Entrepreneurship

Talk Is Cheap. And Long Distance Rates Are Almost Non-Existent

Talk is cheap. It always has been. Now it’s just cheaper. Everyone can talk and everyone does. Anyone, anywhere will say something (anything) and it might just go viral. It...

When It Becomes A Burden

When it becomes a burden, it’s not a passion. It probably never was. You can take a break from it, hoping to recharge the passion batteries. But when you go...

The Entrepreneur’s Choose Your Own Adventure

The entrepreneur’s life is a “choose your own adventure,” adventure. It seems everyday, or every minute, we have a new path we can choose. Do you open the big red...

What Gets Measured Gets Managed (Including The Bad Stuff)

My newest book, Profit First, shares a money management system that leverages human behavior. Traditional accounting is logic based. It makes sense, logically. But us humans aren’t logical beasts, we...

They Don’t Have A Silver Platter

If you want something, you’ve gotta make it happen yourself. No one is going to hand it to you on a silver platter after all. So go make it happen....

RULEBREAKER AWARDS TO HONOR ENTREPRENEURS WHO BREAK THE MOLD

LAKEWOOD, CALIF., March 19, 2014 – Are you an entrepreneur who’s breaking the rules— or do you know one? Traditional awards programs honoring entrepreneurs tend to focus on accomplishments such...

Great Is Just A Little Bit More Than Good

The greatest Olympic athletes are just milliseconds faster than the good ones. A great day is just a few degrees warmer and a little bit less cloudier than a good...

How Do You Treat Your Best Employee?

Of course you have high expectations of your best employee, but you treat them accordingly, don't you? You would never cut the pay of your best employee, would you? I...

If It Bothers You, It Bothers Others

I was talking with a budding entrepreneur last month about a car accident she was in. She experienced whiplash and injured her neck. Ever since the accident she has had...

Profit First, Expenses Last

Tax season always seemed a little bit like Christmas morning to me. Not! I hated the tax season surprises. Additional taxes due. Surprise. No refund. Surprise. And the worst of...

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