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Image via Wikipedia Why aren’t we as entrepreneurs, small business owners and professionals talking about the Entrepreneurial Bubble? Most of us are almost paying our bills – and in this economy break even is a good thing.  Our entrepreneurial sector is NOT FAILING.  It is just that our rate bubble has popped. The mode of [...]

Image via Wikipedia Have you noticed the entrepreneurial world is in an uproar? That we’ve been thrust into this QUEST to find answers?  Is one workshop better than another – is one piece of information more relevant than another? Who is the guide? What do we need to know? How many events and seminars must [...]

Image via Wikipedia There is a new wave of entrepreneurs coming into the market – but the market is not robust enough to support them. They need entrepreneurial skills but they have corporate backgrounds. They have gone from the company of companies to solo-preneurs There has been mass construction yet there is mass homelessness. People [...]

Image via Wikipedia Let’s say you have the most brilliant business blog on the planet.  It is well written, well researched, optimized and rich with SEO words like business networking, small business marketing, Chicago professional networking, social media tools AND it is a great read with deep insight and usable tools that will impact your [...]

Image by State Library and Archives of Florida via Flickr We are all travelers in the great unknown called tomorrow. Freezing is as dangerous as melting down.  Withering disintegrates our brands and innovating builds them.  But how do you know in what direction to move?  What risk to take? And to know we must?  In [...]

Image via Wikipedia There’s a new trend surfacing for small business owners and entrepreneurs that blends leisure with work to create Weisure.  It’s really putting a kink in  work-life balance because the lines are most def being blurred. Have you noticed you unhook, but not really?  Stop working, but work anyway? Draw a line in [...]

Image via Wikipedia Regardless of the stunningly vast outreach we are capable of through our individual businesses, there is still a pure, bright and honest voice that needs to cut through the clutter to connect emotionally.   Not a contrived honest voice with words carefully chosen to represent an honest voice, but real values that inspire [...]

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Last year, there was an AND in networking. I’ll join this group AND that. I’ll be active in this organization AND that.  With cash flow, there were lots of choices for events, luncheons, networks, meetings and classes.  If one blew, there were plenty more..not that you were reckless.   It [...]

Image via Wikipedia There is a duality going on in the entrepreneurial sector.  To collectively solve issues we have to individually voice concerns while simultaneously not wanting to be perceived as having them.  Many of us are struggling with the importance of portraying success while challenged with the path to maintain it.  Close to the [...]

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 [...]