“Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.” - Ecclesiastes 4:9 (KJV) You can get more done when you partner with others. Partnerships allow you to leverage your resources. You come together and bring what you have to the table for a mutual benefit. You make the most of what [...]
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Two Equals Better Than One
Posted in business, community, entrepreneurship, leadership, ministry, nonprofit, youth on February 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Seek Success
Posted in books, business, entrepreneurship, nonprofit, start-up on January 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“We cannot become what we need by remaining what we are.” ― John C. Maxwell Let me put some things in perspective for the would-be or wanna-be entrepreneur. Simply put: talk is cheap. You either need to put up or shut up. That being said, let me go a step further. You need [...]
Ongoing Optimism
Posted in articles, blogs, entrepreneurship, twitter, writers, tagged ministry, service on July 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. – Winston Churchill Not long ago, the State of California and its legislators figured to get a few more dollars from business by taxing goods, products and any items sold on the Internet that had a connection to California. It [...]
Growth Demonstrated
Posted in blogs, books, business, church, community, entrepreneurship, evangelism, events, ministry, nonprofit, pastors on April 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“You have to hold yourself accountable for everything – the good and the bad…There is no such thing as luck…Everything that happens (or doesn’t happen) in your business is the result of your work or lack thereof.”- Rob Cuesta, Extreme Business Coach If you are running a start-up, you want growth. If you are [...]
Scale Down to Start Up
Posted in books, business, change, entrepreneurship, humility, ideas, management, methods, planning, small groups, strategies, visualize, wisdom, tagged community, daily, faith, help, prayer, work on April 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
> “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.”- Zig Ziglar Starting up a business may require you to scale down your big dream. Don’t read into that. I did not say it may require you to drop or dump your dream entirely. I just [...]
>Identity Crisis
Posted in business, entrepreneurship, management, planning on March 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
> When you don’t have your mission as your main objective, you have “mission drift.” When you don’t have your organizational priorities in order, you are just existing. When you have forgotten why you even exist, then you have an identity crisis. Branding helps you put your identity on the map, but you need [...]
Marketplace Messengers
Posted in books, business, entrepreneurship, leadership, management, productivity, stewardship, vision, wisdom on March 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
> “God is moving in a powerful way in the marketplace”- Henry Blackaby In this era of multimedia, the Christian entrepreneur has a plethora of information sources. Many of these are exclusively online, but others are in print, on television, even the radio, and online. These men and women offer insights and ideas on how [...]
>Room for Growth
Posted in blogs, business, change, entrepreneurship, growth, multimedia, sites, twitter on March 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
> Incorporated self-employment is 37% of total self-employment. In January, for example, there were 14.5 million self-employed workers in the U.S. with 5.2 million incorporated and 9.3 million unincorporated. – Small Biz Labs If you are in business or thinking about going into business for yourself, there is good news. There is still room for [...]
>E is for Empowering
Posted in business, church, entrepreneurship, pastors on February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
> “Gentlemen, we are going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it, because nothing is perfect. But we are going to relentlessly chase it, because in the process we will catch excellence.” – Vince Lombardi’s words from his first team meeting with the Green Bay Packers. E is for empowering. [...]
>E is for Eloquent
Posted in books, business, entrepreneurship on February 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
>Entrepreneurs have the gift of gab mixed with a little charisma. If an entrepreneur expects to succeed, then speaking and speaking about the business are at the top of the success strategy list somewhere. No, the entrepreneur doesn’t have to be able to deliver an address like Abraham Lincoln or Martin Luther King. The entrepreneur [...]
