Kelly Scanlon and the nice folks at Thinking Bigger Business Media brought Mike Michalowicz, author of “The Pumpkin Plan,” to town this past week as part of their speaker series and it was extremely entertaining, educational and motivational. Though the title is a funny one, once you learn about the connections he makes between growing …
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On second thought – The Sunday Snippet – [10.21.12]
Changing your mind a lot increases your chances of finding the right answers. Jeff Bezos knows something about hard business problems. As founder and CEO of Amazon he’s had to figure out how to sell books online, handle exponential growth, and design and launch new products (Kindle.) Bezos stopped by the offices of Chicago-based 37signals this week and in …
Take a stand [8.5.12]
“Great businesses have a point of view, not just a product or service.” – Jason Fried, 37signals Jason Fried has become famous for his point of view. In fact, his book Rework is a collection of his sometimes counter-intuitive ideas on building, running and growing a business. He’s not afraid to call it like he …
Visualizing failure to be successful – The Sunday Snippet [2.26.12]
“I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.” – Mark Twain I’m not a big fan of Tim Ferriss. Sure, he’s been hugely successful with his bestseller The 4-Hour Workweek, but his writing (and speaking) is often flip and boastful. Not my cup of tea, …