Entrepreneur Strategies

5 New Year’s Resolutions for Business Owners

   As a small business owner you’re probably always looking for the next best way to improve your business. With a new year upon us, I’m betting some of...

A Warning About Your Business Instincts

 Ever get those gut feelings? I do too. High five, we’re aware individuals! Do you rely on that intuition to make big decisions in your business? I kind of...

Seek an Expert to Grow Your Business Skill Set

 You’re an expert, but you can always be better. I love delivering keynote speeches, and have been doing it for years. Do I know what I’m doing? Absolutely, yes!...

Get Different – And Avoid Defeat

On the day I launched my first book, The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, no one bought it. Not even my own mother. Feeling defeated, I had two choices: learn how to...

Inspiration is everywhere – The Weekly Wake Up

 The annual ProfitCon conference was located in Jersey City across the river from Manhattan, and the view was incredibly inspiring. Phew. Every time I see it I am reminded...

Mike’s Likes – Fiction for Entrepreneurs and Life of Pi, by Yann Martel

 Business owners, you need an escape. I read Life of Pi, by Yann Martel. And an escape it was. But first, I want to explain why reading fiction is...

Mike’s Likes – My favorite books by Don Miller and Chandler Bolt

How do you motivate your employees? Cold, hard cash, baby. Or in this case, cash and prizes. When we returned to the office we started adding some fun things here...

Attracting Customers Part II – How to Find Out Who Your Customers Are

So you’ve taken the dive and gotten different in your marketing. Your company has commanded attention from your prospects. Now, how will you keep that attention and win their business?...

Want to Find the Best Entrepreneurial Mindset Hack? Find the Kid in You

 I bet your check your accounts daily. But do you check your head? It's been said that 95% of your business success relies on a healthy mindset. 95%! Each...

Get Unstuck in Your Business

Owning a business means you have big fish to fry. When you feel overwhelmed by something you can easily get stuck. Stuck won’t get you anywhere, my friend. Do you...

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