Entrepreneur Strategies

How To Get In Front Of Any Decision Maker

e of the most important aspects of sales – whether you’re dealing with products or services – is getting in front of the decision maker.  Most entrepreneurs have faced the...

Start A Business At The Perfect Age

Famous poet and writer Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “We do not count a man’s years until he has nothing else to count.” This couldn’t be more true when it...

Is "Financial Freedom" Your Biggest Trap?

There is a popular parable, The Tourist & The Mexican Fisherman, that I want to paraphrase for you. It goes something like this – an American tourist visits Mexico and...

7 Steps To Looking Good Without Bragging

Bragging existed long before the Internet was invented. But with the rise of the Internet and social media there’s been a rise in the “Look at me! Me, me, me,”...

6 Easy Ways To Refresh An Old Product Or Service

Baking soda used to be used for … baking. While it’s still in the pantries of most homes, baking soda is the poster child for reinvention and repositioning. It’s not...

You Should Never Break These 7 Networking Rules

The rules of networking are a lot like the rules we learned in kindergarten, high school or college: - Behave yourself - Give first receive later - Be prepared -...

Match Your Audience With Your Attire

There used to be a time when I went to all my meetings in a suit and tie. Heck, we pretty much all did. That’s just the way that meetings...

Innovate In A New Way

Walt Disney has been quoted saying, “I believe in being an innovator.” And you know what? So do I, and you should, too! Innovation is the classic strategy for being...

Are Jealousy and Envy Slowing Your Success?

There is an old English proverb that says “Envy shoots at others and wounds itself.” This couldn't be truer, yet most entrepreneurs can’t seem to fathom just how destructive envy...

Budgets And Stick To Them

Just because you have a budget and planned your financials, doesn’t mean you’ll stick with it. In fact, entrepreneurs rarely do. What I have found to be effective though, is...

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