The Biggest & Boldest Undertaking of 2018
The big news this week was the announcement that Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan were teaming up to form a completely new healthcare company.As in Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, and Jamie Dimon....
View ArticleIs Your Business Due or is it Hot?
I recently read a great story about basketball legend Nate “Tiny” Archibald.Nate was such a great player he was inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame. But earlier in his career, he missed the first 20...
View ArticleIs Your Business Running Out of Time?
On Monday, New York Times CEO Mark Thompson admitted something. He admitted their print version faces inevitable "expiration." Yes, he said “expiration.” As in running out of time. Now, as a long ago...
View ArticleHow to be an Olympian in Your Business
Isn’t it awesome to see the amazing grace, endurance, skill, and competitiveness of our Olympic athletes? And wouldn’t it be great to perform as executives and entrepreneurs at that kind of...
View ArticleThe CEO Trap (Avoid This)
Unfortunately, most things don't work in business. New marketing campaigns don't generate leads, new salespeople don't sell, new software doesn't save the promised time and money, and so on and so on....
View ArticleWhat Tesla and Playdoh Do that Your Business Should Too
Growing wider every day is the divide between companies that “get it” when it comes to modern marketing and business promotion... ...and those that don’t. Luckily, there is a super simple way to...
View ArticleAttaining Competitive Advantage in Any Business
An underrated joy of being in business is the daily opportunity it offers to strive for and experience breakthroughs in "that best version of ourselves."To some this may sound like pop psychology...
View ArticleChoose Wisely. Win Big.
Great executives and great entrepreneurs make great choices. About everything.The names of their businesses - think Google, Facebook, Nike et al. The right products and services to build and sell -...
View ArticleWhat We All Can Learn from Wayne Huizenga
Under-reported last week was the passing of Wayne Huizenga, one of the truly greatentrepreneurs of the last 50 years. Because in his lifetime, he founded and grew not one, not two, but three...
View ArticleShould We All Hate Amazon?
Amazon is usually in the news for being a company that customers love. Because of its low prices, vast selection and fast shipping. And above all else for that invaluable feeling that if a customer has...
View ArticleAdapt or Die
Last week I wrote about Amazon.And whether it is a company that we should love or hate.My ultimate conclusion was that while it is an interesting debate, for almost all small companies it is an...
View ArticleOvercome Business Stasis [or Pay the Price]
A good friend of mine runs an IT consulting business. From the outside, it seems successful. He has solid revenues and marquee clients. But if you look closely, the business is actually crumbling...
View ArticleTwo Words from Jeff Bezos that Can Transform Your Business
Last week, Jeff Bezos, in his annual letter to Amazon shareholders, listed many of the company’s incredible successes. Like Amazon Prime signing up its 100 millionth member. Or Amazon Web Services...
View ArticleHow to Write a Business Plan for Raising Venture Capital
Are you looking to raise venture capital? You need a good idea – and an excellent business plan. Business planning and raising venture capital go hand-in-hand. A business plan is required for...
View ArticleDo This to Maximize the Value of Your Business in 2018
In this recorded webinar, Five Steps to Maximize Your Valuation - I reveal the 5 steps you can take in 2018 to dramatically increase the sale price of your business, and dramatically decrease the time...
View ArticleHow to Add “Championship Caliber” to Your Business
Did you catch the end of the Alabama-Georgia College Football Championship game on Monday? It was incredible (unless, of course, you’re a Georgia fan). The game provided an awesome wisdom for business...
View ArticleThe One Thing Your Business Needs
To succeed, a business doesn’t need technical nor finance nor sales nor marketing nor customer support skills and competencies. It doesn’t even need a physical location. But it does need one thing. To...
View Article11 AMAZING Businesses Your Business Can Learn From
Does your company defy the odds? Remake the status quo? Transform your patch of the business world? Well, the 11 finalists in Inc. Magazine’s “Company of the Year” competition certainly do.What can...
View ArticleThe Biggest & Boldest Undertaking of 2018
The big news this week was the announcement that Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan were teaming up to form a completely new healthcare company.As in Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, and Jamie Dimon....
View ArticleIs Your Business Due or is it Hot?
I recently read a great story about basketball legend Nate “Tiny” Archibald.Nate was such a great player he was inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame. But earlier in his career, he missed the first 20...
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