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I've Got An Idea
What do you do with a great business idea? Forget about it until someone else runs with it and hits it big? Or do you have the commitment, time and energy to really do something with it?
No leader is master of everything
One of the key failures senior executives and leaders tend to make early in their careers is acting with hubris. This affliction recurs with even the best who have had marvelously successful careers and begin to act without appropriate caution or due diligence. The best way to solve this problem is to look for outside input just to be sure your thinking is clear. The key is knowing when to seek input to avoid making bad decisions. In this article, I talk about how to get input from others and improve your decision making, and ultimately your success as a leader.
Six Simple Ways to Boost Your Business and Enjoy More Family Time
Whoever thinks that running your own business is a breeze obviously has never had one. There are so many areas you need to get right otherwise your business could end up disintegrating along with everything else in your life. You need to be organised and disciplined, a good marketer, action-taker, a great communicator, understand finances, have systems, plenty of resilience and so much more. If any of these areas are lacking in your business then you're heading for trouble. Of course you can hire other people who have these skills and attributes so you can focus on what you're good at.

The Entrepreneurs Checklist
I was asked the other day what personality traits I thought were important to entrepreneurial success. I immediately gave my preprogrammed reply about passion and dedication and hard work. After taking some time later to ponder the question a little deeper (I normally operate in shallow waters), I came up with a more detailed checklist for entrepreneurial success.
The Business Failed But Did You
Just to make sure we're in agreement, let me reiterate the standard warnings once again. Starting a business is incredibly hard work. It takes long hours and deep pockets. It demands unbridled passion and unquestioned commitment. It requires that you give of yourself until you often feel there is nothing left to give. And sometimes, even after you've done all that you can do and given all that you can give, the business fails. Period. Blood, sweat, and tears can only carry you so far in the business world. Good intentions and grand ideas won't pay the office rent. You can not make payroll with Monopoly money.
12 Steps to a Successful Proof of Concept - Part 1
This three part series outlines twelve steps to installing a hardware or software proof of concept within your customer's IT environment.
Use The Law of Attraction For Extreme Success
What does success mean to you? Seriously, think about it. What would you have to be experiencing in your life such that you could say, “ I have extreme success!”
Does it really matter WHO you sell your business too? Finding the RIGHT buyer!
How To Find The Right Buyer For Your Business! Many Business owners say "Pay me my price and I will sell to anyone" Really? After all the blood sweat and tears you put into your business to make it a success. Most Business owners want the buyer to be more than cash qualified. It is vitally important for you to find the RIGHT buyer not just the a buyer that has the cash. Many buyers have the cash... But not ALL buyers will buy actually buy. Infact out of 100 buyers there will only be 10 that are qualified to buy and only 1 that will actually come to the closing table with the money and needed resources.

What to do when Someone says you Suck!
In business, it’s probably inevitable. At some point, you’re going to do something that pisses someone off. That’s just a fact of life.
How to Overcome the Pressures of Running Your Own Business
Whoever thinks that running your own business is a breeze, obviously has never had one. There are so many areas you need to get right otherwise your business could end up disintegrating along with everything else in your life.

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How to Sell Your Small Business
If you're a small business owner, you know just how much of your blood, sweat, and tears go into making it a success. Even if you've moved into an area you know is lucrative, making a return on your investment is quite the challenge, and isn't for someone who requires a lot of free time, or even necessarily fixed working hours.
Lesson #4: Use Failure As A Catalyst for Success
“Luck is a dividend of sweat,” said Kroc. “The more you sweat, the luckier you get.” Despite all his hard work, Kroc was not always a lucky man. From his early days in starting up McDonald’s to even after the chain was a well-established global presence, Kroc experienced his fair share of failures. He was not immune to disappointment; what set Kroc apart from his competitors, however, was how he learned from his failures and bounced back.

The Business Failed But Did You
Just to make sure we're in agreement, let me reiterate the standard warnings once again. Starting a business is incredibly hard work. It takes long hours and deep pockets. It demands unbridled passion and unquestioned commitment. It requires that you give of yourself until you often feel there is nothing left to give. And sometimes, even after you've done all that you can do and given all that you can give, the business fails. Period. Blood, sweat, and tears can only carry you so far in the business world. Good intentions and grand ideas won't pay the office rent. You can not make payroll with Monopoly money.
Successful People Make No Little Plans
Successful people are outstanding performers. Outstanding performers become outstanding performers by setting and achieving high -- no, big hairy audacious goals. Outstanding performers put in the time and effort, the blood sweat and tears necessary to turn their goals into reality. They don't settle for good, because they know that good is the enemy of great. They choose to be great. They make no little plans. They make big plans that stir their blood.
Let Paper Join HistoryPress Kits Join History
The CEA (Consumer Electronics Association) started the world of change a few years ago "encouraging" PR people to only use online press services or online kits. Most of the shows followed suit (MWC - Mobile World Congress, CTIA and well most other shows) going green and making press materials available to media folks even if they didn't attend. But the hue and cry from publicists at NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) show was difficult to understand. The benefits of the web and online services aren't new. After all these years we're rather glad to see the blood, sweat, tears of paper kits disappear
Mission Impossible Buying a Great Business!
Remember the good old TV series Mission Impossible, the team who always got their man, well you can get your man too or, should I say business. It's similar to selling your house where location, location, location is the mantra but in the case of buying a business it's planning, planning, and planning. Yes, it's possible to find a pretty good business, but you're going to expend a lot of sweat, blood and tears in the process. So, before accepting the challenge, have a clear plan of action before embarking on this mission. As with all journeys, you'll need a comprehensive roadmap. It's no use waking up one Monday morning and saying to your self, Oh! I think I'll try and find my dream business today. This is a recipe for barrels of frustration and nothing to show for it, except a depleted bank balance...
A Search for Atoning Blood
For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. Leviticus 17:11
Why You Absolutely Do Need PR To Succeed
Whether you want to launch a PR campaign for your company or not, you owe it to your business, so do it. If you’re going to spend time, money, blood, sweat and tears launching your service or your product, it makes no sense not to do everything you can to effectively market your company and reach your target market. If you’re running a small business, you don’t have the marketing arm of an Apple, or IBM or GM to do your promotional work for you. You’re either trying to handle your marketing in house, or you’ve brought on a PR firm or media relations consultant to handle your marketing for you. However you’re approaching it, you need to be truly media savvy to be effective and reach your customers, prospects and clients.
Does it really matter WHO you sell your business too? Finding the RIGHT buyer!
How To Find The Right Buyer For Your Business! Many Business owners say "Pay me my price and I will sell to anyone" Really? After all the blood sweat and tears you put into your business to make it a success. Most Business owners want the buyer to be more than cash qualified. It is vitally important for you to find the RIGHT buyer not just the a buyer that has the cash. Many buyers have the cash... But not ALL buyers will buy actually buy. Infact out of 100 buyers there will only be 10 that are qualified to buy and only 1 that will actually come to the closing table with the money and needed resources.

Do You Need a Business Broker to Sell Your Business?
So often Business owners think that they are able to sell their business and actually make more money! Mainly because they think they are eluding paying a commission. Reality is like the saying goes, that they are "cutting off their nose to spite their face." Most Business owners have a very small sample of buyers. This means that the buyer that they find is only bidding against themselves. How could a business owners think that they would get the best possible price and terms for their business. After years of putting blood sweat and tears into the business don't throw everything away just to save a few pennies on the dollar.

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