You are laid off, your business fails, you get divorced, medical costs, basically any cataclysmic event and suddenly you have to create something from nothing. Could you do it? Could you get back on your feet in thirty days or less? As heart wrenching as life tragedy is, know that you are more powerful, resilient, [...]
Zach Ferres knows start-up success and has built an incubator to prove it. With modern day unicorn stories of people going from zero to a billion-dollar valuation in 6 months, Ferres is out to prove that with the right idea, dedication, determination, and a solid work ethic, anyone can achieve start-up success especially in the [...]
The 52-year old godfather of my kids stood in my kitchen and proclaimed, ‘I am embracing technology. We are going email free.’ He was in town to do a tech incubator and over dinner was espousing the virtues of both Slack and Asana; terms that would not have been uttered from his mouth a mere [...]
According to an article published in US News, 80% of people give up on their resolutions by mid-February. Perhaps it was the champagne talking. Maybe it was your best friend who challenged you to run a marathon this year. Whatever it was, it may have seemed like a good idea at the time and regardless [...]
At the end of each year, I take time to reflect on the progress over the previous months; contemplating, and writing, at least 100 ways in which my life, and the life of my family, moved forward. Taking stock of improvement is a catalyst in how the year is gauged in each of the [...]
Let’s dive right in and get to the point. I know that your time is valuable and chances are if you are like many of my clients, and students, you are in the throws of production and the last thing on your mind right now might be this – tax planning! Yes, I said the [...]
I am writing this week’s 3 from Boulder, Colorado. Last night I attended my cousin’s outdoor wedding which featured live entertainment and an opportunity to see some of my Canadian family members. After the wedding, guests were invited to write a ‘message in a bottle’ – words of wisdom for the bride and groom on [...]
Ideas and Inspiration to Improve Your Productivity I hope you are having a productive week. In business, nothing can throw us out of momentum like having to stop everything and deal with credit card fraud! That has happened to me personally on several occasions so I was a little bit obsessed with the Equifax Data [...]
From May thru July of this year, over 143 million consumers had their personal information obtained by hackers in a monumental Equifax data breach leaving them vulnerable to a range of issues from the fraudulent use of their credit cards to identity theft. As solopreneurs, and small business owners, you may be more vulnerable due [...]
From hanging out with Derek Jeter, helping Mickey Mantle launch a business, to making $60 million from dirt, Brandon Steiner is the ultimate rags to riches story.
