The Ever-Present Insecurity of Entrepreneurship
I readily admit it … I’ve been an entrepreneur full-time for 5+ years now, having enjoyed a measure of success I never dreamed of … and I still wrestle with insecurity on a regular basis. It’s just part of the job. And those who overcompensate for it are typically the most arrogant ones that fall…
How to Find Purposeful Paychecks: My New Book Is Here
Too many times in my life I’ve met people who were miserable in their work. They either hated the work they did or couldn’t stand the people they worked with … and with each day they gave something of themselves to that 9-to-5 prison cell that they couldn’t ever get back. Too many people are…
Why You Should Welcome Competition As A Secret Ally For Success
I’m resetting my attitude and approach to competition somewhat. I’ve said before that although I hate competition, like we all do if we’re honest, it’s a fact of life in business. My previous thoughts and attitudes about competition in business have indicated that I’d rather obliterate ALL competition, or that’d I’d prefer not to have…
On Competition in Business
I have a feeling I’m going to be stepping on some toes this year. In fact, I know I will. So I’m writing this NOW as it’ll be a point of reference for me LATER. This is an overdue post, by the way. I posted this last week for our team as a reminder when…
Why Risk Having One of These Regrets About Your Career?
People talk about the “risk” of entrepreneurships way too much as well as the fear of failure. But the biggest risk I see in life is … REGRET. I’ve posted about “regret” several times here at the EntreLab and even given talks mentioning my fear of regret that one person referred to as my “demon…
5 Business Books for Holiday Reading
Here are five books I’ve read recently and found great value in for entrepreneurs … so if you’re looking for a book to read over the holiday break, here are some ideas: The Commitment Engine: Making Work Worth It by John Jantsch Admired: 21 Ways to Double Your Value by Mark Thompson, Bonita S. Thompson…
Living Life In The Arena
“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs…
11 Striking Traits of Sexy, Sacred Software
As Marc Andreesen so perfectly stated it: Software is eating the world. And as I’ve been thinking about our company’s future and where software in general is heading, I started to see a good ole preacher alliteration coming out in the hottest, most innovative software changing our world. S is for Software. I came up with 11…
How to Make Your Software Sacred
Just posted this over at Entrepreneurship Lab titled 11 Striking Traits of Sexy, Sacred Software. But here are the 11 S’s of Sacred Software with some examples: Sync — Software should be available everywhere I want it to be, like my iPhone, then my laptop and yes, even at the public library I just used this…
The 6 Golden Rules For Making Time For Your Side Business
Time is the biggest obstacle for bootstrapped entrepreneurs. I hear the question quite a lot of: “How do I make time for my side business?” And the honest but overly simple answer is: You just have to MAKE time. But I don’t like giving that answer. It’s obvious. You make time for what you care…