Networking for your business is about making friends (you don’t have to kiss them…). Unfortunately most people don’t really ‘get’ the whole networking thing, which makes going to networking events sometimes very painful.  As an example, at an event I was at last week there was a woman that was waiting in a corner and […]

So you know that a trend is becoming mainstream when people start making fun of it and doing spoof Broadway musicals about it.   Social Media is certainly ripe for satire and the clip below does a great (and very funny) job of bringing out the really silly things people do.  It’s very well done! Check […]

                   comic from blaugh.com I had a great discussion this morning with an entrepreneur that’s still in the start-up phase for her new business.  We talked about what her approach is, how she’s going to be different than the competition and ultimately where she wants to go with her business. She’s in a very conservative […]

I’ve talked to several business owners in the last few weeks that are struggling because they can’t get a line of credit from their bank (or their line of credit’s been cut off).  Their wallet is empty and it’s causing all sorts of problems in terms of making payroll, investing in future growth and getting […]

What if there were a fundamental but simple shift that you could make that would inspire you, allow you to do more than you ever thought possible and drive you to long term success?  There is such a thing, but you might think that it sounds too basic to really make a difference. Have you […]

Sometimes you’re just looking for something new to play with – I’d like to introduce you to Wordle.  Wordle is an application developed as a side project and is now available as a non-commercial ‘tool’ out on the internet. The example above uses the lyrics from Bruce Springsteen’s Born To Run  (just because it was […]