Jack Le

Being a good manager is hard. Here are a few ways business leaders should do to be more productive, innovative, and positive selves. 1. Unnecessary meetings? Skip it Meetings need to create value for employees, such as brainstorming ideas, reaching a crucial decision, or coordinating work. If it’s about anything else, skip it. Give your employees back their time by choosing your meetings strategically. Go in with a clear plan of what you want to cover during that time and hold everyone to it. 2. Communication should be clear and concise “Let’s make sure to finish the project by quarter-end,” sounds like a clear directive,

Many entrepreneurs have passed through Microsoft in the company’s 45-year history. A Seattle-based economist Microsoft once hired to study its economic impact estimated that the company had helped create 10,000 millionaires by the year 2000. Some of them became philanthropists, went to space, bought sports teams, or helped launch popular products including the Cranium board game and Cabbage Patch Kid dolls. A few even founded billion or multibillion-dollar companies like Chinese electronics giant Xiaomi, video game developer Valve, and hot startups like UIPath, Convoy, and Auth0. Let’s have a look at a list of 13 notable ex-entrepreneurs who spent many