The American Express OPEN Small Business Monitor found that passion is the driving force behind why entrepreneurs get started in business. Four-in-ten (38%) respondents said the biggest influence in...
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My friend Jodee Bock is holding a Summit for Bigger Small Talk conference in Fargo June 27-28. I hope to go but after being on a mini-retirement for 7 weeks, not sure I will be able to get to......
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The renaissance of culture and art in the 16th century was marked by secrecy. "Our desires and our commitment to the ideas of our future are all that matter." - Will Smith Today we are...
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If you are frustrated with your PDA and feeling like you have no time, it could be that you lack priorities. But rather than write about, I am going to send you to a very detailed and robust...
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How much customer information do you capture and use in your marketing? Eric Schmidt, Google's chief executive has plans to learn more about you so they can help you answer questions like, What...
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There is a serious 'thinking' addiction that has become a plaque in our society. A client sent me a link to Oprah's O Magazine The Halo Effect which is part of a series by Martha Beck the...
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Via Belmont University and the Start Up Journal is a story on Entre-Boomers. Profiles in Retirement, a regular Encore feature, takes a look each issue at a handful of intriguing people and how...
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According to the NFIB optimism of small business owners has been below average for 11 months. So does this reflect your outlook at all? The NFIB's Small Business Optimism Index for April 2007...
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I have been writing online since 1998 and converted my site to a blog two years ago. This article by Max Kalehoff sums up many of the experiences I have had blogging. It is well worth reading for...
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As the size and age of a business grows so does its complexity. As the complexity of the business grows the skill sets required to control and safely manage the business expand exponentially. One of...
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If you have owned a business since 1989 then the SBA states that you are more likely to be a high income earner and high wealth owners. For example, small business owners mean income in 2004 was...
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Are you experiencing an energy crisis or time management crisis? Perhaps neither. Time Management = Managing What I Allow To Get My Attention To manage your time and energy requires managing your...
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What do you want? What do you want from your business? The biggest and best reason to be 'in' business is the huge opportunity it offers for personal expression. To build a business that...
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Richard St. John compacts seven years of research on [500] successful people into an unmissable 3-minute slide show on the real secrets of success. This comes to us from TedTalks that Richard...
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Previously I wrote When You Fail Do It Well and today I am exploring the relationship of creativity to failure. Be Creative, Play More Enjoy your business. Do you enjoy your business? Is it fun? When...
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At some point in the life of your business you will hire a consultant. Understand the difference between a consultant and a contractor A contractor is hired to get something done that you do not have...
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Regardless of what business you are in - you are really in the business of satisfying customers. The degree of customer satisfaction you deliver determines the level of long-term success you will...
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This is a very insidious problem. Everybody from time to time feels a sense of satisfaction. I'm not suggesting that is wrong to feel a sense of satisfaction with your performance or career...
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Mary from Way to Grow says in her "Satisfaction and Loyalty Aren't on the Same Scale" post ...Satisfaction and loyalty really are not on the same scale, satisfaction is all about...
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I was caught without Internet access in the rain forest on the big island, Hawai'i. So far, I had a swim with the Dolphins, walked the lava fields, and saw some tropical fish snorkeling in Maui....
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