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.
Tagged business rules, entrepreneur, failure, making money, success, when to startEntrepreneurs go from nothing to something, then sometimes get wiped out before going from nothing to something again.
Tagged boldt castle, customer service, doing the right thing, entrepreneur, george boldt, perserveranceBottom 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?
Tagged business planning, life style, vacation, work balance4 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…
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.
Practice these rules and life will be made that much simpler…
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 [...]
Tagged care, caring, customer support, service, successFunny, 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 [...]
Tagged Amazon, Ebook, KindleThe 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 [...]
Tagged CEO, Indus Entrepreneur, networkWe ran a webinar surrounding the book “Collaboration 2.0″ written by David Coleman and Stewart Levine. The price was $99 until two days prior and $125 from then on. We had 35 folks attend and every participant received a free copy of the book. The authors had a chance to make some money, but more [...]
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