Hey there, As I do every year, I spent a good amount of time reflecting on the major lessons learned from another lap around the sun. This last year had a lot of major changes for me – personally and professionally – that created many learning experiences and reinforcement
If you’re a ‘lifestyle entrepreneur‘ – meaning that you’re building a business primarily designed to feed you and your family and the lifestyle you want to live (you aren’t raising money from venture capitalists and trying to create the next Unicorn) – what I’m about to tell you is the
This is THE BEST TIME in history to be an entrepreneur! Period. If you want to start an online business – or any business for that matter – it has never been easier and more affordable to do so. And to be clear, I’m not referring to starting the
Tall Poppy Syndrome is a reference to the poppy flower that stand up taller than the rest of the field and tends to get cut down to size first because it’s so visible. The same thing happens to achievers, and it can be a real threat to a healthy entrepreneurial mindset.
I’ve always found the concept of ‘strategy’ to be too nebulous or theoretical for most entrepreneurs and small business owners; a word and concept that’s bandied about in MBA programs and large corporations without any clear agreement as to what it actually means. Even the Harvard Business Review has an
Running an undifferentiated business is no fun. Sales are harder to come by, margins get squeezed, and growth stalls. Winning is fun. Beating the snot out of your competition is fun. We need to have a way to stand out so we can dominate too! The far majority of small
Although he may not be the first guy you think of when it comes to starting a business, I think we can all agree that Warren Buffett knows business. Photographer: Norm Betts/Bloomberg News Even though he’s considered an investor, many of the most important lessons I’ve ever learned as an
Sometimes it can feel like your sales cycle is dragging on so long that it will eventually suck the life right out of your business. Anybody who’s ever needed to close a deal to make payroll knows exactly what I’m talking about. The speed of your sales cycle is one
Client services businesses of any sort – agencies, consulting, etc. – can be very rewarding business models when done right. When done poorly, they can not only suck the life out of you (invasion of your personal time, not following through on recommendations, disputing charges…anyone?!), but also end up being
I recently attended my first Tony Robbins event. Even though I’ve been a huge fan of Tony Robbins for about 20 years now, and a big believer in the strategies and techniques that he teaches, taking the leap to attend one of his events just wasn’t ever a priority for me. I
