CEO Advisory

Mounting threats to cybersecurity are pressuring businesses to evaluate the security of their networks. In late 2013, Target experienced a data breach of 46 million credit and debit card numbers. Cards were reissued, consumer assuredness was rattled and, ultimately, Target’s Chief Information Officer resigned. In September 2014, Home Depot confirmed...

SEO is the most misunderstood specialty in all of Internet marketing. Self-proclaimed SEO experts sometimes have no idea what they are talking about. Bad SEO players (black hat SEOs) intentionally overpromise in their attempts to secure new clients. On top of all this, best practices for SEO change on a...

Ever noticed, sometimes a single word can challenge the way you think and perhaps even change the way you live. We may not remember the details, but we will always remember the impact a person had on us. Probably. I believe that the secret to accomplishing great things is to...

Over the weekend, I combed through the FTC’s recent report – all 71 pages - on the Internet of Things (IoT), entitled, The Internet of Things - Privacy and Security in a Connected World. Everything that I had previously read online about the report didn’t revel anything novel about IoT...

From Ibiza to Goa, a recent survey conducted by National Geographic magazine has put Dublin in Ireland on rank 1 in the "top ten cities in the World for nightlife" list, beating places like Belgrade and Sao Paulo. Sleep not recommended. Belgrade, Serbia was ranked 2nd on the list among...

The Chronicle of Philanthropy in Washington released its annual list of the top 50 most generous American donors, whether individuals or couples, of 2014 (biggest philanthropists in the US) to nonprofit organizations in 2014. Here are 15 things to know about some of the biggest philanthropists in the U.S. and...

The Chronicle of Philanthropy released its latest list of the 50 most generous donors in the United States of 2014. Topping the list of the country’s leading philanthropists, came in at No. 1 are perennial favorites Bill and Melinda Gates, who donated a whopping $1.5 billion bequest to the Bill &...

Have you defined your personal brand?   Are you consistently living your personal brand every day? Do you know how to balance between your personal branding and your corporate status as a spokesperson and corporate ambassador? If you’re like most of upper management professionals, top level executives I have trained or...

Hi John, I appreciate being invited into your world and have enjoyed our discussions. Last Friday we talked for about an hour, I reviewed your Business Plan and Pro Forma, and yesterday we talked for an hour and a half. You have given me a good understanding of your start-up....

Innovative and creative employees - entrepreneurs within your business - are a rarity. However, Stephen Archer argues that this doesn't have to be the case. Archer, business analyst and Director of Spring Partnerships believes that a strong competitive advantage in business can be achieved through forging a culture of innovation. Known as...