A Vision For Chicago Entrepreneurs & Small Business Owners
Image by Francesca Tronchin via Flickr I can see not wanting to keep meeting overhead – but lowering overhead to meet the future. I can see my current business tools are not sharp enough and that sharpening them means finding new ones. I can see that the power and depth of my relationships are as [...]
Taking the Work Out of Networking – 140 Characters at a Time
Image via Wikipedia For those of you who missed the fantastic Big Ooga Biz Blast on Tuesday, the very awesome Mark Carter gave us some valuable tips on how best to spend time online to boost business. One thing we discussed was the elusiveness of Twitter. People either love it or hate it. It’s almost [...]
Join the Revolution – Marketing Our Core Beliefs
Image via Wikipedia This week, we’ve been talking about the 60′s generation and all of the changes they brought to the table. We’ve also been discussing how to apply the revolutionary energy of the past to our businesses today. This is the biggest variance in entrepreneurial achievement – every successful business started with a visionary. Every [...]
Do Feelings have a Place in Business? You Bet
Image via Wikipedia I got a call from a client who hurt my feelings in the past and in order for me to move forward, I told her this. Why did I open my mouth when the cardinal rule is to keep it shut? Because, I was either going to turn it into a good [...]
Business Connections Chicago – it’s not who you know but how you know them
Image via Wikipedia Tonight is the first Big Ooga Biz Blast at Catalyst Ranch. Here are my opening remarks. Good evening everybody. I’m Lennie Rose, and instead of telling you about the Big Ooga, which you can find out by going to the website, I’d rather tell you about why you are Big Ooga people. [...]
Relationship marketing tips for entrepreneurs
Image via Wikipedia It astounds me when meeting entrepreneurs for the first time their method in relationship building is to sell me on their services. This is a turn-off and literally antisocial. The root of relationship is relate. Here are a few tips that have worked for me. Please share what works for you. 1. [...]

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