The beginning of a business…ain’t it grand?

Hot off the press…I just got an abbreviated copy of the transcript from the 3M Mastermind call today which Eliza Vaile hosted.  I just wanted to post this part about perceiving a beginning in the proper perspective (with their permission of course).  I thought it was GREAT!!
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Most of us, when we started our business, the [...]

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Joe the Plumber

 
Joe the Plumber vs. Rick Sanchez—the talking head of CNN.  And the winner is…Joe Wurzelbacher.  On the other hand,  at the risk of sounding like the amateur mass media, Rick Sanchez  is this year’s entrepreneurial putz.
 
In his November 4th interview with the newly famous Joe the Plumber, Rick Sanchez appeared to be as knowledgeable [...]

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Would I Pay This Person?

“Would I pay this person’s paycheck before my own mortgage?”
 

As an employer, I’ve had plenty of opportunities to make awful hiring mistakes.  I can’t really blame the individuals and their weaknesses, because I feel like it’s my responsibility to properly vet those issues during the interview process. But I’ve recently had an epiphany that I [...]

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Is your business thinking archaic?

Perhaps you’ve at least heard the term “Market Share.” Perhaps you’re even guilty of using the term—Yes, I said GUILTY. This is an archaic term for any business today because it assumes that there is a finite amount of business for which you can possess. In actuality, markets are created everyday. Think about it. Do [...]

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Entitlement

 ENTITLMENT. It’s an awful disease. Recently I read of a police officer in Daytona Beach who was reportedly fired for tormenting the folks at a local Starbucks by demanding free coffee and tea and making less-than-veiled threats against the coffee house team that if his demands weren’t met, their urgent or emergency calls would not [...]

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