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In Carol Tice’s article for Entrepreneur magazine, she culled stacks of forecasts to create a Top 10 List of Small Business Predictions for 2012. What struck me most was the 10th prediction, because it was hers and mine. 10. Companies that collaborate with each other and help each other have a better chance of prospering. [...]

Entrepreneurs are puzzle-solvers. We take what’s visible and invisible and ponder, plan and experiment. Sometimes the plans work out fabulously..other times, not so much. Here’s a classic example of one of them. Riding up the elevator to the management office of the John Hancock Center, they had agreed to meet with me over an idea [...]

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We have an incredibly important Big Ooga meeting coming up August 2nd and I’d like to tell you the story. When CFO-Pro, John Lafferty joined Big Ooga I checked his site and called his references. They were SO glowing that top business people said they could not have succeeded without him. Soft spoken, knowledgeable and [...]

In Sunday’s Tribune there was a full page ad asking Chicago, do we want the Pump Room back or the new Gold Coast Kitchen? It’s a little like asking do we want the Action film or the Opera? It puts the responsibility on the consumer and we already have plenty of that. In this instance [...]

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Entrepreneurs are dreamers, optimists, builders, connectors, inventors, doers and very often people in flannel pajamas. We spend enormous amounts of time in our heads, hearts and on the computer, learning, connecting and planning what to do next. Most of the time we are a force of nature – but there are times when no one [...]

Barry Moltz sent out a dispatch about entrepreneurs from the Harvard Business Review written by Jeffrey Stibel, CEO of Dunn And Bradstreet Credibility Corporation. It was so right on, I had to share it.  If you are eating, sleeping and drinking your business, you are not alone.  Enjoy the read!  Enjoy the ride!   Here is the article Jeffrey wrote [...]

It was an ordinary day at Ooga.  Jean Pickering sized the Big Ooga Logo on Facebook because she wanted to. My daughter sent a picture of me that landed in the Met. Melinda sent a thank you and link to a hilarious video. Ray sent a brilliant economic video that supports our work. Marcy sent an article relevant to the Revolution, Joanne sent a slew of [...]

In her You Tube video interview after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Jody Williams said the secret to making a difference in the world is to get off your a#$ and do something. Betty Williams, another winner started out as a secretary. Laureates have come from the finest schools and the most impoverished streets. They [...]