Speed Kills

Ok so maybe that’s a little too dramatic a headline.  How patient are you? Do you get frustrated when your phone or computer takes several seconds to respond? When was the last time you called someone who didn’t have voicemail?  How willing are you to do the work that...

Social Media is not the Total Solution

Sorry to burst bubbles out there!  When I first started my business 15 years ago I made some of the same mistakes I help my clients avoid.  I wasn’t 100% sure of my target market and would advertise in places that were no more productive than flushing money down the...

So Many Webinars, So Little Time…

Again today, I have the possibility of listening to at least 5 webinars or teleclasses all for free. Of course 3 of them are at the same time but that’s ok as they are recorded and I can listen later.  Wait who has time??? There is a statistic I read that amazed me;...

Should you entrepreneur?

I just read Seth Godin’s blog http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/10/questions-for-a-new-entrepreneur.html and wondered how many people really think about what it takes to be an entrepreneur. Is it a mindset or can anyone do it?  Yes, it’s a mindset, and no,...

Scardy Cats

Entrepreneurs and business owners need to know how to take risks that’s the nature of the beast yet we often find in our society that we teach fear and caution in so many subtle ways. I was presenting a training program at a new facility in LA that has scanners and I...