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If you are a solo entrepreneur with one, several or many clients, a start-up, use collaborators, have friends and family, occasionally need tech help or belong to a business group, not only are you NOT alone, YOU are in a tribe, YOUR TRIBE. This may come as a shock to those of us who wear [...]

Big Ooga and Carol Roth Rescheduled! There’s a lot to be said about how well entrepreneurs adapt to real-time conditions. Our meeting is rescheduled to Monday, Feb 21st at Catalyst Ranch, same time, same place, same program.  Catalyst Ranch, 656 W. Randolph Street, Chicago 60654  Time: 6-8 pm Hope you can make it and please [...]

If you want to think outside the box, don’t use a box as your reference.  To be original you need to break convention. To break convention you need to break your routine and get inspired. To get inspired you may need to go inside (like meditation) or to The Far Side with Gary Larson to Pago Pago.  What you don’t need is to [...]

If one of your clients asks you for a professional referral – you’re not going to say, “I know someone who sucks! Take their number.”  You’re going to say, “I know the absolute best person to call.” The more skilled your network, the better your reputation.  If you hang with great people, great people will [...]

Build and Evolve Your Company If you are building a start-up or updating your current company – and you need quality professionals – call the Big Ooga – we’ve got great people. Build Your Skills If you want to learn social media, SEO, how to set-up a blog, start a Twitter page, streamline your process, [...]

If you want new business and wonder what to do next – we hear you. If you want to do it by not going anywhere – don’t budge, keep reading. If you wish someone would just TELL you what to do….here’s what to do. Change the content on your website regularly with key words that [...]

Image via Wikipedia Whether you are embarking on the entrepreneurial journey by choice or destiny- the method to entry is simple. You have a vision, skill or identify a hole in the market. You learn a bunch of stuff from people, courses, groups, schools and research. Then you put it into a business plan or [...]

Image via Wikipedia We need a new name for Monday.  Sunday sounds like a dessert.  Saturday reminds me of grass and sneakers. But when I think of Monday, I think of the first day of a long week and the only day when I feel completely behind in my entire work week by 10 am [...]

Image via Wikipedia Big Ooga Big Bargains! 24-hour Stimulus Sale – You have until Midnight tonight – September 9th to call these people! Professional Services, Social Media Workshops, Innovation Seminar, Graphic Arts, Email Organization, Small Business Operations, Business Management, Technology Upgrades, Business Development, Photography, Twitter Page, SEO, Web Development, Banking, Meeting Planning, New Business Development, [...]