When Jimmy Dean passed away this month, I started thinking about my own demise. Once I”m gone, I want my efforts today to be remembered in a way that makes sense for me. I want people to remember me for doing something I loved everyday and not just for what I accomplished in a mundane 9-5.
Entrepreneurship
USA World Cup: Building a Business Model Like a Soccer Game
So the US pulled out a last minute win only to lose Ghana. Oh, but what a fabulous loss it was!
Bollywood Star Focuses on Entrepreneurship
Pretiy Zinta attends Harvard Business.
If I Take All the Risks, I Want All the Rewards
Assessing your situation is good. But determining what it is you want from life is better.
When it comes to selling stuff, Be Cool Hand Luke
In this video clip from "Cool Hand Luke" we watch Paul Newman's character, Luke, playing poker and he bluffs a large amount of money out of a crowd of convicts when in his hand he is holding nothing. The classic line is "Sometimes nothing can be a real cool hand"....
Your Own Business: Fear No One Will Buy Your Stuff
So you want to start your own business, but you're afraid no one will buy your products. Well, we talk about fear and it's potentially disasterous effects on any venture in alot of posts on here, so today I want to talk about the reality of seemingly worthless...
Just Back Off Already: Knowing When to Let Others Take the Reins
Sometimes “keepin’ it on the homefront” will actually cost you more money than spending to hire someone else.
French Innovation. Well, sort of.
Seriously, the very word entrepreneur—while almost cliche in today’s society of money-makers, book writers, and such– has innovation at its’ core. Are you an innovator? I think too many people let fear of innovation weigh them down.
The Jobs Passion
What Steve Jobs considers the key to success in life.
Steve Jobs Commencement Address to Stanford.
“Don’t Settle”; Steve Jobs Commencement Address to Stanford.
Successful People Have Passion
Call it energy, drive, or ambition – they have something they are after.
How to Sell a Lexus
In his book The Success Principles, Jack Canfield tells about a friend of his who owns a Lexus dealership in Southern California. In the first Gulf War the economic uncertainty resulted in a reduced demand for luxury cars. All the dealers knew it, and just accepted...
Event + Response = Outcome
our responses to external events can determine the overall outcome of those events.
Do You Ever Doubt Yourself?
Do you ever doubt yourself? Doubt is a powerful force in my life. But where does doubt come from?
The Secret to Happiness?
Really! What is it that you have been given the freedom to do, but you need the courage to do it?
Ship it!
What do you have you are sitting on waiting for more information, more tweaks, one more thing? Are you ready to just ship it?
Top 10 College Dropouts
While everyone is clambering for college as a bare minimum to succeed – others seem to have figured out how to do it on their own terms.
The Agile Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurs looking to escape cubicle insanity need to be agile!!