In my travels around the country this summer and fall promoting my book, I ran into a lot of people who were frustrated because they had a whole slew of ideas and could not choose which business to start. Inspired by a great idea seeded by my members of Quickstart to Self-Employment, I shared the [...]
photo by @ChrisLee, art on slide by Jeffery Slim. Great content does not make a business Standing on a stage in front of a group of smiling and supportive audience members, I felt on top of my game. The message resonated, the content was useful and the delivery connected. I had done my job. Afterward, [...]
I am very thrilled to report that with your help, Escape from Cubicle Nation made both the Editor’s Choice and Reader’s Choice Best Small Business Book of 2009 lists at Small Business Trends! I sincerely appreciate your voting, tweets, Facebook hurrahs, emails and encouragement. The complete lists are here: Reader’s Choice Best Small Business Books [...]
I am very thrilled to report that with your help, Escape from Cubicle Nation made both the Editor’s Choice and Reader’s Choice Best Small Business Book of 2009 lists at Small Business Trends! I sincerely appreciate your voting, tweets, Facebook hurrahs, emails and encouragement. The complete lists are here: Reader’s Choice Best Small Business Books [...]
Most of you know by now that I am on a quest to get my mojo back. After five years sitting in front of my computer screen eating Oreos, writing blog posts and producing two kids, I thought it was time to get back in shape. My first tentative step was to join a gym [...]
To round out the pricing series, I talked to my fellow business coach Sherry Garrity from Corporate Fugitive who illuminates some of the specific pricing challenges faced by corporate employees transitioning to entrepreneurship. The three main challenges she talks about in our interview are: Under-dreaming: thinking too small about the vision of what your business [...]
“There are a lot of business owners out there who are giving their stuff away for free because they don’t know enough about pricing. That was my story,” says Alexis Martin Neely, our next guest in The Price is Right Interview Series. Alexis is a lawyer and founder of two million dollar businesses. She is [...]
Andrea J. Lee, CEO of Thought Partners International LLC has been a huge influence on my approach to business since I read her book Multiple Streams of Coaching Income in 2006. She is one of those rare individuals who combine clear business intelligence with wit and humor. Her coaching is said to be a combination [...]
So far this week, we have learned about the big picture of pricing in small business from John Jantsch, and tips on the inner game of pricing from Mark Silver. Today we get some great, detailed information about transitioning from giving away all your content for free on a blog to selling well-priced products and [...]
So much of what you learn about pricing focuses on the external market. But in the daily practice of being an entrepreneur, much of the confusion and angst about pricing comes from an inner feeling. Mark Silver, co-founder of Heart of Business, has a very unique perspective on the inner game of pricing which is [...]
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