Entrepreneur Strategies

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...

If It Hurts…

My wife dresses impeccably. If I criticized her ability to pick a good outfit, or told her that she has no clue how to dress, she would scoff. When you...

Waves

The marketplace is an ocean and it is the only place you can capture waves. When you are in the ocean... do everything you can to ride a wave. Don’t...

Why People Talk About The Weather

It seems like many conversations include dialog about the weather.  Too hot, too cold, too wet, too dry, too windy, too still or just right.  There’s not much else to...

Ripple Innovation In 4 Steps

When businesses get stale and lose their creativity and ability to innovate they do one of two things. They order in doughnuts or bagels and lots of coffee and call...

The Absolute Source for Every Entrepreneur’s Success

As soon as Donald Trump mentioned it about any of his competitors their pole numbers hit the skids. I’m referring to having low energy. Being an entrepreneur is more than...

The Adored Entrepreneur: 9 Traits To Acknowledge

We all know the type – the business owner for whom any employee would bend over backwards.  The shop owner whose staff treats every single customer as if they’re the...

Snow.

My friend, Barrett owns a lawn care business. To grow his company he hired a company to do outbound calls as the new season approached. As frustrating as it may...

The Best Time To Sell Your Business

When you need money the most. . . when your sales are good, but your profits are bad. . . when you are exhausted and don’t want the business any...

You Are Never Going To Make Enough Money; Here’s Why

Yes, you read that right. I’m here to break the bad news to you. You aren’t ever going to make enough money! You simply can’t ever make enough money. It’s...

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