Are You Embracing Risk?
TweetI had a conversation with my mom recently about an apparel retailer that is going out of business. She had attributed their fate to a declining economy. My own take: the clothing was staid–and...
View ArticleWould Your Business Survive the Shark Tank Intact?
TweetI was watching Shark Tank the other night when entrepreneur and inventor Eric Corti walked in pitching a balloon pump designed to take the air out of an open bottle of wine. He was looking for...
View ArticleHow to Avoid Business Loss After a Chick-fil-A-Style Mess
TweetWrapped in the Chick-fil-A controversy is a warning to small business owners. It’s not about free speech (you can say whatever you want). Nor is it about the wisdom of a dose of self-censorship...
View ArticleWhat Genesis (the rock band) Can Teach You About Successful Partnerships
TweetSporting events have become sensory overload zones. The NFL has cheerleaders. The NBA has cheerleaders too, and mascots who do wacky slam dunks. Major League Baseball has sausage throws (don’t...
View ArticleThe Worst Thing You Can Do When Networking
TweetThere’s a women’s entrepreneurs’ group that I joined last year. There are chapters, and bimonthly meetings, and a rigid meeting format that kind of drives me crazy. The intent of the sessions is...
View ArticleOn Blog Action Day, Celebrate the “Power of We” in Your Business
TweetYou’re probably going to see a lot of inspiring blog posts today (and maybe read a few of them too). You see, it’s Blog Action Day, and the theme this year is The Power of We. But since I write a...
View Article5 Lessons on Entrepreneurship from a Pop Artist
TweetLast week, I went to see Roy Lichtenstein for inspiration. The problem with running your own business is that you can spend so much time in the “stuff” of it that you forget to poke your head out...
View ArticleI Am Not an Athlete
TweetI overheard a woman at the gym the other day telling her friends that she’d once run a marathon. While they were oohing and aahing over her accomplishment, she added some caveat that I didn’t...
View ArticleThe Value of Velcro
TweetApparently I need more velcro. The three little words that have guided my business over the last 24 months are velcro, crayons, and abandon. I wrote at the start of this year: “Last year, I picked...
View ArticleWhat Entrepreneurs Can Learn from Google Glass
TweetGoogle Glass is very cool. And if you can hook me up with a tangerine pair, that would be nice. But it’s really just a smartphone, minus the ability to make phone calls. It’s iterative technology....
View Article6 Business Lessons from Beyond the Kuiper Belt
Voyager 1 has left the solar system. It’s the first man-made object to reach interstellar space. While you’re still absorbing that (admit it–WOW), let me tell you what makes this even more amazing:...
View ArticleIndependent Workers Pump $1 Trillion into the U.S. Economy
I’ve written before about how the small business haters have it all wrong. Now comes a study that puts new economic muscle behind this assertion, revealing that solopreneurs and other independent...
View ArticleMillennial Entrepreneurs Are Diverse, Digital, & Green
Who are the millennial entrepreneurs? That’s a question the Business Journals sought to explore in a report released late last year entitled, Millennial Business Owners: Optimism Abounds. The report...
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