Cue the Beatles and get thinking. The market is changing…again.

Cue the Beatles and get thinking. The market is changing…again.

“The long and winding road that leads to your door Will never disappear I’ve seen that road before It always lead me here Leads me to your door…” The Long and Winding Road – Paul McCartney / The Beatles The Beatles were soon to disintegrate as a band after this song...

Finding Opportunity in Market Changes

Finding Opportunity in Market Changes

Automation, artificial intelligence, 3D printing…these and other technological advancements are disrupting, or about to disrupt, just about every industry known today. All of them. It's the nature of our innovative economy and it's really kinda fun...if you pay...

Be prepared. If you profit, they will come.

Be prepared. If you profit, they will come.

“God only knows God makes his plan The information’s unavailable To the mortal man We work our jobs Collect our pay Believe we’re gliding down the highway When in fact we’re slip slidin’ away Slip slidin’ away Slip slidin’ away You know the nearer your destination The...

Growing a Business Beyond the Founder

Growing a Business Beyond the Founder

Every once in awhile you have a conversation and you kinda know it's going to be a game changer. Several years ago I had one of those conversations with Christine Hollinden, founder of Hollinden Marketers and Strategists. In fact, it is because of that conversation...

Creating a Company from a Cause

Creating a Company from a Cause

Wanting to make an impact in her community, Marci Corry felt compelled to start a company that would encourage drivers to leave their phone alone and focus on the driving task. Experienced at encouraging positive behavior in her children, Marci decided a similar...

Letting Go – Choosing Pivots Over Pitfalls

Letting Go – Choosing Pivots Over Pitfalls

“If I should stay I would only be in your way So I’ll go but I know I’ll think of you every step of the way And I will always love you I will always love you…” I Will Always Love You – sung by Whitney Houston in The Bodyguard / originally sung and written by Dolly...

Entrepreneurship and Value Creation

Entrepreneurship and Value Creation

Episode 1! I'm still a little incredulous that I have a book, let alone a podcast, but okay. Here we are, my co-host Joan Quintana and I, introducing the world to my V-REEL™ Framework. V-REEL™ stands for Value, Rareness, Eroding factors, Enabling factors and...