The Secret To Actually Putting Your Customer First
After 16 years of growing my business from a small operation to an employer of more than 150 people, I’ve ...
Millenials Drive A Key Leadership Trend In 2018
Millennials are powerful, and they are hungry! You’re organization and your career as a leader (or prospective leader) literally depends ...
10 Ways To Jeopardize A New Venture Early And Often
Unfortunately, many entrepreneurs seem to prefer to fail their way to the top, rather than do some research and learn ...
Determining Whether or Not Now Is the Time to Sell Your Company
After starting our business, we envisioned competing with secondary ticket marketplaces such as StubHub and Ticketmaster. It’s become increasingly difficult to ...
4 Reasons Why Learning Beats Experience In Startups
In today’s fast moving world of business startups, learning trumps knowing every time. What established businesses know through experience keeps ...
Why You Need to Stop Talking to Start Leading
Recently, a colleague and I were at a dinner function with a group of leaders from a client company. We ...
5 Motivations That Bode Well For New Venture Success
As a startup advisor, I see many aspiring entrepreneurs whose primary motivation seems to be to work part time, or ...
What a Truly Dedicated Outlook Can Do For Your Business
In 2006, when I first opened my two-man garage door business, I never imagined I would have over 80 employees ...
The Good The Bad And The Ugly Of Funding From Friends
In their passion to succeed, too many entrepreneurs treat friends and family investments as “low-hanging” fruit, only to find out ...
5 Common Leadership Faux Pas
All leadership roles present their challenges, regardless of the industry. Luckily, nowadays there are many avenues to learn how to combat ...