The Opportunities Are Abundant

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Nov 25 2
View from my living room

To Listen click play button: [cincopa AQOAwVqoAbvC]   The true meaning of Thanksgiving is GRATITUDE. We all know that gratitude is synonymous with Thanksgiving right? Then, how did we get so lost? How did we find ourselves over-indulging in so much of everything from over-sized houses, to too many clothes, to pumpkin-spiced lattes, and accumulating so many things in general?  How did we fall for the "more is better" mantra? Remember that bumper sticker in the 90s, "He who dies with the most toys wins."?  Did we really fall for that? Did we really « Continue »

5 Reasons Why Your Business Idea Will Never Take Flight

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Oct 6 6
Dogs Don

How To Make Sure Your Business Idea Will Fail We've all heard the saying that ideas are a dime a dozen. Guess what?  Cliches are often true. The hard part about an idea is the execution, the implementation, the acting upon that idea and bringing it to reality.  There are many reasons why business ideas never see the light of day.  Some are obvious and some are not so obvious.  You launched too late in an already over-saturated market. Or, you launched too early and the market wasn't ready for your offering. Here is one that makes me cringe.  Your idea doesn't pencil out --- as in, it's a « Continue »

5 Reasons Why Your Business Idea Needs An Action Plan

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Sep 24 1
What Direction Is Best?

How An Action Plan Can Take Your Vision To Reality Every successful entrepreneur knows that going from point A to point B needs a plan or a clear direction.  The path to a profitable business requires planning. You would not drive cross country from California to NewYork with out a map or GPS (Global Positioning System). Right? So, why would anyone attempt to build a business without a plan? Or, launch a promotional campaign with out a plan, or produce an event without a plan? We all know the high failure rate of startups. It's a rare business that is still around after five years and « Continue »

Small Biz Tech Tour September 28th Mountain View CA

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Sep 15 4
Computer Zombie

Finding My Inner-Geek True confessions here. I am a non-techie turned Geek Gal. It happend a few years ago when I was a small business owner and I was researching internet marketing strategies on the web for my real estate business. I was one of those people who thought of the computer as a necessary evil. The idea of sitting for hours in front of my computer was repulsive. I'd rather gnaw off my arm than stare at a screen all day. Computers were for people who had no social skills. They were for nerds, geeks, and introverts. "What a waste of time," I'd think to myself as I looked pitifully « Continue »

Is The American Entrepreneur Alive?

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Sep 8 2
Chuck Horton Overlooking Lake Tahoe

From Bliss To Business "People say that what we're all seeking is a meaning for life. I don't think that's what we're really seeking.  I think what we're seeking is an experience of being ALIVE, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonances within our own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the RAPTURE of being ALIVE." ~ From the book, The Power Of Myth by Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers. I have been thinking lately about the American entrepreneur and how fortunate we are to have options. To choose a passion and turn it into a « Continue »

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