I am invited often to speak at seminars, training events, and conferences. Periodically I have the pleasure of being a part of a distinguished panel of thought leaders. I am continually very humbled by the experience. Here are a few tips on being a part of a panel – If you have a choice, don’t [...]
This picture, taken from an AdRANTs article, brings to mind a few funny, and true, points not the least of which is to not neglect what got you where you are now. No matter what your profession of choice, at some point in your career you were a sponge. You would spend countless hours researching, [...]
This is one of the reasons why I follow Chris Brogan. I love this man’s passion. I’ve never met him in person but I feel like I know him well because we share this same passion of wanting to share what we know with other people. I love social media. I love new media. I [...]
“Rapid, flex development in a controlled space” What does this mean to you? Could you work in this environment?
I know Mark has his faults. We all do. But as a businessman, in the truest sense, he has very few equals. I read this article yesterday on his blog. Enjoy. The Most Patriotic Thing You Can Do from Blog Maverick by markcuban Bust your ass and get rich. Make a boatload of money. Pay [...]
Check out this guy in the video from the Sasquatch Music Festival 2009. Do you have the guts to be him? He doesn’t care that he can’t dance or looks crazy dancing by himself. He doesn’t even care if no one joins him, but they did. Can you be this kind of leader in business? [...]
I attended an event last night that included panelists and audience participants from many different verticals. Each member in the group was an entrepreneur at heart and by living the life. Each member has a passion for entrepreneurship so much that sharing those experiences is imperative to portraying their vision. When we entered the panelist [...]
Tonight’s Entrepreneurs Forum of Hampton Roads event should be very informative. I will be there with eyes (and ears) wide open. Succeeding with Partners is the topic; panelists include Bob Golden of The GBS Group, Glenn Davis of Comverge, Mark Bernecker of Corporate Recruiting Partners, and Stacey Wanish of 757JobsNow.com. Succeeding with Partners Anecdotes suggest that having a business [...]
Grab your 2nd cup of coffee and let’s chat. I want to introduce you to what economists say it takes to make you an entrepreneur. Let’s see if they say you have the beans or not (coffee pun intended ). Reference post: The Entrepreneurs Forum of Hampton Roads – Born, Not Made by Dr. James [...]
Mark Cuban published on his blog yesterday an idea on how he thinks we can help the economy. Mark’s blog entry is only a few sentences so I’ve copied the complete entry for you. You can see his original blog post here. Consumer savings are way up. Doesn’t more savings mean more money in banks to lend ? [...]
At our most recent Entrepreneurs Forum of Hampton Roads meeting earlier this week, we were honored to have Dr. James Koch speak to us on his economic study of entrepreneurial traits. The topic of his presentation was follow-named with his newest book, Born, Not Made. For those that do not know, Dr. Koch (pronounced like [...]