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When Big Ooga opened for business its guiding principle was to bring really good entrepreneurs and small business owners together across industry and specialty. I’m sure you know from experience that working with new people is risky. If you’ve hired someone to provide a service, they have to meet your standards and expectations. If you’ve [...]

Featuring Phil Gerbyshak Learn the fastest and simplest best practices for creating a company social media strategy that can be executed in 3, 5, or 10 minutes per day. At this presentation you’ll learn how-to create your own Social Media Strategy Playbook to socially engage your customers and prospects more effectively, hit your target markets [...]

I have grappled with investing in myself and my business. The underpinnings of this decision-making process go down to the bone of self-worth. The self-help book I should be reading is,  My Business, Myself , which I haven’t written. It’s set in what Faith Popcorn coined as the “atomsFear” where grown-uppery is the two sided [...]

After Saturday’s Brain Training I was calm. Calm is not the hallmark of an entrepreneurial mind.  Calm creates breathing room, head room, emotional room. Calm is underrated and I didn’t know it was so valuable until I had some. I got home from the Brain Training and went right to my email. Pushed the send [...]

Image via Wikipedia For those of us who love to write, the joy is in discovering the inspiration of the day! You never know what’s in your head (of value) until you download it onto paper. Free flowing writing channels pure original insights. These can lead to business breakthroughs or crystallize ideas that were gasses [...]

I asked Dave Mischler, President of Inner Circle, an expert in peer to peer business advisory groups, to share with us his top three reasons why we need each other in business. Enjoy his wisdom.   Top Three Reasons Why People in Business Need Each Other 1. Nobody can know it all – It is a complex world we live [...]

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 [...]

You don’t pick your family but you do pick your business community – and they are a second family of choice.  Surround yourself with good people and they will up your game, watch your back and genuinely help you succeed.  Good people will talk about what is tough and noodle how to get through it.  [...]