July 17, 2013
How To Speak At TEDx
I have done a lot of speaking engagements all over the world. Probably 200+ by now. And the event I have enjoyed speaking at the most, was TEDx Hoboken. There...
July 16, 2013
Brussels Sprouts Are Back!
Remember when Brussels sprouts were the bane of super? Your mom would surprise you with those mini cabbages, and you would try to hide them under your potatoes. Brussels sprouts...
July 15, 2013
Ingenuity, The Entrepreneur's Holy Grail
Ingenuity is one of the greatest assets you can have in business. It’s more important than money, connections, and education put together. Creative ideas and solutions are the Holy Grail...
July 14, 2013
The Cost Of Entrepreneurs Doing The Work
Work On Your Business Michael Gerber, author of The E-myth Revisited (a must, must, must read for every entrepreneur ever - but I digress), taught us the key to business...
July 13, 2013
How To Deal With Annoying People (The FroMLE Technique)
The FroMLE Technique Even though I have an Immutable Law, No Dicks Allowed, I still run into some opinionated, strong and occasionally obnoxious personalities. It can be a vendor or...
July 12, 2013
Not All Revenue Is The Same
Not All Revenue Is The Same Every dollar your company makes isn't the same. Sometimes the dollar you earn cost you seventy five cents to make. Other times it costs...
July 10, 2013
Be A Better Networker By Playing Networking Solitaire
The key to networking is not in the talking, it is in the listening and asking questions. This is true for a few reasons: 1. People like people who are...
July 9, 2013
Business Tyranny vs. Business Diplomacy
Being a tyrant doesn't work, not in the long haul. It doesn't work in any form. Including tyrant bosses. Great employees leave. Remaining employees work in fear, and their abilities...
July 8, 2013
Manage Better With The "React Less, Listen More" Rule
As the boss, have you ever done something that you soon regretted? Come on, we have all done it. You get into a heated discussion, push it too far, say...
July 7, 2013
Front Loading Web Content
Movie trailers are front loads of the movies they pitch. Advertisements are front loads of the product or service they sell. Newspaper articles are front loaded to pack the essence...