how to succeed in 2007

Last week, as I entered my house and looked down to one of my side tables in my living room, I wondered how one of my favorite magazines of December 2006 issue got under it. As I looked, a snap list of ideas reminded me that it has been two months since I entered my last blog. Honestly, I need to be motivated to sync my creativity with my fingers. I tried to read some articles from several websites and turned pages from some books I would collect that make me feel good.

Zippy it is to rapture to another year of revolution. From the 50 of the brightest minds in business in America, each of them has a unique advice in the year ahead. Of course, I am talking about 2007. Although the year 2008 is fast approaching, I still feel that 2007 is an opportunity to every more blessed individual and company that focuses on the right expedition.

In December 2006 issue of Business 2.0, the pilots of YouTube, Digg, Craigslist, Flickr and chef Rachael Ray advised

“how to build the next Google”.

YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley says give your startup a fighting chance by testing first, seeking outside feedback, and give partners what they want. Kevin Rose of Digg advises to let the users get the sense of ownership of your product until they find their interest and use them to promote what’s important to them. Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield says building a business has to be about more than just money. It has to be about something. Craig Newmark points out that customers will love you in return when you trust them by giving them power to do things right. Rachael Ray has learned that you can’t be all things to all people. She offers a breakfast of turning your passion into an empire.

“How to stay a step ahead”

is the focus of Google, MySpace, Dell Computer, Netflix, and Best Buy. Succeed with simplicity and focusing on features instead of products eliminate Google from making the complexity problem worse. The cluttered looking (according to Korean social networks) MySpace keeps social networks social by adding value to the member’s lives while being consistent with their brand’s identity. Michael Dell states that South Korea is well ahead of the United States in connecting their citizens in cyberspace because they think big.

Remember Michael Scott of The Office?

“How to be a great leader”

for him is by helping his employees make life better and better with no limits because the future is theirs. He thought that the three keys to motivating your staff are love, fear, and chocolate. Anne Mulcahy from the company that had the lab that ran away enjoys staying true to her values while working for Xerox for 30 years believes in the culture of citizenship which includes how you treat your people, customers, suppliers and the communities where you live in. Richard Branson believes that you have to learn how to say no (even if you’re known as Dr. Yes). The Virgin Group founder and chairman doesn’t want to discourage people by turning them down with extreme difficulty.

Andre Agassi staged a great second act in tennis to justify

“how to make a comeback”

to the field that made him successful. Starbucks’ Howard Schultz dares to be a social entrepreneur as he builds the foundation of connecting consumers with the companies they patronize. The philosophy of

“how to do well by doing good”

makes the most popular coffee shop in the world as the most suggested meeting place.

In this month of November, although I am not writing down notes about it yet, I started thinking what the organizations I am involved with succeeded for the last 11 months. We have set our very own version of 18 goals for this year. The other company, a creative suite, would never leave the objective of building brands and building relationships. Our startup has never been the same as the year 1. In fact, our pet project inboundpass.com is making a web history as the most controversial online source of the Philippine college basketball leagues such as UAAP and NCAA.

Since I surfed to my entrepreneurial journey, this year has never been as busy as before that’s why I said that it is already November 2007 but I still feel that the focus is on the goal of the very first day of the year 2007. Day 1 of the year will probably the same as the 365th day of 2007.

And for the first time in my entire event business and career, we will be working on January 1, 2008. A project from a client that we can’t refuse.

Year 2008 will probably be like 2007.