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Lesson #1: Keep The Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive
“In the 1970s, I filled my ranks with managers from all different walks of life who generally were very savvy to the ways of big business,” recalls Vernon, “and they almost killed us.”

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Jennifer Lopez Quotes

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Ted Turner Quotes

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Fred Smith Quotes

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Joyce Hall Quotes

The Top Ten Lies of Venture Capitalists
Venture capitalists are simple people: we've either decided to invest, and we are convincing ourselves that our gut is right (aka, “due diligence”) or there's not a chance in hell. While we may be simple, we're not necessarily forthcoming, so if you think it's hard to get a “yes” out of venture capitalist, you should try to get a conclusive “no.”

I'll Never Do An Investment In That Kind of Thing Again
Every great investor has made some investments that he wishes he’d never made. Occasionally he’ll make another one like it. And another one like it. Eventually you learn. Or maybe you don’t.

10 Rules for Being a Great Panel Moderator
Having moderated many conference panels, and participated on many more of same -- and suffered through even more as an audience member -- I've decided to share some words of advice on moderating a panel (I offered rules for being a panelist in a prior post). Being a moderator is nowhere near as easy as people seemingly think, and most people are crummy at it.

Communicating Sales Info To Your Board
My partner Chris Wand is finally blogging (even though he’ll deny it) over at AsktheVC – he’s writing a series on what should be in a “board reporting package.”

Is Canada the New China for VCs? Or Just the New Colorado?

Granted, it's a tiny market, but with the disappearance of most of the tax-advantaged venture capital firms from the Canadian market it's interesting to see that U.S. venture firms are increasingly driving things. There was 21% growth year-over-year in Canadian venture investment, but that was largely a function of the growing dominance of U.S. VCs in the Canadian market, with such firms now accounting for more than half of investment spending in Ontario, Canadian's largest venture market.

The Trouble with Beta Invites
I get a lot of invites to trial new beta program/services/products, etc., and I only have time to try a subset of them. It amazes me, however, how many people invite me to try something, without actually having a succinct, benefit-driven way of telling me why I should bother.

What the Hell!
Found this on a greeting card in a Boston paper store. Frankly, it doesn't get much better than this:

If You're So Good, Stop Thinking So Damn Much
Call it the "Nuke" Laloosh rule: People who know what they are doing should just stop futzing about and get on with things. The preceding is the main finding in a fascinating golf-driven (!) new paper in The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology:

Dealing with Difficult Customers 5
Three ways to prevent Customer from Hell experiences (From Shaun Belding's "Winning at Work" newsletter)

Hire People with Organizational Grit!
“Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress, therefore, depends on unreasonable people” - so said the famous Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw. For organizations seeking progress and change there seem to be too many reasonable people about!

Annoying Customer Behaviors
If you're looking for a way to distinguish yourself from your competitors, take a look at your customers' annoying behaviors.

The Internet killed the Telemarketing star
How many times have you picked up the phone expecting to speak with a potential buyer - to only hear the desperate words of a seller introducing themselves and asking for the owner of the business? Yet another selfish salesman hell-bent on taking your valuable time and energy to try and sell you something you don't need or ever want.

Managing Unrealistic Employee Expectations for Rapid Promotion
Some employees are "home run hitters"—hell-bent on getting to the top as quickly as possible. They want to knock the ball out of the park even before they’ve mastered base hits. To preserve their commitment and motivation these employees need a clearly defined development plan!

Top 10 Reasons Why Financial Disasters Are Inevitable
Proper money management and at least basic financial education is one of the biggest assets you can possess. It's not so expensive or unattainable as most people imagine.

You Can Achieve Your Dreams
The 20 Ultimate Tricks to Achieving Your Dreams: Achieving dreams and goals is the most important task in our lives if we want to live the lifestyle we wish for ourselves and our families. This little Report is a cookbook you can use on your way to your dream life.

Conversations with The Barefoot Millionaires presents #73: Employee = Sucker
The most terrifying and dangerous thing about being someone’s employee is that your future is entirely in their hands. Are you crazy?! I’m honestly asking! Why would you ever give someone that kind of power over you?

Dads Working From Home presents question #10: When should I give up?
Dads Working From Home presents: The 10 Most Frequently Asked Questions about Starting a Home Business. Question #10: When should I give up?

Say Yes wisely and increase your confidence and enthusiasm for life.

Is there something you would really like to do, but you keep putting it off? Do you ever hear yourself say..... 'Yes, when I have enough money I will....' .''Yes, when the kids are off my hands I will.....' 'Yes, I will do it! But, I'm too busy right now.... 'Yes, I will.... I will... I will..........' ? It's time you quit the excuses and say 'Yes' to something which will make you happier and more satisfied with your life.

