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Top 10 Ways Boxing is Like Business

As many of you know, one of my hobbies and passions is boxing.  I’m a bit too old to be super-competitive with some of the younger guys in the gym.  However, I’ve learned that the wisdom, patience and self-understanding that comes with age, helps to offset some of the age discrepancy.  As I rotate from [...]

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Uncategorized |

The Story of a Reluctant Entrepreneur

What a great piece on “Being an Entrepreneur” by Mark McGuinness (www.lateralaction.com).

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I never wanted to be an entrepreneur.
I just wanted to write poetry.
Twenty years ago I would have told you “Business Is Evil”.
I associated entrepreneurship with people like Gordon ‘greed is good’ Gekko. I was so ignorant I didn’t know the difference between an entrepreneur [...]

[ More ] November 16th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Uncategorized |

Duct Tape Marketing for Dummies

This is a great article by Seth Godin, a well known author in the internet marketing world.  I saw this and had to post it.  Spend a few hours to and increase your customer visibility 10 fold.
Memo to the very small
What should my local chiropractor do? Or the acupuncturist? Or the pet store? What about [...]

Burned by SMB Consultants?

For all those business owners who have been burned by one of the larger Small Business Consulting Firms (and you know who they are).
Once upon a time there was a young man who was quite lonely in life and he sought the companionship of a fine woman.  One day, this man met a beautiful [...]

[ More ] July 7th, 2009 | 1 Comment | Posted in Leadership, Strategy, small business consulting |

Sneaky Market Research: Quantcast.com

Abraham Lincoln once said “Information is Power“. OK, he didn’t say that, but somebody important did…and its true in today’s business world more than ever. Below I’ve created a quick and simple overview on one of the most valuable, simple and unique market “spying” tools that I’ve ever been exposed to. You [...]

[ More ] June 4th, 2009 | 1 Comment | Posted in Sales & Marketing, small business consulting |

Star Trek is Business School

“Every 1 point increase adds $1,300 to an annual salary/income”.
Howdy ya’ll.  When she said this to me, a decade of small business consulting lessons all converged into one.  I could see it as clearly as the sun shines in the bright Phoenix skies.
We were on “Date Night” and were having a blast with the new [...]

Is Rock Climbing Like Sales?

What do rock climbing and marketing have in common?

I just went with my girlfriend to Camelback Mountain in Phoenix for the first time today.  Let me say that you don’t “hike” camelback mountain; you “climb” Camelback mountain.  How does this relate to marketing?
When I was younger, I sometimes looked down on sales, marketing, and PR [...]

[ More ] April 20th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Sales & Marketing, small business consulting |

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