Mike Michalowicz have very quickly become one of my favorite people on the planet. His book ‘The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur‘ was released today and let me tell you folks, it’s going to be HUGE. I was fortunate enough to receive a pre-release copy from Mike and talk to him on the phone a couple of weeks ago and I have never in my life read a book that has resonated more strongly with me and [...]

4th post into this new blog, 2nd post about Gary V. I’m not trying to turn this into a Gary V nuthuggingfest but for some reason, tonight I was wondering exactly what episode Gary changed the format of his show to really let himself be himself. I’m admittedly a very late comer to Wine Library, started watching it late 2007 but I did know he started very conservatively, very polite and very much catering to [...]

I’ve met with many entrepreneurs and one of the first questions I almost always ask them is, ‘What is the goal of your company? What are you trying to accomplish with your business?” It shocks me when people respond with, “The goals is to make money.” Let’s get one thing straight, if the sole goal of your company is to make money for yourself, you will fail. In business, no matter what business you are [...]

Gary was (and still is!) a big inspiration to me when I was stuck in a rut late 2007 trying to figure out why I was so miserable and what I should do with my life. His passion for life showed me that there was absolutely no reason I should do anything that I did not love. The more I hear him speak or read things he’s done it just gets me fired up all [...]

I decided it was a good time to start up the blog again. This is not my first attempt at blogging, I had an older one which was very unfocused and was filled with a bunch of garbage posts that nobody (including myself) cared about. This new blog has but one purpose; to help me become a better entrepreneur and business owner. I’ll be sharing my experiences, the good and the bad, as I work [...]