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Do you do good with your business?
Do you think about doing good with your business? Many people want to do good and make an impact so they give of their time, talent, and treasure to the nonprofits they care most about. These donations keep many nonprofits going, from the funding to pay staff to the...
When people ask what do you do, what do you say?
Do you have a clear and concise answer that compels people? Or do you ramble on for five minutes not really saying much at all? If you are a rambler, don’t feel bad. I was there for so long after starting my business. I knew in my head and heart what I wanted to do...
A Portrait of the Entrepreneur as a Young Professional
I had been in this conference room dozens of times before. Even now I can see the Teamwork poster with the rowers hanging on the wall, the fluorescent lights glaring overhead, and the middle-aged white men sitting around the table. "The system implementation for the...
Creativity in the Customer Journey
Gary Vaynerchuk recently gave a talk where he discussed how much money old-school companies are spending—i.e., wasting—on traditional advertising. Anytime a commercial comes on people reflexively pick up their phone and tune out those annoying ads. Large corporations...
18 Things I’ve Learned in 18 Months of Entrepreneurship – Part 3
Over the last eighteen months, I’ve learned enough about entrepreneurship to write eighteen books. But being an entrepreneur doesn’t leave a lot of time to write them, so I’ve distilled what I’ve learned into eighteen lessons that are crucial for any aspiring or...
18 Things I’ve Learned in 18 Months of Entrepreneurship – Part 2
Over the last eighteen months, I’ve learned enough about entrepreneurship to write eighteen books. But being an entrepreneur doesn’t leave a lot of time to write them, so I’ve distilled what I’ve learned into eighteen lessons that are crucial for any aspiring or...