Building a Business
Why “The Dip” is an Enterpreneur’s Best Friend
While I've been absent from this blog over the last month, I've been very present to The Dip. What is The Dip? It's the name of a book by Seth Godin, with the subtitle, "A Little Book That Teaches You When To Quit (and When to Stick.)" I read it for the second time recently,…
Read MoreWhen Was The Last Time You Experienced Joy Like This?
A friend on Facebook posted this video of a creative, joyful start to a wedding: It's been awhile since I blogged, two weeks to be exact. While you may have been wondering about the absence (or not), I was doing the same thing. Why haven't I made the time to sit down and write? I…
Read MoreLeaving a Steady Paycheck to Be An Entrepreneur
Someone recently posed these questions to me: "If you didn't have the means (financially) by which to pursue an entrepreneur's lifestyle and build your own business, would you still do it?" "If you still worked for a corporation, would you still pursue an entrepreneur's lifestyle and build your own business?" Photo by divemasterking2000 I've been…
Read MoreWhy I Want My Sons to Be Entrepreneurs
As my sons got into the car for the 15-minute ride to school, I shared with them a secret wish: "I hope some time during your life, you become an entrepreneur." The 16-year old, who may be doomed to be a scientist in some government lab in New Mexico or a software developer in a…
Read MoreWisdom on Careers and Business
I was part of a business panel last week talking about "Risk, Reward, Opportunity: Navigating a Changing Marketplace." This event was sponsored by the Northwestern Club of Colorado. My fellow panelists, Chris Onan, Madie Gustafson, and Brian Baldwin, are well-known in Denver business circles. Some nuggets of wisdom from the panel: Don't burn bridges. Clean…
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