Best Practice from Zappos.com: How to WOW your Customers

November 26, 2012
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At Zappos they don’t measure call times, don’t force employees to upsell, and don’t use scripts! The longest call took almost 6 hours and nobody was upset about it. In fact, Tony Hsieh, the prodigious CEO of the 1-billion revenue online shoe retailer, takes great pride in their “a little weird” and outside-the-box approach to making customers happy. read more →

photo by: Robert Scoble

The Entrepreneur’s Business: 10 Signs that You Are Doing Your Manager’s Job

November 25, 2012
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A well-known saying states that “an entrepreneur could be a manager but a manager cannot be an entrepreneur”.  There are two sides to this truthful insight. Entrepreneurs are indeed free to get involved in the management and the day-to-day operations of their businesses as much as they consider appropriate.  After all, it’s their party.  Managers.. read more →