Entrepreneur Stories
September 15, 2016
Weirdos Wanted!
Next time someone calls you weird, revel in it. It’s the weirdos who are different. It’s the weirdos who challenge the norm. It is the weirdos who realize the foundation...
September 13, 2016
Don’t Call Profit The Bottom Line
Let's say for a second that you have decided to exercise more. There's more than a tire around your waist, after all, you have tires everywhere. To fix your fitness,...
July 8, 2016
11 Leadership Styles To Avoid And How To Fix Them
Leadership is one of those things that every successful entrepreneur must have in order to succeed, but identifying what good leadership entails may not always be clear-cut for everyone. So...
June 28, 2016
The Downward Spiral – Bigger Plates = Bigger Cabinets
I was having coffee with Brittany Lanzone, Founder of kitchen design company Rae Design, when she shared a fascinating fact with me. The kitchen cabinet standard recently increased from the...
June 21, 2016
How to Get A Difficult Client To Schedule Meeting
I received this note, in the mail last year. It did its job - she got the meeting with me immediately. While I was always willing to meet with her,...
June 16, 2016
The Biggest Determinant Of Success
The biggest determinant of success is the level of commitment you have to being successful.
April 19, 2016
Great Business Lessons From 8 Military Leaders
The very first business book I ever read wasn’t written by Dale Carnegie or Donald Trump. It was Sun Tzu’s The Art of War. Odd choice? Not really, if you...
March 25, 2016
What Do You Want?
Of all the questions I ask, the one that gets the most lies in response is “What do you want?” I found that very few entrepreneurs really know. The most...
March 11, 2016
Good Criticism vs Bad Criticism
I finished a speech last month and hustled to the back of the room to autograph books. It is my mini-rockstar moment and I love it thoroughly. Until I get...
March 8, 2016
Naysay The Naysayer
When the naysayer says, “What if it’s a flop?” Ask them, “What if it isn’t?" When the naysayer says, “What makes you think you can do it?” Ask them, “Why...