Mark Zuckerberg's Grand Vision for the Next 10 Years of Facebook

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Facebook posted strong third-quarter earnings on Tuesday evening.

The theme of the earnings call was Facebook's future and how the company can use its success to invest in long-term goals that will make it an even stronger company over the next decade.

Facebook's CFO, Dave Wehner, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg both said that next year Facebook would be making a series of aggressive talent and ad-tech investments that would set it up for a successful future.

But that could mean Facebook's expenses increase up to 70%.

Zuckerberg also outlined his three-, five-, and 10-year plan for the company.

In summary, he wants to have multiple Facebook products — WhatsApp, Messenger, Search, Video, NewsFeed, Oculus, and Instagram — each connect 1 billion users. Once those have reached mass scale, then he'll start to aggressively monetize them.

Five Keys to Not Fail Again When Doing Business

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Dalam banyak studi dan data statistik yang saya ketahui menyatakan bahwa 75%-85% bisnis gagal pada tahun pertama dan hanya 3-5% yang bertahan sampai lebih dari 10 tahun. Tentunya banyak faktor yang menyebabkan hal ini terjadi.

Belajar dari pengalaman kegagalan orang lain, kita bisa mencoba memperbaiki tingkat kesuksesan bisnis kita dan membuat usaha kita bisa berjalan untuk jangka panjang. Menurut saya ada lima poin penting untuk di perhatikan:

Victoria Beckham named entrepreneur of the year

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Victoria Beckham has topped a list of Britain's top 100 entrepreneurs by Management Today magazine.

They praised her "finely tuned business acumen" for expanding her fashion empire into a business with a £30m turnover and a staff of 100.

Editor Matthew Gwyther accepted that some may "scoff" at the fact that the former Spice Girl came top.

But he said she had created "a company that is both real and wildly successful".

The Reasons Why Your Online Business Didn't Grow

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Sekarang ini jamannya bisnis online, hampir semua hal bisa dijual secara online. Perhatikan saja perkembangan di dunia maya saat ini, ada banyak sekali orang yang sudah memanfaatkan jaringan internet dalam melakukan transaksi, melakukan promosi, atau menyampaikan informasi lain yang berhubungan dengan produk atau jasa yang mereka miliki.

Meski ada yang bilang bisnis online itu gampang, namun sebenarnya bisnis online tidaklah semudah yang dibayangkan. Bisnis online butuh kerja keras dan cerdas yang dilakukan dengan sungguh-sungguh, disamping itu kita juga harus memiliki ilmu pemasaran online yang jitu. Memang banyak yang sukses dengan bisnis online, namun Anda juga harus menyadari bahwa banyak pula orang yang mengalami kegagalan.

Salah satu faktor penentu kesuksesan adalah karena produk atau jasa yang ditawarkan banyak peminatnya, dan Anda menjual produk berkualitas didukung dengan pemasaran yang baik. Sayangnya, ada banyak yang gagal mengembangkan bisnis online miliknya karena berbagai hal. Ilmu pemasaran online sangat penting dalam hal ini, dan itulah perlunya kita harus terus belajar untuk mencapai target di bisnis online.

Berikut ini beberapa penyebab mengapa bisnis online tidak berkembang atau dalam arti produk maupun jasa Anda sepi pelanggan

Small Business News: Entrepreneur Tips and Tricks

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Entrepreneurs must wear many hats. Here are tips for just about all of them. Mastering various aspects of your business is an important aspect of what you do. Keep learning. Keep reading. Let this small business news roundup from Small Business Trends be your starting point.

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Expand Your Business with Collaboration

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Saya selalu bilang, untuk jadi entrepreneur mah 'gampang'. Yang susah itu gimana caranya jadi entrepreneur yang sukses. Apa itu entrepreneur yang sukses? 

Entrepreneur yang bisa buat bisnisnya ngga cuma bertahan tapi juga berkembang. Bahkan bukan cuma berkembang, tapi bisa jadi besar. 

Gimana caranya? Di subjek tulisan ini sudah saya tulis gimana caranya. KOLABORASI. 

Failure is Good, but Here Are 10 Mistakes Your Startup Should Never Make

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Failure is the fertilizer of Silicon Valley, or so we would have you believe. Like fraternity hazing, we take excessive pleasure in warning plebes (aspiring entrepreneurs) that 80 to 90 percent of all startups fail.