A few weeks ago, one of my financial services clients called to tell me he had spent $5 million building a management development curriculum. He outsourced most of this curriculum to a university and developed a portion of it in-house around the company’s core competencies. He had a gnawing concern: How do we know that the audience of...
It doesn’t matter what your business is. It’s blood, sweat, tears and dealing with financial worries. You know your business better than anyone else does. When it’s good, it’s very good. You love it. It’s a natural high. Your brain is always focused. The world is definitely a great place. Yet….at any given time,...
If you’re a true entrepreneur, then, as Donny Deutsch, creator of CNBC’s The Big Idea states, “No is not an option!” You may be incubating your dreams of a better product than those currently offered….so don’t talk yourself out of it! Don’t listen to the non-believers or the nay-sayers who tell you what a...
Jon Swire grappled with his plan for an on-line spinoff of a technology platform that was developed at MIT and licensed to his current employer, a financial management company. Jon’s informal investigation led him to believe that his employer was not willing to fund the spinoff at this time. Though he already researched the...
You need to have a good grip on reality to build a successful business. All your hopes and dreams go for naught if you miss what’s happening in the here and now. The Reality principle offers you the opportunity to look at these important and common experiences: Facing facts Responding to disasters Committing to...
This week’s Indie Business Radio Show features Dr. Rosalie Lober, CEO of PROFITS Principles. Rosalie is the author of Run Your Business Like A Fortune 100: 7 Principles For Boosting Profits. Here’s a video review of the show. During the show, Dr. Lober helped small and independent business owners understand that Fortune 100 and...
