If you have ever visited my home state of New Jersey there is a chance that the visit left you with one of two impressions. You may believe it lives up to its dubious name, “the armpit of America” or, alternatively, you may have concluded that good ‘ol NJ is quite a beautiful state. How [...]
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I hope you have your seat belt on (even if you’re sitting in your office chair). At the very least you’re about to experience a jolt, and at the very best you are about to master the greatest tool for colossal business growth. This best kept secret is not so secret after all. It is [...]
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So the time to break ways with your business partner has finally come, huh? Those early start up days where you and your partner were both going to “do whatever it takes,” has now turned into “whatever I can take!” That equity split of 50/50 made total sense back then. But now its ridiculous! You [...]
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If there is one thing I have learned in my 41 years life, is that authenticity is the ultimate path to success. Yes, it does yield financial freedom. But, it yields so much more than that. Authenticity means you don’t need to fake anything. Authenticity means you can be unabashedly true to who and what [...]
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As entrepreneurs, we ask ourselves questions all the time – how we can get more customers, how we can get more money, or how even how we can get more expenses to qualify as a legitimate tax deductions (come on, we’ve all done it). But when it comes to asking ourselves questions, we would be [...]
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I just interviewed my thousandth entrepreneur. Mind you, this is not a conclusion from formal tracking. I myself have been an entrepreneur almost twenty years now. From day one, I have tried to learn from every entrepreneur and business owner that I met. This past week was likely my thousandth interview and I asked this [...]
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The excuses all sound so legit. I don’t have the money to hire someone! The systems aren’t in place yet! Unless the new guy comes up to speed super fast, I’m not going to be able to afford him! Sounds totally legit, right? Of course it does, but its not. Those excuses are all about [...]
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I just helped one of my consulting clients address a critical business decision. It was fraught with emotion, history, regret, and the fear of making the wrong choice. All the logic in the world wasn’t helping my client reach a decision. They understood the logic, in fact they are the ones who presented it, but [...]
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We Love To Hate #1 It seems that every entrepreneur I meet wants their business to be number one in their industry. I get it. I want to be the biggest, baddest player in my niche too. But there is a big downside to being number one. What I am about to share may not [...]
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I have met entrepreneur after entrepreneur who started a business with tons of inspiration, excitement and energy only to lose their mojo months or years later. Their passion faded. At least that is what they thought. In reality, they were never passionate about what they did. They were just excited. And those are two very [...]
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If you think something will take an hour, it will take a day. If you think something will take a day, it will take a week. And if you think something will take a week, it will take a month, or possibly a year. The winners stick with it. They over estimate their own abilities. [...]
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In this presentation Mike Michalowicz, shares the technique of using mnemonics for memorizing any speech in five minutes.
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Simple is not easy. Complex is. Simple requires that you do the same thing as the complex, but with less. A lot less. Simple is hard, but when you master it, it lasts forever. Consider the Rolex watch for a moment. It is simple (as much as a watch can be). It does a few [...]
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Eddie Money versus Eddie Vedder. Eddie Money sings falsetto, which loosely translates to “fake voice.” It sounds great, when it works. But only in the rarest exception can a falsetto voice be sustained forever. At a certain point our vocal chords can’t hold out any more and our voice cracks. As Eddie Money gets older, [...]
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At age 13 I bugged my Dad about getting a guitar. He supported it. He actually insisted on taking me to the store to get one. When we got there, he immediately marched us over to the used section, and asked the salesman which guitar was in the worst condition. Which one was the most [...]
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Ever have an idea for a new product or service enter your mind and quickly dismiss it, thinking it’s a dumb idea? Let me tell you, you need to stop pushing those seemingly dumb ideas away! They could be worth millions. You never know the potential that those crazy ideas may have. Many successful entrepreneurs [...]
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Mike Michalowicz, Author of The Pumpkin Plan, and Colleen DeBaise of Entrepreneur.com answer viewer questions on MSNBC’s Your Business.
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The morale can go up and down like the DOW Jones. Some of it is a natural result of outside influences, such as a struggling economy. Most of it is under your direct control. Short of putting putting antidepressants in the water supply many expert argue there’s no sure-fire way to boost employee morale. I [...]
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Tickets are on sale now! TEDx Hoboken is on June 28th, 2013. As all TED events, this one will sell out fast! I hope to see you there. – Mike
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You have heard it a million times. Judge someone by their actions, not their words. Even though words supposedly make up 10% of communication (body language, voice inflection, etc. make up the majority), words are critically important. In fact, if you slip up with the wrong words it can be deadly. One verbal faux pas [...]
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