Don’t tell me it’s out of your control

‘It's out of my control.' ‘I can't do anything about it.' ‘I'm just the sales person.' Sales people who sell in equipment and service contracts take note. This story is about you and your responsibility to the customer for the life of the sale not just the initial sale of the machine and the signing of the contract. The quotes above are what I heard this week from a sales person from a well-known equipment manufacture who sold us a complete equipment and service package 18 months ago. It certainly wasn't what I wanted to hear. Without going into too much detail we have had the ‘printer from hell'.

How to Build Quality Financial Projections

“Financial projections are part art and part science”. So what does that mean? It means that you won’t know how to do them until you have done them. Sure there are some things you can estimate based on your knowledge and experience with a particular type of business, but the rest has to come from research. And, that research, is part of the overall business plan. Find out how to get them done in this article.

A look at the latest iPhone, netbook rumors—and my prognosis of ‘em
Speculation has fired up again about upcoming iPhones and the rumored Apple netbook. Here’s a round-up of what’s now being bandied about—and what the Sellers Research Firm (that’s me) has to say about each one.

Be Open Minded to Market Timing
Veteran financial planner explores the myth that blocks people in their evolution to being a better investor.

Packaging… Get your unfair market share!
Packaging and Design solutions for small businesses seeking help.

Jobs' departure, though hopefully temporary, had to happen sooner or later
Whether or not Steve Jobs is leaving Apple temporarily or not (and I'm betting this is the beginning of a long-term transfer of leadership), the iconic leader will leave the company sooner or later. And it's time people accepted this.

Why Fearbased Selling Is A Bad Bet

If you’ve worked to make your product or service the best it can be, and you’re still using fear-based marketing, shift your approach and see what happens. People will want to work with you, not out of fear, but because they trust you; you solve a problem for them, you’re reliable, you make them feel good about their purchase. They want to work with you, or buy your product out of trust, not fear.

Sales Force Motivation - Learn from the Red Sox' Miraculous Comeback
If you observed the Tampa Bay fans during game 1 in St. Petersburg and game five in Boston, you would have observed some very tense, anxious people. Yet if you paid any mind to the Red Sox fans in the three games they lost and prior to their comeback in game 5, they didn't seem very upset at all...

Please Dont Buy Anything From Me
This week I had one customer threaten to "hunt me down and shoot me like a dog." Another said that if she could get her hands around my neck she'd strangle the life out of me. And still another sincerely hoped that I "burn in Hell for all eternity." What did I do to deserve these threats? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

The Power of No!
No is a very powerful word! In fact, most of us don’t say it frequently enough, and/or with enough conviction.

I Am Only Going To Talk About What I Want To Talk About
If you adamantly refuse to broaden the scope of your story, I hope your mother's a good listener, because there aren't a hell of a lot of other people who you're going to reach. People who are inflexible, or have a one-note story, usually have failed media campaigns.

The biggest mistakes restaurants make, and why they have a high failure rate
This is one of the most important articles I've written. It's a list on the biggest reasons for failure in the restaurant industry. While there are certainly other issues that can lead to failure, these are the most common.

Creating a manageable menu
A menu is a restaurants most important marketing tool. It helps a restaurateur tell his/her customers what they're all about. Too often, this tool lacks focus and leads to some big operating issues. Here's an article about avoiding those issues.

To Employ Or Not To Employ
As a successful consultant, you will often be faced with the question of when ether you should be adding employees to your practice.

Yet another example of how NOT to sell
The meeting with the sales rep from hell...

Getting Along with the Boss
Getting along with your Boss can sometimes mean the difference between having a successful career or the job from hell. Here Terri offers advice on how to get along with the grumpiest boss.

The PR Crisis Bible
Book Review -- : How to take charge of the media when all hell breaks loose

Bad Bosses
Because of the movie, "The Devil Wears Prada," a lot of people have been talking about horrific bosses. It seems as if everyone has a story about a terrible boss that made going to work seem like a living hell.

The King of the Ring: Vince McMahon is Born
“I don't know who the hell I am, I don't know what I want, except, I've got an insatiable appetite for life, and I want more, more, more!”

Meeting Reality Checker
Have you been in meeting hell lately? Meetings really can be the best use of time if handled wisely. What is that exactly? The do's and don'ts of holding and attending meetings.

The Manifestation is right in Front of Your Nose
Have you ever been hell bent on figuring something out or getting something important done only to bump into a brick wall?

Are You Authentic Enough?
Have you ever felt like telling somebody to literally “Go to Hell”…but didn’t?

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