October 27, 2013
It's What You Do With What Happens
I have come to believe that the events we experience as entrepreneurs are the same for us all. The founders of Google and the founder of Spanx, experienced the same...
October 26, 2013
Make New Rules
Google changed the search engine rules established by Yahoo, MSN and AOL (remember them?) from tons of news and ads on a search page, to a simple box. Then Google...
October 25, 2013
Place What You Want To Sell On The Right
The left side of the human brain performs, among other things, story telling. Not just story telling to others, but story telling to ourselves. When you look at that pretty...
October 24, 2013
The Danger Of Quoting Price Ranges
In this episode of On A Roll, Mike Michalowicz explains how quoting price ranges set both the vendor and the client up for disappointment. Instead of quoting price ranges, quote...
October 23, 2013
Know More, No More
I don't care how many books you have read (I can suggest a couple, if you like) or how much business experience you have - there is always more to...
October 22, 2013
Twist & Turn Your Ideas
You're an entrepreneur. You're a relentless fountain of ideas. Ideas are good. But it is the great ideas that you need. Instead of yet another good idea, take an existing...
October 21, 2013
A Lesson From Wild Life
Any life, no matter how big or how small, will defend itself. Fighting a bear is ridiculously dangerous. But so is fighting a raccoon. If the animal is injured, it...
October 20, 2013
You Need An Enemy
Walmart has an enemy - inflated prices. Nirvana has (had) an enemy - hair bands. Google has an enemy - wasted search time. To build your following, you must have...
October 19, 2013
It's Not Trivial To Your Customers
I was intending to share this card (picture below) as an example of exemplary customer service. But I can't My name was messed up, and I am (mildly) pissed. I...
October 18, 2013
Stop Doing $10/Hour Work
The success of your company is not determined by what you do, as much as it is by what you don't do. You are the entrepreneur. You have the vision....