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In the last article in this series, I made the point that today, you must constantly be learning—there’s no other way to survive in the 21st century. How do you practically do that? Data Bombardment Thanks to modern media, we’re bombarded with millions of pieces of information daily—most of it negative. Some of this news ...

In my last article in this series about learning, I talked about the difference in the business between a top-down and bottom-up scenario, and that the bottom-up scenario is the only one which will, in the end, really work in global digital commerce. This concept neatly crosses over into education. If you look back in ...

The Grass-Roots Shared Economy There are readers and followers of myself and my company that are undoubtedly wondering why we are making such a radical transformation in our business model. Instead of hiring mere “employees” throughout the world to sell our product and paying them as such, we’re partnering with people and, when they sell, ...

In the world I was born into, people went to school in the traditional way. During that time, you were asked what you wanted to be one day. You went to elementary, middle school, high school, and university. You learned a profession, and you worked in that profession most of your life. In those days ...

In this, our final article on the subject of product evangelism, we’re going to take up a subject that is eternally controversial: the “spirit” or the “soul.” There are many views and opinions of what a soul or spirit is. Hard science dictates that there is no such thing. Philosophy and religion have been all ...

You might have seen our new Pipeliner CRM mission statement, which goes along with our new sales model, popping up here and there. I’m very excited about it. It reads: “We offer a way to peaceful, prosperous life! Today it seems like humans and technology have become combined or even equal. As a CRM vendor, ...

How can you create evangelists within a company, and scale such an operation? It can certainly be a challenge. But as we’ve discussed in previous posts in this series, evangelism is something that can indeed be taught and learned, once people have decided that is what they want to do. Evangelists are people who go ...

In our last couple of articles in this series, we’ve talked about today’s vital need for the return of evangelists in business. Now, let’s have a look at what it really takes to become an evangelist. Inherited or Learned Skill? Are evangelistic traits only inherited? Do they only stem from a person’s genetic code? Or ...