Have you ever read a book so simple yet enlightening that it changed your worldview forever? It’s happened to me a few times. And it just happened again - this time with The Go-Giver. Odds are you don’t know of this little gem. It’s authors, Bob Burg and John David Mann, aren’t nearly as mainstream as today’s creative titans - Malcolm Gladwell, Jim Collins, Seth Godin, … [Read more...]
What A Failed Businessman Can Teach You About Successful Business
When my first business sank I was 22, it had been a Limited company for just 18 months. On paper, the business should have been successful - we had a good product, good investors, plenty of experienced persons to make use of, cash in the bank and a solid business plan to profit from an up and coming market. It should have been successful but it sank and I was forced to make the … [Read more...]
How to Make It in America
I've taken a short break from my series "8 Ways to Avoid Mediocrity" to write a post about HBO's new show "How to Make It in America", pitched as Entourage meets NYC's Fashion scene. I must say, there's something very genuine and inspirational about the show. I think it's a great show for entrepreneurs to watch who are working to get something off the ground. Besides its … [Read more...]
America’s Next Top Entrepreneur: You
I don’t wear make-up or fashionable clothes. (The closest I’ve ever come to a designer label is when I pass by the Issac Mizrahi rack at Target.) I think fashion magazines are ridiculous and fashion shows a waste of human brain power. I have no idea what couture is (or even how to spell it—thank you spellchecker) and as a feminist I find the whole ideas of models slightly … [Read more...]
No One Wants Your Ideas
I'm protective of a lot of things in this world -- life, liberty, justice, my desire to one day own a 150 foot tall tower filled entirely with Lindt chocolate truffles. These things I would defend with my dying breath. The one thing that I am absolutely not protective of, that I care as much for as the toilet paper I buy at the super market every week, is an … [Read more...]