Don’t worry about your start…it’s about how you finish. You can become your own worst enemy. Don’t work against yourself. He left material possessions behind in order to follow his dreams. Losing him job was actually a blessing as it allowed him to follow pursue his...

He is a parallel entrepreneur—runs four businesses at the same time. Learn from friends who own their own businesses. Use what you know and who you know. What can I apply to all my businesses vs. what is specific to each? Investigate your hobbies and see if there is...

David Cohen His book is called “Bust Out!: Ignite Your Inner Entrepreneur” He started his businesses on a shoestring. Do a self-analysis of what you would be willing to do all day and get lost in it. Then figure out who your customers would be and do some market...

Jim Palmer Indecision hurts and kills a business. He´s created a word “Squeamish ville” which mean it is where opportunities go to die. Right now is the best time to start a business. Momentum if you keep building will carry the day. Ideas are cheap; action is where...

Lauri Flaquer Most people have an idea who they want to be but it is taught out of them. At retirement or downsizing of a company is your opportunity to seize the golden ring. You can bring what you have done all your life and now apply it to your passions. Now you...

Mike O’Hagan He gets more done in the morning…starting at 4am. His mind is most fertile in the early morning. Conventional teaching knocks out the entrepreneurism in you. He looks at a product and if it is good he scales the product. Build slowly…bootstrap. Aim for...

Key takeaway: The only way you can truly articulate your value to anyone is through face to face interaction and how you can add immediate value to them. Companies want to know two things:  Can you make me money? Can you save me money? You do that in one of four ways:...

Try using materials that you have readily available and then apply them to your product. Don’t be afraid of people who might steal your idea. They’re not going to. Small business development centers and the agency SCORE are great free resources. Don’t spend money on...