Innovation

Establishing Sales – The Foundation of Your Business

As entrepreneurs and business owners we have big dreams. Dreams of serving others, dreams of wealth, dreams of making big impacts, and leaving big legacies. But how do we make...

How to Make Your Business Stand Out

Sure you’re better than the competition, but how are you different? This really hit home while I was walking in San Jose and came across a Tesla storefront. Yup. A...

Social Entrepreneurship Could Be Your Solution

As a business owner, it can be easy to throw on the blinders and focus exclusively on profitability. But what if becoming permanently profitable and supporting the causes closest to...

Superhero Thoughts

When you were a child, you believed in superhero thoughts. You believed you could create your own Spider Man web wrist launchers, swing from building to building, and fly tree...

7 Weird Habits Of Successful People

We call people weird because they do things differently than we would. Seth Godin wears those bright colored, but mismatched socks. Steve Jobs’ work uniform was a black turtleneck and...

How To Turn A Miracle Into Routine

Getting a business off the ground is nothing short of a miracle. People who you never knew before are now clients (and they trust you with their business). People who...

One Day, One Punch

It is easy to go really hard at something for a period of time, but the energy wanes. It reminds me of boxing. When those fighters start the first round,...

It Doesn’t Have To Be A Difficult Decision

Obviously, there seems to be a tendency among doctors for life-or-death decisions to be the hardest decisions. The best decision, in fact, seems to be in simply buying more time;...

Improve Your Business By Traveling More

When Phil Romano founded Macaroni Grill, he traveled throughout Italy to determine what made restaurants so popular. Among other things, he found that in Italy a jug of wine is...

Defy Gravity

Maybe its the gravity of an industry. Or that relentless march of the same-ol’ same-ol’ at a corporation. It plays out in business after business, time after time. The ways...

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