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Well folks, next week is my favorite holiday. I love the family time, I love the non-material/inclusive nature of the holiday, and of course, I love the food.
But there’s one thing I love more: Inspiring people to start and grow successful businesses.
That’s why I passionately accepted an invitation from Franchise India, Asia’s largest small business [...]

Submitted for your consideration during this Halloween season.
A true spooky startup legend.
A teenage boy and his girlfriend were enjoying the October moonlight shining on a pond at a park just outside of town.
The radio was playing their favorite song when it was crudely interrupted.
It was a special bulletin and an almost frantic announcer exclaimed: “State police report that [...]

I have found that inventing, starting a business up, and other entrepreneurially thingies follow the same emotional pattern as your first roller coaster ride.
Step 1: I’m so excited I could just pee.
This is when you size up the ride. You’re caught in the moment considering the immense possibilities of your idea. The dizzying heights and speed you’ll [...]

Have you got those calls yet? You know, the calls or the in-the-grocery-store chats from your old co-workers, or ex-bosses who are looking at their jobs and thinking maybe the security of a full-time job wasn’t such a secure thing after all?
And they heard you started your own business and are doing quite well, thank you [...]

If you listen to our podcasts, you recently heard my interview with Rick Smolan, a new friend and someone whose books I’ve long admired. He’s the photographer-turned-entrepreneur behind all those coffee table books that start with this in the title, “A Day in The Life of…”.  He started with “…Australia” and from there went on [...]

I have a slight problem with the whole home-entrepreneur gig. Apparently, to you, me, and the rest of the Startup Nation, working-at-home means that you are WORKING at your HOME.
That seems clear enough.
However, the deluded, including the hubby, sometimes slip into thinking that if you WORK from home, you’re actually just sitting around waiting for something to [...]

Ever watch Airplane? Or did I just reveal my status as dinosaur. (If I didn’t, my kids will be the first to tell you how ancient I am sooner or later anyway.)
But I digress… as usual.
In the movie, when the passengers were asked to assume “crash position,” they immediately started to scream, wave their hands [...]

I guess my husband and I always had in the back of our heads that we would have kids, so that when we were old and grey we would have someone to push around our wheelchairs, or at least extricate our Rascal scooters when they get hopelessly wedged between oddly out-of-date pieces of furniture.
I also had dreams [...]

My husband is hosting a tailgate party tomorrow for a group of his co-workers, or co-drinkers as the case may be.
Hey. I’m cool. I’m down with football and kicking home runs or whatever they do. My problem is that this tailgate will be held in my home.
So, first, there’s the whole “how do you have a [...]

Rich has asked what would the first thing my assistant would do.
Unfortunately, the first things my assistants have done was to start mucking things up. The second thing they do, once they’re good and trained, is leave.
What I would like is an Evil Assistant. Sort of a Voodoo assistant. If I had an evil assistant, here are [...]