entrepreneurship Archive

  • When I was learning math in school, teachers taught  a flat world based system (Euclidean), which is still taught today. Included in those lessons is the myth that the shortest distance between 2 points is a straight line. It’s the myth of the straight line, of predictability and stability surrounding a project business model, that most entrepreneurs try, and that...

    Pivots and The Flat Earth Syndrome: When the Shortest Distance is Not a Straight Line

    When I was learning math in school, teachers taught  a flat world based system (Euclidean), which is still taught today. Included in those lessons is the myth that the shortest distance between 2 points is a straight line. It’s the myth of the straight line, of predictability and stability surrounding a project business model, that most entrepreneurs try, and that...

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  • Imagine if the most important skill an enterpreneur has is the ability to smile, really smile, not just a sales pitch, but something growing from within…do you think that would spread? I can tell you from personal experience, and lessons learned from a monk and an ex-Marine football coach, that smiling is the key to excellence… Sometimes your joy is...

    The Power of your Smile

    Imagine if the most important skill an enterpreneur has is the ability to smile, really smile, not just a sales pitch, but something growing from within…do you think that would spread? I can tell you from personal experience, and lessons learned from a monk and an ex-Marine football coach, that smiling is the key to excellence… Sometimes your joy is...

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  • If you are not solving a problem, you are not relevant; if you are not a member of the market, the tribe you seek, how can you be relevant? Seems like everyone must be an entrepreneur these days, from those looking for new opportunities to people with jobs, who are now expected to be self-directed and responsible for generating results....

    The 3 Primal Forces of Entrepreneurs – Pivot and Profit Podcast

    If you are not solving a problem, you are not relevant; if you are not a member of the market, the tribe you seek, how can you be relevant? Seems like everyone must be an entrepreneur these days, from those looking for new opportunities to people with jobs, who are now expected to be self-directed and responsible for generating results....

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  • Is the idea that you know what you are doing a bluff?  After all, we want to be confident and assured that you, unlike ourselves, are in control, know what’s up, and can do the right thing. Yep, sure, keep drinking that Kool Aid! I was reminded of this by a mentoring student who put together a video I did...

    When Not Knowing is the Right Attitude to Take – Like Now!

    Is the idea that you know what you are doing a bluff?  After all, we want to be confident and assured that you, unlike ourselves, are in control, know what’s up, and can do the right thing. Yep, sure, keep drinking that Kool Aid! I was reminded of this by a mentoring student who put together a video I did...

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  • You are an entrepreneur and you are in business for one reason, to succeed. It’s your mission, your life, or at least that’s what you tell everyone. Then when no one’s looking, you sit and ponder how to make a difference,  set up to do lists and goals, rethinking the same thing you did yesterday. Right before you want to...

    The Fear Pivot – Why Fear Failure When Action Leads to Success? Pivot and Profit

    You are an entrepreneur and you are in business for one reason, to succeed. It’s your mission, your life, or at least that’s what you tell everyone. Then when no one’s looking, you sit and ponder how to make a difference,  set up to do lists and goals, rethinking the same thing you did yesterday. Right before you want to...

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  •     You think entrepreneurs are just lucky? Sure, a little luck is always involved in terms of timing and your market acting on the solution you provide to their problem. Most entrepreneurs create their own luck though, by constantly evolving and developing their plans.  How many overnight successes have you seen telling the story of a 2-5 year journey...

    How To Create Your Own Luck – The 3 Steps Entrepreneurs Take (Pivot and Profit Podcast)

        You think entrepreneurs are just lucky? Sure, a little luck is always involved in terms of timing and your market acting on the solution you provide to their problem. Most entrepreneurs create their own luck though, by constantly evolving and developing their plans.  How many overnight successes have you seen telling the story of a 2-5 year journey...

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  • Think you’re an entrepreneur?  Do you have the passion to go the distance and share that with others? What about the boring stuff, the organization and delivery of a business that creates replicatable, predictable results? This podcast is inspired by those who say that entrepreneurs are born, not created, which in my experience is missing the boat. Learning I was...

    The 3 Key Habits to Success for Entrepreneurs – Pivot and Profit Podcast

    Think you’re an entrepreneur?  Do you have the passion to go the distance and share that with others? What about the boring stuff, the organization and delivery of a business that creates replicatable, predictable results? This podcast is inspired by those who say that entrepreneurs are born, not created, which in my experience is missing the boat. Learning I was...

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