Friday, August 26th, 2011

A blog post can be short

Blog frequently and often!

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

When does the entrepreneurial bug start?

So, thinking of being an entrepreneur? Start today and try to figure out where there’s demand (business rule #2) that you can supply directly or be a connector for folks you’ve met (business rule #1). Above all, expect to fail (business rule #3) in your first couple of efforts. Failure is not a bad thing, it is a tool you can use to do it better the next time.

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Entrepreneurs start with nothing and make things happen

Entrepreneurs go from nothing to something, then sometimes get wiped out before going from nothing to something again.

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

5-week holiday once per year

Bottom line is that this time taken once a year is not only great for your family, it’s great of your personal well being and as well as your business. Who’s stopping you from taking your holiday?

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

Just because you get paid the big bucks, doesn’t mean you can’t ask for help…

4 point discussed in this post: 1) Spend a couple hours getting to know your contacts better, 2) Get help with your speeches, 3) Be able to say that you lived a life that was full and engaged, 4) Make sure you be a parent, write a book and plant a tree…

Monday, February 9th, 2009

Should you self-publish???

Yes, if you’ve always wanted to be a publisher sometime in your life. If not, I question the value of using your time that way.

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

The Three Rules of Business

Practice these rules and life will be made that much simpler…

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

Ivan Temes Talking About Care

Ivan Temes, author of “Care: You Have the Power” has passion. He has passion for helping people succeed. He does that by caring. He’s spent years studying the good of others and how those good deals lead to to success. In his book, Ivan discusses many case studies where individuals and corporations demonstrated Care. In [...]

Friday, June 6th, 2008

Amazon is doing some amazing things

Funny, I never realized how similar Amazon and amazing was. Well, they are. Whether you like what there doing depends on whether you are in their way or not. Having just came back from the book industry conference (BEA), I can say that there are many publishers, wholesellers, and distributors that are worried. I heard [...]

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

TiEcon, the best networking event of the year

The Indus Entrepreneur organization (TiE), throws an annual event with 3,600 participants. The best part about the event are the CEOs that only make it out to network once a year. Of the 60 business cards I gathered over a day and a half, 5 were from CEOs of companies in the $10-20m range where [...]