I am a lifelong entrepreneur and I love the challenges and opportunities presented by operating a small business enterprise.
Today, I am honored to manage an amazing resource for small businesses in Orlando, Florida, called the Disney Entrepreneur Center. I love my job!
This blog is an outlet to share my thoughts, ideas, and perspectives on small business with you. Please feel free to comment, add your perspectives, or just drop in occasionally for some food for thought.
I have worked for the largest business in the world (AT&T) and the smallest (my own), but I don't have all the answers! I do have lots of opinions, questions and ideas to ponder...so I hope you come back often to enjoy the journey into the mind of a serial entrepreneur!
Shame On You!
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Tuesday, November 11. 2008
Over the weekend, someone stole a laptop and a video monitor from the Disney Entrepreneur Center. While I am quite sure that anyone who would steal anything from a non-profit organization won’t understand this concept, but here goes...shame on you!
This one selfish act has already produced negative repercussions that are too many to mention. The time that has been spent with the Orlando Police, the building security people, conducting an equipment audit, and the countless emails to locate serial numbers, security camera footage, and insurance procedures will never be recovered....
The Land Of Opportunity
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Monday, November 10. 2008
Barack Obama will become the next president of the United States of America. Four years ago, he was a state senator from Illinois with a dream. The last two years he has been working 24 hours a day, 7 days per week in pursuit of the highest office in our country, and in January, he will achieve his dream, the first African-American president of the United States of America.
Many said it would never happen, or never could happen. Many wondered how a junior senator could have the audacity to even consider running a campaign against the established contenders with their...
Tv Focuses On Small Business
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Monday, November 03. 2008
The local PBS station aired a segment on the tough economic times recently and how some local business are dealing with the downturn in the market. I am asked a few questions at the very end of the segment so you have to pay close attention or you will miss me.
http://blip.tv/file/1415793
Election Day
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Monday, November 03. 2008
Tomorrow is Election Day and we will soon welcome our new president. We should never take for granted the fact that our country freely chooses our leadership through elections, and then conducts a peaceful transfer of power to those who are chosen by the people. Freedom and democracy is truly a gift that we have been given, and Election Day is always an opportunity for us to use that gift!
Whoever becomes our next president, they will face huge challenges. Economic meltdown, taxes, social security, Medicare, immigration, sharply divided political parties, not to mention the fact that we have...
Tough Times Don't Last, Tough People Do!
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Sunday, October 26. 2008
It was my first real job, and I was new to sales. It was also a very difficult economic time for our country. Double-digit interest rates and double-digit unemployment were gripping the country and I was overjoyed just to have a job, however, I was worried about the fact that sales were few and far between, and future sales looked bleak. Somewhere between worry and panic, I heard Rev. Robert Schuler on TV talking about the tough times we were facing, and he uttered a line that has stuck with me through many challenges I have faced since then: “Tough times don’t last, tough people...