22nd October 2009
You’ve been talking about pursuing your dream since high school. You’ve been stuffing a file with places you’d like to travel since you got your first job. You’ve envisioned what your boutique store would look like for years, even driving around...
28th September 2009
Several years ago, I went skydiving. Obviously falling out of a plane 10,000+ feet above ground isn’t the safest thing you can do. To limit their liability and make sure everyone understood the waiver we were required to sign, skydiving companies have...
10th September 2009
When I first started coaching my mentor coach warned me that August and December tended to be slow months while January, April and September were the busiest months in terms of clients seeking coaches. Armed with this information, I was able to build a r...
23rd August 2009
Are you ready to start your own business? A lot of people feel they are, but they haven't considered what running their own business will really entail. They are interested in setting their own work hours, not having a boss and having unlimited income p...
27th June 2009
Your elevator speech is a verbal business card or billboard. In order for it to be effective it must be compelling. You want it to draw in the prospect yet leave them wanting to know more.
It is one sentence, two at the most, and serves as your be...
13th June 2009
"You either have to be first, best, or different."
I found this quote on a quote board so I don't know what country music singer Loretta Lynn was referring to when she said it, but it seemed a perfect summation of what your business must be when you're...
06th June 2009
Turn on the TV and all you'll hear is how the stock market still hasn't fully recovered and how unemployment is still rising, so you might think I'm out of my mind to suggest that now is the perfect time to start a business. But I stand by my statement.
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