Everyone Assume Financial Crash Position
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......
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Five Potent Strategies to Auto-Pilot Your Small Business
The numbers are gloomy. Statistics show that of one hundred new business startups, eighty will be out of business within five years. Too often, the causes of these failures are recurring inefficiencies and their offspring:...
Lunchtime: I’m in the sales pipeline for small business
A glimpse into the lunch hour of a typical customer: Here's what happened in my world over the past 60 minutes. I was touched by several small businesses, reminded why I do business with some...
Small business advice: You answer to yourself when you’re an entrepreneur
It's a typical Monday morning in my world. I've been an entrepreneur for 21 years and I've found that Mondays are the most critical day of the week for me. Monday morning is when I...
On The Verge of Something Big
You think you have everything in order. You created a plan. You've made the contact. Things look good. And you are just waiting for the big deal to come through. And waiting. And waiting. I...
Finding the ”where” of success
In Rich Karlgaard's book, Life 2.0, he focuses on how people have transformed their lives by moving to a new city, town, tract of land. In reading the book, it reinforced our belief that it's...
Are you reactive or proactive?
It occurs to me that most of the success I have had in life has been in spite of any discipline or focus on tasks. This is beginning to create problems at my new company,...
Preparing for the worst
Sometimes reality smacks you pretty hard in the face. As I prepared for vacation, I got smacked but good. There was a tragic car accident and my nephew was killed instantly. In a daze, I...
He shows you the money (but do you take it?)
Today's Scenario: You've been unemployed for three months, but you're doing something about it. Yes, you're ready to take control of your destiny and start up your own business. You've come up with a life...
What a Weird, Wonderful World
Hi friends, my name is Jonathan. I'm thrilled that Jeff, Rich and the rest of the StartupNation crew have asked me to share my thoughts with the community. Jeff and Rich have at times been...