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“If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.” Tony Robbins

Stop for a moment and think about what type of energy is driving you to put another day into your business. Would you say your motivation’s coming from a painful thought - “I better make this sale so I can make payroll”, or based a pleasurable thought, “I can’t wait to satisfy my next customer.” Be honest with yourself. (more…)

From Business Plan to Vision Plan—If the thought of doing a business plan makes you cringe—do a “vision plan” instead. Essentially, at a very basic level, that is what a business plan is.

Intuitively, I find entrepreneurs do these types of plans in their head all the time. Most just need to start getting it on paper so they can use this “living, breathing” document to run their company.

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A funny thing happened on the way to a Micro Enterprise Conference for youth. (more…)

For better or worse, it’s a fact of life - every small business owner needs to BE or BECOME financially fit in order to be successful. (more…)

Entrepreneurship is a dynamic process of creating incremental wealth. Entrepreneurs willingly take part in the process of creating something new that has value by devoting time and effort and assuming the financial, psychic, and social risks. Luckily, we, as entrepreneurs also receive the resulting rewards of independence, (more…)