Fresh out of Suzanne Ross’s Communication Class – juiced with the skills to precisely define my company – I went home to write. At a certain point, I thought – “This is tough! Let’s get to know Suzanne better and see what she says about HERSELF.” So I hopped over to her website. Check point [...]

With 22 million more entrepreneurs in the market you are competing with 22 million more brands and noise. William Deresiewicz in the New York Times tapped this as Generation Sell. So how do you stand out? Here are some ideas to spark differentiation, make your company more human and ignite attraction. 1. Are you interesting, [...]

Moving into new digs I had a list of basics to get and have ended up with the crock pot instead of the alarm clock. This is going to be a problem tomorrow when I need to be up at five. This got me thinking about how I’ve consciously avoided certain necessities.  How I’ve prioritized [...]

The other night at a business event I met a fellow networking leader who I had been looking forward to speaking with. In the first few minutes of conversation she asked me what I thought of  “Person X”. “You don’t want to ask me that.” I said, knowing she could be associated with her. “Yes, [...]

It was the 9th Anniversary party of the Catalyst Ranch and the crowd was gathered around the raffle drawing.  All of the buckets with lucky tickets had been pulled and only the last fabulous prize remained. This bucket had the most tickets. This bucket was the one I wanted. I hovered near the front, tickets [...]

I don’t WANT to talk about health insurance. But if  I get hit by a bus it’s going to be top of mind. For entrepreneurs, getting health insurance is monumental. We can either: A) Pay through the nose. B) Marry it. C) Do without it. E) Get Cobra and when it runs out panic F) [...]

Nancy Sharp, CEO of Food for Thought gave us some strong entrepreneur advice last night.  She’s built a company from Zip to $25 mil in revenue.  Here are a few key points. 1. You have two choices. Lay down or get up. 2. Own your confidence – if you don’t believe in yourself no one [...]

I have lots of conversations with entrepreneurs and realize the way we frame questions to ourselves determines the direction we’re heading in. If, for example, you are asking yourself, “What’s the worst that can happen? Can I possibly end up in a double-wide?” This is the wrong direction. It’s not IF you will succeed that [...]

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.   This is Emerson’s vision of success. What is yours? “To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends, to appreciate beauty, to find [...]