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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 [...]

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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 The single most successful initiative I started when working in my own PR company was an Angel Network of wish granters and wishers.  I fell upon the idea hap-haphazardly, meeting a woman who owned a business center on the way to a dentist appointment. The woman had a big gap between her [...]

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 [...]