Diversify Your Revenue Streams: Spin What You Got

08May09

I picked up a book in the airport recently: Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher. It’s a fast read and has enough tabloid photos to keep you interested. Her come-sit-by-me-and-dish point of view is disarming and I genuinely enjoyed her tales, her vulnerability and her wit. More importantly, I respect what she is doing.
Carrie Fisher has [...]

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Tags: boomer businesses, carrie fisher, diverse revenue streams, entertainment, entrepreneurship, ideas, life, life change, making money, retirement, small business, small business ideas, wishful drinking

Creative Capitalism: one for one, from day one

06May09

Recently, I was contacted by a PR firm (Attention) and asked if I would profile Blake Mycoskie on my blog(s). I’m ashamed to say how long it’s taken me to turn this piece around, however seeing the latest ATT commercial featuring Blake after a long day of meetings (at my day job) shamed me into finishing. My [...]

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Tags: Blake Mycoskie, creative capitalism, social entrepreneurism, toms shoes, triple bottom line

Pick Good Influences For Your Advisory Board

06May09

Obviously John Wooden is not on my advisory board, but he is in my Pantheon-of-Wonderful-People.
Quote to consider
No written word, no spoken plea Can teach our youth what they should be; Nor all the books on all the shelves It’s what the teachers are themselves. Given to John Wooden by his Father upon Graduation And now [...]

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Tags: advisors, board members, good advice, john wooden, leaders, leadership, small business, small business council

Big Companies Get Creative, Are You?

19Mar09

William Sonoma and Pottery Barn are offering in store classes. Everyone gets the main need to do these: move product off the shelves. However, there is another reason why ideas like this are important. They are experiences, they make the shopping moment feel person, local and more communal.

According to Joseph Pine and James Gilmore (authors [...]

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Tags: buying local, community feel, creating experiences, pottery barn, small business trends, the experience economy, william sonoma

And…We’re Back -

13Feb09

I know, it’s been a while since I’ve blogged. I fell of the wagon and was busy consulting.  
At the beginning of each year, I’ve taken to reading Drucker’s Managing One’s Self; I did a post on it a while back. Because it’s such a handy size, it’s found a permanent spot in my bag and [...]

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Tags: Change Management, Coaching, having a plan, Management, managing oneself, Motivation, peter drucker, planning, second careers, social entrepreneurism