Join In! For members and non-members alike! We are delighted to report that the entrepreneurial coffees last month were not only a hit, but a smash! Of those who attended 95% would like to return. What we discovered is that while our companies are different and our professional experience varies, our  journeys are indeed very [...]

I competed in Toastmaster’s Smack Down this week and came in last behind the mental patient.  To make it worse, it was the easiest topic in the easiest division AND I did my best.   In cream on cream wool with matching stilettos, my first 30 seconds were a breeze.  But for the next 60 seconds, [...]

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Image via Wikipedia In the last post we scratched the surface on how innovative thinking of the 60′s and 70′s is informing the current paradigm shift in business. By freeze-framing today we can see how we are synergizing tomorrow.  Apparently we DID learn things. Then: The ideologies of the 60′s and 70′s embraced commune living [...]

Image via Wikipedia For all the years I’ve entertained and made new friends, nothing compares to the power of the Internet to bring people together.  Last night there was a remarkable mix of talented, accomplished, interesting people with whom I’m lucky enough to call friends in the pick-up-the-phone, we-really-will-do-lunch kinda way.  The mix included a [...]

Image via Wikipedia Yes I jumped into Face Book. Well not exactly jumped since 30 million people  beat me to it.  Just like I jumped into a DVD player…because Blockbuster didn’t carry VHS anymore.  An early adopter I’m not.  A consumer who will try new food products, yes. Generally food products don’t have buttons. You [...]

Image via Wikipedia My best advice in marketing your business is to build your reputation as solidly as your build your relationships.  The most important product you have is your reputation.

Image via Wikipedia For entrepreneurs reaching into the future we have an unknown landscape before us. What worked before does not necessarily work now but it may work again as the economy shifts. Surviving the downturn has become its own profession. Here’s a suggestion that might help your journey. Identify how people are responding differently [...]

Image via Wikipedia I saw a sign in a shop yesterday that said, “The Help Us Stay In Business Sale – Everything $25″.  Some would argue it was a sign of the times. But I say their trouble started long ago.  A custom clothing shop for large people – with LARGE written in small letters [...]

Image via Wikipedia In it’s hay day, reading the Tribune made you smarter.  You got great advice on how to handle wacky Uncle Harold or that rotten boyfriend. The news was reliable, offset with serious insights and Mike Royko’s voice of reason.  The Sunday Magazine was thick and delicious, featuring social events, spreads of our [...]