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Funding your business
A look at funding sources for start-ups including venture capital, angel capital, bootstrapping, and loans.
Listen to your GURU – Then ACT
Video. Listen to your GURU and take action. We all listen and learn powerful things from people who know – but usually we fail to act. Education may be the fuel – but someone has to start the engine.
Reading List for the Entrepreneur of Tomorrow
Entrepreneurs read a lot – or at least they skim a lot. A great deal of information is on the market in books, blogs, websites, conferences, magazines, etc – and lets face it – some of it is just 100% trash. So how do you know what to read and what not to read? For...
Your Job and Career Next Year
How will you view your job and career going into a new year? Are you waiting on someone to control your career and your business - or are you going to be in control of your career and business?
What Do You Want?
What do you want? Watch this video and then try to answer this question about your work. I dare you. Then tell me - was it easy to answer? [youtube id="_70kWCj6rbw"] [reminder]Was this question easy to answer for you?[/reminder]
Your Working Legacy
Does your working legacy matter? So often people in miserable jobs use their kids as an excuse not to make a move. After complaining about their job, their boss, the company, the endless meetings which produce no results, and their lack of filling meaningful at work -...
Failure? Really?
Are you afraid of failure? Does fear stop you? Just remember, those stories of overnight success are really a string of failures. Want some examples? Watch this video about Life=Risk--Motivation. [youtube id="0yetHqWODp0"]
Meaningless Work
Finding some meaning in what seems to be meaningless work.
Crush It!
Many of you have been asking me for a recommended reading list for entrepreneurs - which I am working on. But I wanted to go ahead and highlight one new release which I love. The book is Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk. In case you do not know Gary, he is the Wine...
Do I need a business plan to start my own business?
No. Do not like that answer? Then write one. But write the RIGHT plan for your business. To do this, consider your goal for your plan. The strategy plan The purpose of this type of plan is to help you (the entrepreneur and new business owner) define your business...
How to prepare for a successful career?
Twelve years of school. This is where most of us really start our careers and prepare to enter the job market. In theory, twelve years of basic education prepares us for our career or entrepreneurial ventures – but in most instances all it does is prepare us for...
How to Conduct a Reverse Interview | Guaranteed Method to Find a Job
The reverse interview is one of the most powerful methods I have found to find a new job. It is also a very powerful tool for uncovering new business opportunities. I learned of this tool when reading What Color Is Your Parachute? 2010: A Practical Manual for...
Teach Your Employees to Be Self-Employed
It seems that not a week goes by that I am not approached for advice on starting a business. Usually, the person asking is a professional who is working comfortably in the corporate workforce. They have an 8-5 job and a fairly stable paycheck – but are filling a lack...
The Big Questions
These are the questions asked by budding entrepreneurs - people caught in confusion. - How do you deal with uncertainty of starting a business? - How can I explore all of the "what-ifs"? - What is the first step to take? - What about the risk? - Isn't it safer to keep...
Another version of insanity
The other day I heard a commercial state "We are all working harder and making less." Is that not backwards? Shouldn't we be working less and making more? If you are working harder and making less - then do something else. That may sound obvious - but lately I am...
Who thinks less of me than me?
As I’m heading to one of my coaching meetings, I have noticed that the single common denominator of each persons struggle - almost without exception - is themselves - they are their own worst enemy. They undersells their own accomplishment and ability. They thinks...
Five Actions to Show Your Value at Work
[featured-image single_newwindow="false"] Can you show your value at work? What value do you add to your company? How do you either bring in income or generate savings? Are these numbers bigger than the salary they pay you? I ask these questions often and get a...
We the People? Start Bailing!
The recent debates over a bailout of the financial sector by the US government has brought lots of emotion to the table. Fear, anger (lots of anger), and betrayal. I understand them all. But the other feeling I continue to hear is even worse - apathy. Too many of us...