The bubble will burst again!
The bubble will burst again! Doesn’t anyone remember the dot com bubble of 1997 to 2001? The advent of the internet spawned a plethora of dot com start-ups whose IPOs […]
Category Archives: Entrepreneurship
Tips for the new entrepreneur or self employed. Is being your own boss the answer for you?
Providing Effective Feedback
How To Provide Effective Feedback Tell them what they did well! Be specific about which things they did well. Tell them how they can make it even better. NO BUTS! […]
“SO WHAT?!?!?”
“SO WHAT?” These may well be the two most important words that any entrepreneur ever learns. For that matter they are equally important if you are in sales, customer service, […]
The 30 Second Introduction
The Elevator Pitch For some reason, people feel awkward and apprehensive about introducing themselves and their businesses to strangers at a networking event. They are unsure what to say. Back […]
Why Businesses Fail
Why Do So Many New Businesses Fail? These are excerpts from a conversation I had in a LinkedIn Group in answer to the question above. There were many other cogent […]
Enlightened Self Interest
How To Get Business on LinkedIn This is another mini blog in that it is an excerpt from some conversations I had on-line. Names have been redacted to protect the […]
LinkedIn for Beginners
Random Snippet from an on-line conversation with a LinkedIn newcomer. I get a lot of questions from clients or from my connections about how to use LinkedIn effectively or […]
10 Random Thoughts on LinkedIn Endorsements
Linked In Endorsements Like them or not, LinkedIn Endorsements are here to stay. First let’s look at 7 steps to ensure that the endorsements you get enhance your profile rather […]
Starting a business is easy, staying in business is the difficult part
What tips do you have for business owners that want to build a thriving business? Sometimes I get carried away on LinkedIn when I comment in groups and I suddenly […]
Creating A LinkedIn Profile
Creating a Linked In Profile Go to http://www.linkedin.com and create a basic profile. Make sure the profile contains the following elements. A Professional Picture (A head shot of appropriate resolution […]
Positive Visualisation
Apply Positive Visualisation to Golf, Life and Business I have always been an avid golfer. When I was younger, I used to find every pond, stream, lake, sand trap and […]
LinkedIn Company Pages Hint of the day.
Hint of the Day I frequently get asked “Why don’t my employees show up on my LinkedIn Company Page?” It seems so simple once you know how. You have created […]
Writing An Executive Summary
Writing an Executive Summary Although the executive summary is usually the first part of the Business Plan that gets read, it is always the last section of the […]
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