Entrepreneurship
I love this Country. When I get the opportunity to speak on entrepreneurship and my experiences in business, I always make it a point to say that I love to pay taxes. Don’t get me wrong, I do everything within the bounds of the law to minimize my tax liability. However, the more taxes I [...]
I had a conversation with a fellow entrepreneur friend of mine that I have had with him several times in the past. The conversation starts out talking about a deal one of us might be working on and it leads to a discussion about our viewpoints regarding peoples “feelings and emotions” when it comes to [...]
This blog was started on a whim. Since I spend a lot of time reading various online and offline publications, I am aware of and follow a few blogs. All of them are dedicated to business, entrepreneurship and the like. Make no bones about it, this blog is not going to have much of a [...]
I am an old-school entrepreneur in a lot of ways. I have mentioned before that most of my ventures are brick-and-mortar type enterprises (retail, restaurants, franchises, etc.) that you can feel and touch. I am better at operating a business that I can understand and I find that these types of businesses are easy for [...]
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I am married to the single greatest woman on this planet. There is no way I could do what I do without her understanding, support and unconditional love. I always knew that I would choose entrepreneurship as my “career”. Most of the girls I dated somewhat seriously were a little bit frightened by the fact [...]
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This is an older post that I wanted to revive to see what has changed, where I have changed and what my Twitter friends might add to the conversation.
I was thinking tonight about the things I use and do regularly that have had a positive impact on my career as a self-made entrepreneur. Some of [...]
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I was thinking tonight of some of the deals that I have worked on that have had one of the following three unintended results. They are:
1 – Deal fell through completely. No financial gain whatsoever. Viewed by many as a complete waste of time. I have built many successful relationships out of these “wastes of [...]
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I have noticed a few articles as of late that have been written about this subject. One in particular proved quite interesting to me. Specifically I enjoyed “Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught” in an issue of Fortune Small Business Magazine. I won’t spoil the article for you because I think it is a valuable read, but [...]
I have the good fortune of being involved with an exciting entrepreneurial movement at my MBA alma mater. They are doing some unique things to help support and grow the entrepreneurial spirit already present throughout the school. It has been fun and I look forward to watching as the plans and meetings result in real [...]
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The title of this post is a saying that I have often repeated to myself. This is a challenge for any motivated entrepreneur; when do I say no? Many entrepreneurs simply do not know how to say no to a deal. Maybe that is why some find success the way that they do – the [...]
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