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how to run a successful business
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Startups + Mentors = Entrepreneurial Success
Celebrating Entrepreneurial Success While Mentoring Others Ever stood in what felt like a huge moment for your business and not known what to do next? Ever been plagued by doubt about whether or not a campaign is going to do well? And followed that up with drowning in a whirlpool of fear and self-loathing about...
Success: When To Stop Whining And Go Get What You Really Want
Success Won’t Come If You’re Deathly Afraid Of It: 6 Deep-Seated Fears You Need To Address Recently, I sent out a survey to my community of 50,000+ subscribers – many of whom are deeply longing to launch themselves and their ventures to the highest level, and make a big impact in the world. I asked...
Learning From Others
One of the challenges faced by anyone running a start-up or small business is learning what you need to know, before your lack of knowledge trips you up big time. Reading business books and accessing online info like StartupNation are two important ways to learn. (Have you checked out 10 Steps to Grow Your Business lately?)...
An Entrepreneur’s Theory of Relativity: You and “Them”
You gotta love Albert Einstein. Relativity speaking, I'm not sure what he was blessed with more - genius or sense of humor. For example, check out this quote by him: When you sit with a nice girl for two hours you think it's only a minute. But when you sit on a hot stove for...
Small business owners are like an orchestra conductor
My new bride and I went to the symphony this past Saturday night. Music from Chopin, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, and a special appearance by Lang Lang, a 23-year old pianist. It totally rocked. There is something very special about a live music performance that takes hold of you as the evening goes on. While I was...
Don’t forget the small stuff
Whoa, remember me? Its been a long time since I blogged. No excuse for the unexplained absence... other than graduation from college (after nine years of in and out!), consulting on a friend's new business, a wonderful new girl in my life, and excessive growth at Charisma Arts. We have a television show coming out...
Small Business exemplifies old business adage: Do one thing really well.
There are lots of sayings, theories and clichés about how to run a successful business. One I've heard many times is “Do one thing and do it well.” While heading out of my hotel to a nearby Starbucks on Saturday morning in Chicago, I saw a line that I was relieved to find out was...