Cubicle insanity. One of the frequent issues I find in dealing with people in the corporate world is that they have no idea HOW to turn their passions into profits. It is as if we get a corporate lobotomy after working in the cubicle farm. We get cubicle insanity. Can...
Entrepreneurship
Start With The End In Mind
To get what you want, you must start with the end in mind. Most people have no idea what they really want to happen or what they are working to become. To get control, decide what you want in the end and set some goals. The video reviews some of those basic processes...
I Hate My Job | How I am Killing the Country
I love the title of a recent article by MSNBC. The title is "Americans’ job satisfaction falls to record low" and even better the subtitle "Economists warn discontent could stifle innovation, hurt U.S. productivity" Why do I love this depressing news? Because it says...
Branding for Entrepreneurs
The other day at a meeting I heard Michael Bell from The Modern Brand talk about what to do when your small business revenues are down and business is slow. His pitch was to existing company owners and entrepreneurs, many of whom are hurting financially right now....
What Kind of Products and Services Do I Offer?
What kind of services does your business handle? What exactly are the products you want to offer. This video covers how to figure that out.
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What Kind of Business Do I Start? – Part 3
The common question is "What kind of business do I start?" We've talked about what we want, and we've talked about how to make what we want make money, but NOW how do we decide which options for making money are the best? Are some of them too crazy? Am I scared to...
Goals in 2010
I have been working for a few days looking back at my 2009 company results and looking forward to my 2010 goals. Have you set new goals - or perhaps dusted off your old ones? The results of this time of reflection have been somewhat bittersweet. The company's...
Step 2 – I Know What I Want, Now How to Make Money
This series covers the three steps towards how to make money doing what you love. We've covered Step 1 and that is Answering the question: What do I want? In this video blog entry, we discuss how to turn "What I love to do?" into something that can actually make...
What kind of business should I start?
This video is about helping you determine what kind of business you should start. The key - finding your passion - something that sounds simple but can be a big search. [youtube id="BPhFuzC-ZEc"] Here are the questions referred to in the video that YOU need to...
Escape from Cubicle Nation [Book Review]
Here is more detail on one of the books from my
Escaping Cubicle Insanity by Discovering the Entrepreneur in You
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n6-P48huSk The introduction video to the upcoming series of videos on Escaping Cubicle Insanity by Discovering the Entrepreneur in You. The series will start the 2010 year as a look at how to break free from corporate life one step at...
Sharing your business idea with others
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkfM0-lWvoA Do you share you great new idea with others - or keep it a secret till you can surprise the world with your brilliance. This video considers the realities.
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]