Let the Business Sell Itself. Don’t hard sell your organization. Let your offering sell itself. How do you do that? Use points of validation by third parties—the market, […]

WHAT YOU FEEL: something goes wrong and you start to think to […]

What We Feel: Employees want. Customers want. Investors want. Board members want. Family wants. Keeping everyone aligned is hard. Keeping everyone happy is daunting.

In the beginning […]

For us  – the entrepreneurs and business owners, everything IS a priority but you don’t have enough fingers and toes to plug all the holes.

PERSPECTIVE: there are 100 hours […]

Unless you’ve been there, and been there with your money, it’s hard to imagine the feeling. One of the reasons entrepreneurs get frustrated with people trying to give […]

The Lonely Entrepreneur Interviews: RJ Pahura, Founder and CEO of Venture Connects

Once a month, The Lonely Entrepreneur interviews an entrepreneur who is in […]

Every entrepreneur faces an overwhelming set of tasks to be accomplished. The list is endless. Strategy. Technology. Team. Business models. Plans. Tactics. Functional areas. Branding. Staff. […]

What You Feel: your company is struggling and you don’t know what the root of the problem is. Your value proposition is clear but you […]

Perspective is not simply a solution to a single problem or common entrepreneurial challenges. Rather it is the energy that brings new life to a challenge. […]

Don’t be at work when you are not at work. Time is our most valuable asset. We take little time away from work. When you do, don’t think […]

Silence your technology. When you are working on something, turn off your email and put your devices across the room with the sound off. Shifting your attention from […]

Do the hardest thing first thing in the morning.

As entrepreneurs with so many things going on 24/7, it is very easy to get distracted by things […]

In the chaotic world of entrepreneurship, it is rare that entrepreneurs assess how they work, and how they organize and execute their days. We are often […]

The Lonely Entrepreneur Interviews: Dave Chase, Digital Health Entrepreneur

The Lonely Entrepreneur Q&A is a monthly series we launched that discusses the struggles, perspectives, and […]

What You Feel: there are 100 things to do and when I think about all that needs to be done, I get […]

Lack of attention to money used to drive me crazy, especially when it was my money. If you left a career or job with a […]

WHAT YOU FEEL: on most days you are excited about what you are doing and on others you want to run and hide

Being an entrepreneur is not a job, it’s an identity—and for many of us entrepreneurs, our business savvy begins in college. My friend Randy and […]

Perspective is not simply a solution to a single problem or common entrepreneurial challenges. Rather it is the energy that brings new life to a challenge. It […]

The reason your new venture has merit is the also the reason it’s difficult to  build, and what makes the entrepreneur’s task so challenging. […]

As entrepreneurs even though we have more tasks than time, we lose perspective and become perfectionists about every detail. When it is our baby, we want everything to be perfect. […]

When you are an entrepreneur, you are likely “under the influence” of the daily pressure, passion, pleasure and pain of entrepreneurship. We call these the 4P’s, which […]

The Lonely Entrepreneur Interviews: Entrepreneur Ashley Connelly

The Lonely Entrepreneur Q&A is a new series that discusses the struggles, perspectives, and successes of starting your […]

I know, you spend every waking hour on the business and these are the only people you see. I don’t care. A great way to screw up a […]