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Why Capitalists Need to Embrace Social Entrepreneurship
Some capitalists seem to be very threatened by the idea of social entrepreneurship either because it has the word social in it (too close to socialism for comfort), or because they think they’ve always...
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Why I wrote “Making Money Is Killing Your Business”
I built five businesses from the ground up. Each time in the process I found myself as a hostage of my business, never knowing how it would work out, how I would get off the treadmill, or most...
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From Hostage to Prisoner – the business road to more freedom
Just about every business owner I know is a hostage to his or her business. How do we break free? By first becoming a willing prisoner in your business. It sounds nuts. How am I a hostage, and how does...
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It’s In The Stars!
As business consultants, we are often asked why one business succeeds and another, almost identical, business flounders. Once, feeling rather facetious, I answered: “It’s in the stars!” It was a...
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Think Globally. Shop-Locally. It’s a perfect fit.
Live local. Buy local. ShopLocally.com aims to change the world, not just make money. My company, The Crankset Group, is focused on the same thing. We’re going to do it together going forward. It’s...
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Business as Community
Are you part of something bigger than yourself? We’re all supposed to think the rugged individualist is the great American way to do business. I’m a reformed rugged individualist and can tell you that...
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Don’t take advice from T-Rex
Run, Gazelle, run! The overwhelming majority of small business advice is from people showing us how Giant Corporation, Inc. managed to free themselves from the drudgery of being small to finally become...
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Your Mother Was Wrong
The three S’s are not Nirvana Your parents, 3rd grade teacher, college professor and Giant Corporation, Inc. all have you chasing the wrong dream. It’s no wonder most people aren’t excited about where...
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Stop using Gmail to send business emails
We receive hundreds of emails requesting guest posting each week and I would say 99% of them come via Gmail. Every email that comes from a Gmail account is instantly deleted for three reasons: 1) There...
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The Classic “Purpose of a Business” Might Actually Put You Out of Business
It’s surprising to me how often I see all the classic definitions of a business that don’t define or describe a business well at all. If you follow them, they might even put you out of business. Most...
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How 211 Degree Relationships Can Be Your Latent Key to Success
Where do most of your sales come from? When I’ve asked this question in a weekly lunch I do with 60 business leaders, 59 of them say relationships and one didn’t understand the question. So how do we...
View ArticleHe who makes the rules wins
Make Your Own Business Rules. As I was writing my new book “Making Money is Killing Your Business” and getting feedback on it, a lot of people told me that some of the principles in this book are...
View ArticlePlanning won’t even get you a good plan, let alone success
Stop thinking. Get moving. Planning does not create success or even the best plan. It also doesn’t create action. Most planning just creates paper, spreadsheets, complexity, doubt, paralysis, and...
View ArticleIs it Harder to Start and Run a Business Than 30 Years Ago?
Almost everyone decrying the demise of entrepreneurship in America is blaming either Walmart or rising health care costs for making it more difficult to start a business. But the biggest obstacle is a...
View ArticleYour Freedom Number is the Only Number That Matters
Your business has the same issues as those I visited in Kenya. In the final analysis, there’s only one number in business that really matters, you’re Freedom Number. While I was in Kenya, I had...
View ArticleDo you have balance across the Seven Elements of a Business?
Business divides pretty neatly into seven categories or “elements” that all businesses must pay attention to in order to be successful. They exist whether we pay attention to them or not. If we pay...
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