Every time NASA sends up a ship, satellite, or probe, its a launch, not just their first launch back in 1958. Now sure generally the news only gets really excited when they are sending people up or headed way far out, but nevertheless, NASA is launching all the time. As business owners, we think of the very FIRST launch as our only launch but businesses are launching all the time.
Read moreWhisper Directly in Your Market's Ear with Content that Makes Your Voice Heard
Creating your own podcast is the happy medium that a lot of people are looking for, more engaging than a blog post, less production than a video, podcasts deliver on every front. The major advantage of podcasting is that despite the feeling that there are tons of podcasts out there, the playing field is WAY less crowded than blogging or youtube.
Read moreIf You Don't Make Money, You Have a Hobby, Not a Business
I can hear it from here, the sales anxiety and resistance. Being an entrepreneur means being a salesperson. Long after your company makes it big and you hire a sales team to do the grind work, you will still be in sales. And at the beginning, there isn’t a better way to do it. Sales, up close and personal toe-to-toe selling, is the best way to get to know your market.
Read moreThe 10 Piles of Chaos Blocking Your Business
When we think about chaos in a business our brain immediately goes to a big tangle of EVERYTHING gone wrong. But in my experience, we all have these little pockets of chaos, little piles where something has been dropped there to be dealt with later and then another thing and another and another and suddenly you have a pile of chaos keeping you from being your most effective, most aligned self. A lot of times this is a pile of chaos that we have tucked away in the back of our minds (or our closets) and we might not even know it exists but it is impeding our ability to be as impactful (and frankly as happy) as we can be.
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