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Image via Wikipedia If falling in love with the people with whom you work is a crime, I want to be guilty.  I’m an unashamed fan of work well done, inspired leaders and motivated people.  Awe, to me, does not go with shock, it belongs with words like brilliance, trust, accomplishment and courage. Love and [...]

Image via Wikipedia Call it greater than the sum of all parts, or together we stand, divided we wobble – or worse get devoured. The illustration of strength in numbers and the wisdom of strategic alliances can be captured in a small story from the great outdoors. If you are in the wild with friends [...]

Image via Wikipedia There is no question that Facebook is good for small business marketing.  But sometimes the best way to get your foot in the door is through your own face…..book.   In the old days if you wanted to visit friends and associates you’d have to call them and get their permission.  Nowadays, you [...]

Image via Wikipedia Good News. We would like to point out there is a 93% employment rate in the US.   Go out there and find your people! If you are thinking about becoming an entrepreneur, we are here to help.

Image via Wikipedia A new business relationship is a clean slate – you have yet to prove yourself or put your foot in your mouth.  A past business relationship is history.  It may consist of a beginning, middle and end or an end that started at hello.  No matter what it was, an unresolved story [...]

Image via Wikipedia I admire someone who is no nonsense and still fun. I admire someone with great intelligence who has no desire to prove it, but does want to apply it to whatever we’re doing at the time. I admire grace – under the best and worst of times. I admire the courage to [...]

It was one of those evenings where the conversation flowed so effortlessly that you hated to interrupt it with a program.  Like-minded entrepreneurs and business people from diverse industries gravitated and circulated like friends who enjoyed each others’ company.  We could not have been more pleased by the ease of this event, the wonderful guests [...]

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. [...]

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.