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Friday, July 17th, 2009One of the great things about volunteering with the Maui SCORE chapter is that I meet wonderful business owners and people involved in the business community. As a Maui Business Coach and the host of the SCORE monthly radio show, “Akamai Business” (akamai means smart or clever in Hawaiian), I have an opportunity to […]
Sources of Financing for Small Business
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007Where can I find money for my business? That is the number one question I am asked by business owners.
The first place I tell them to look is at their own resources. Lenders want to see that you have invested in your business before they will give you their money. Your own savings, investments and […]
Top 5 Tips-Beat Business Plan Procrastination
Tuesday, July 24th, 20071. Remind yourself of the payoff of a completed business plan
2. Work with someone to keep you accountable –like a business coach
3. Break down the task into small pieces
4. Start with a section of the business plan that is easiest for you
5. Reward yourself as you go
Technorati Tags: Business plan, Procrastination, Business coach
Business as a Practice of Patience
Monday, July 9th, 2007Oftentimes when I sit out in the ocean to surf, I wait. Wait for the sets, wait for the right wave, wait my turn in the lineup. It certainly takes an element of patience out there - sometimes a LOT of patience.
Business is a similar practice in patience, especially when we are floating in […]
Email Account Overload
Sunday, July 8th, 2007I was traveling for business recently and realized I couldn’t access all of my different email accounts since I was on the road. How many email accounts do I have, you ask. Well, there are the several accounts I have for my business. I operate two websites, www.growthsuccess.com and www.EntrepreneurTraining.com and of course I need […]
Speak with Confidence
Monday, April 30th, 2007Would you like to stand up in a meeting and make your points effectively?
How about getting rid of those butterflies in your stomach before each presentation?
Or perhaps you want to just be able to walk up to a total stranger at a networking event and make conversation.
In business, the ability to speak and get your […]
Service is Our Business
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007I stumbled across this poem by Michael McFee while doing some research. It beautifully articulates what providing great service to our clients can mean.
Poem: “Service Is Our Business” by Michael McFee from Shinemaster. © Carnegie Mellon University Press. Reprinted with permission.
Service Is Our Business
It used to be black as the insides of a Penzoil can
whenever […]
Be Well, Do Good Work, and Keep in Touch
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007Garrison Keillor may not be the first person you think about when it comes to business. But, he has a lot to say about success in business and what it really takes to get booked solid.
From his perspective, success happens when you follow these three principles:
“Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.”
To […]
Do you Ask Permission? Your Credibility Depends on it…
Saturday, March 17th, 2007It’s been over 7 years since Seth Godin’s Permission Marketing made its debut. The book - and the concept - are such household names in the small business and marketing community, it’s hard to believe that someone could NOT know or heard of Seth Godin and Permission Marketing.
Judging from the content of my inbox today, […]
Eight Simple Strategies to Keep-In-Touch and Grow Your Business
Saturday, March 17th, 2007You’ve probably heard it by now. The Book Yourself Solid Keep-in-Touch Strategy is the most important strategy you will ever use. Not only do you know this to be true but you also know you need to actually use it to grow your business and get booked solid.
There’s one small problem: You don’t know WHAT […]