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With insights derived from her new book, “It’s Your Biz”, Susan Solovic will share tips and techniques to create success, your way! This webinar is designed to help you: *  Understand your motivations and define success in your terms. *  Create your big vision.  You must see it and believe it to become it. * [...]

Moving into new digs I had a list of basics to get and have ended up with the crock pot instead of the alarm clock. This is going to be a problem tomorrow when I need to be up at five. This got me thinking about how I’ve consciously avoided certain necessities.  How I’ve prioritized [...]

It was the 9th Anniversary party of the Catalyst Ranch and the crowd was gathered around the raffle drawing.  All of the buckets with lucky tickets had been pulled and only the last fabulous prize remained. This bucket had the most tickets. This bucket was the one I wanted. I hovered near the front, tickets [...]

I have lots of conversations with entrepreneurs and realize the way we frame questions to ourselves determines the direction we’re heading in. If, for example, you are asking yourself, “What’s the worst that can happen? Can I possibly end up in a double-wide?” This is the wrong direction. It’s not IF you will succeed that [...]

In his address to graduates of Stanford University,  Steve Jobs said you can’t connect the dots of your life in the future. You can only know their meaning once they’ve played out. There is no fast forward to see how things turn out. The only way to know if you’re going to fulfill your destiny [...]

Get inspired and energized by Nancy Sharp, CEO of Food For Thought Catering who started in her mother’s kitchen with her husband and sister and built a multimillion dollar company from the ground up. Hear the inside story of how she did it, what it took and what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur. [...]

In recessionary economics lack of demand drives companies downward. Yet we have such an enormous demand in the entrepreneur sector it’s nothing short of a boom. Entrepreneurs demand their own survival. Not kinda sorta… we HAVE to have it. We don’t just want success, we need it, can’t live without out and will work insane [...]

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 [...]

We are challenging the social construction of entrepreneurialism - a system that is minting chaos.  Going it alone as small business owners has given rise to enormous personal tolls. Doesn’t it make sense if we want better results, to build a better system?  Isn’t that what entrepreneurship is all about? Seeing a problem and fixing or improving it? ( I hear the coaches whispering, NO! Don’t call it [...]

Yes, it’s going to take a village to raise happy, healthy companies, but being out there on your own isn’t the only way.  Ask yourself,  “If I don’t have to do everything myself, why would I want to?”  By putting a community behind you, you’ll have more resources, less stress, and more time to focus on [...]