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Welcome to the Great Big Ooga Services Sale   We can personally endorse these wonderful companies – even blush about them. Our group mantra is Do it Right or Do it Over! So you can shop with confidence! Please feel free to connect directly with these vendors and tell them Lennie sent you!     [...]

Imagine juggling five balls in the air while running through a plate of spaghetti – then meet people who have done it well – and you’ve got the entrepreneurial journey. Tonight, with an expert panel and a room full of seasoned and new entrepreneurs,  we will be talking about navigating business chaos and making strategic [...]

I competed in Toastmaster’s Smack Down this week and came in last behind the mental patient.  To make it worse, it was the easiest topic in the easiest division AND I did my best.   In cream on cream wool with matching stilettos, my first 30 seconds were a breeze.  But for the next 60 seconds, [...]

Did you ever notice how incredibly hard it is to express your company in words? To say exactly what you do without sounding like everyone else? The trickiest thing in this business environment is the ability to evolve quickly and then capture this in consistent messages – Now if that isn’t an an oxymoron, I [...]

Image by kevindooley via Flickr I worry about myself when everything is in order.  Isn’t a neat office the sign of an empty mind? How is it possible that my accountant and bookkeeper have overcome my chaos? How is it feasible that my efficiency expert has delivered on her promise to “get more done so [...]

Image by woodleywonderworks via Flickr The single MOST uplifting part of the entrepreneurial journey is the existence of endless possibilities. Conversely, the single MOST frustrating part of the entrepreneurial journey is not seeing the endless possibilities even though you know they are there. Here are a few tips that might lead you to your next [...]

Image by natawiedee via Flickr Big Ooga recently sent out a survey to find out what our members want for the coming year.  Did they want to meet more wonderful people?  Did they want to learn more skills? Did they want small group think-tanks and Mastermind groups? Did they want to create products or go [...]

Image via Wikipedia I’ve spent a lot of time this week shaping and articulating entrepreneurial companies.  We have searched for the “vein of gold” as Julia Cameron refers to it – for what sets a company apart and fills an unmet market need. We have approached it by asking what really turns on the entrepreneur [...]

Image via Wikipedia There was debate amongst Chicago art dealers that included those still in business and some no longer open as to how to price art in this economy.  According to the article in the Sunday Trib, the camps were divided into: the artists have earned their provenance and deserve their prices vs I’m [...]

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 [...]