG. It sounds silly. When you are starting your own business like I have you have to try and work on the business not in it. Keep thinking big and big things happen.
LeRoy Dennison November 17th, 2009
Don’t believe everything you are told. Verify / validate before taking action.
Russell Roering November 17th, 2009
I posted a different one, but one of my favorites is also “do what you love, the money will follow.”
Chris November 17th, 2009
In my younger years, I was pretty proud of myself – overly proud. An occasion when I was again touting myself, my boss got in my face and said, “You don’t get any credit for doing your job.”
He embarrassed me and I was pissed. But he was right and I have never forgotten that important lesson. Always do more than you are paid to do and don’t worry too much about who gets the credit.
Chad Romig November 17th, 2009
Act intentionally. Follow through.
John Pruitt November 17th, 2009
Content was king. Aggregation is now king and content is but a humble surf.
Phil Sharp November 18th, 2009
The best advice I had was “when your work speaks for itself….don’t interup”
Katherine A Allen November 18th, 2009
Never hire friends or family.
Matthew J. Klein November 18th, 2009
Nothing happens – until the customer buys the product off the shelf.
Keith Ranville November 18th, 2009
Applying to put my twitter account here today something new Linkin offers!
Cheers,
Keith Ranville
Tomaž Mačus November 18th, 2009
Never mix business with private life – when you come home from work, you should be another person ;-)
James M Murphy November 18th, 2009
Bad Business Will Drive Away The Good Business.
Benny A.. Benjamin November 18th, 2009
The customer may not always be right, but he’s always the customer.
gbronkhorst November 18th, 2009
The best advice I ever got is the advice to join a solid networkmarketing company. #in
mahasti November 18th, 2009
You’ll learn everything you need to know about the business in a week; the rest is politics! (quoting my 1st boss-in the nonprofit world. He was right!)
MATHEW MATHEW November 18th, 2009
Persistence pays!
caveat bettor November 18th, 2009
Upon entering the Salomon Brothers training program in the late 80s, Peter Bloom taught us:
Whenever you need to work with someone, you need to understand how they get paid.
Linda Wright November 18th, 2009
If your business isn’t making money, it’s a hobby. Keep your eye on the bottom line.
nancy van gulick November 18th, 2009
Just do it – when trying to decide when to start a new business and how much background work to do. Just get off the dime, and “do it”.
Richard Ackermann November 18th, 2009
You can’t be everything to everyone and you have to buy or own it before you sell it.
Robbie November 18th, 2009
Don’t let anyone steal your dreams
Todd Whatley November 18th, 2009
Know your strengths and hire a person to manage and compensate for your weaknesses.
Jack Kojola November 18th, 2009
Best advice when networking, spend 80 % of your time with the winners.
Jack Kojola November 18th, 2009
If you do not know the answer just ask if it is a problem for you?
Diann Cimring November 18th, 2009
Hire people smarter than you are #in
Sophie Giamos-Zarlenga November 18th, 2009
If it isn’t fun anymore get out before its too late! #in
Goran Radic November 19th, 2009
Be bigger than you think you can!
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Janaki Ramachandran November 19th, 2009
Keep your business costs down and increase productivity by regularly improving your admin, marketing and performance evaluation processes
Arindam Dutta November 19th, 2009
All big businesess were small ideas at certain point of time………it takes the gut to explore and make it big….If your desire is very strong you will get connectors to facilitate the same…so go for it….kiss the world…
Miriam November 19th, 2009
My former boss always says: “There is no free lunch”. Pay attention – there is always an intention behind it.
Alannah Ryane November 19th, 2009
I spent a whole hot day of a 5 day vision quest trying to outsmart a swarm of mosquitoes. It wasn’t until I said “ok I get it” that they left. Their message: Persistence is nothing with out Patience!
Mathew Mathew November 19th, 2009
A lost customer/client may cost you your reputation too!
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Laura Macias November 20th, 2009
Best business advice? Show the vision not just a litany of problems. Look forward, not over your shoulder.
frank November 24th, 2009
know something your client do not know and you have the game
Brandi Leyva November 25th, 2009
Shut your mouth.Listen,ask questions,offer solutions.Make commitments not promises and follow up!
Alma November 25th, 2009
Own your mistakes – and apologise for them. Clients can forgive a mistake, so long as it comes with an admission & an apology.
Kirk Abraham November 25th, 2009
‘There’s nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all’ (Peter Drucker) #in
anna maria mattace November 29th, 2009
my first boss at Dolce&Gabbana (Federica Marchionni) told me: There is never a second ‘first sight’.
in italian is… Non c’è mai una seconda ‘prima impressione’…
Ernesto Suarez January 8th, 2010
Know your numbers!!! Whatever you do, know your numbers.