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It's wonderful living in a free country. We can choose what we want to do and pursue happiness. We can make life better for ourselves and others. You have the freedom to build something every day, whether that is part of someone else's vision or your
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The distribution models of wholesaling, distributors, retailers, and system integrators persists in our digital age. Without imagination, many products and services are resigned to commoditization. I find competing on price a pretty boring and predictable outcome for a business. It truly is a race to the bottom. On the continuum
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There's a lot of good that has come from the old economy. We were able to make stuff at scale. We enjoyed an unprecedented amount of consumption in our lives. Unfortunately, we also adopted a mindset that is a liability in the new economy. We believed bigger meant
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"If you can't trust yourself, you shouldn't be an entrepreneur. You should be a worker and let someone else make the decisions. At the end of the day, you have to live with your decisions - good and bad. If you screw up, at least
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Entrepreneurs are dreamers who do, and I think that is what sets them apart. Simple desire, or some catalytic event, puts them on this journey of tremendous work that requires commitment, stubbornness, perseverance, and the ability to live within paradoxes." - Judith Cone of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
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Watching the 2012 Wimbledon Finals between Roger Federer and Andy Murray with my family was thrilling. Both men played at an extremely high level. Murray was playing for the hope of being the first British native son to win the tournament in over 70 years. Federer was seeking to tie
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Time is ticking. The information age is relentless in commoditizing your business and your job. It may not be right now, but it is happening. It is easier than ever to: * Get music when we want it * Have on-demand legal services * Order anything in our underwear and have it tomorrow
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When you don't understand a thing, you start chasing. It's mob behavior. You sign up for some new software or social media because others are doing it. It's easy to sign up. That's what the vendors are good at doing - making
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Do you like the thrill of big numbers? What does a lot of followers actually mean? Is a hundred likes worth something in terms of an audience? There's certainly a crowd mindset around the euphoria of trying to be popular. I guess not much has changed from high
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This film does a great job of providing a baseline education of how the current financial system built around currency rather than money works. The derivative we have built our belief and lives around - the dollar - is built on an unsupported foundation. The game is one that every
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I see a common pain that startups and small business owners face. There is a lot of work that got done by them or a small, trusted team. There's a comfort zone working small. The trade-off is that there is not much freedom. They are working all the
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The unglamorous part of success is the everyday grind. The small habits which keep moving the ball forward incrementally takes a great deal of commitment, motivation and energy. It's the lesser part of the story, though it is the foundation of the entire process of success. I like