Strategy

The Margin Manifesto: 11 Tenets for Reaching (or Doubling) Profitability in 3 Months

This post is courtesy of Tim Ferriss, the mastermind behind the rave success ‘The Four Hour Work Week‘. It is focused on the essentials from his study of high growth and high profit businesses and the 11 tenets they follow to achieve their success.
Go read it here and print it out for [...]

Entrepreneurial Business Models

Since I started teaching a class to Entrepreneurship students at Fresno State on Business Plan Writing I’ve found that there are only 3 business models from a strategic perspective worth pursuing. There are 2 other business models that aren’t worth pursuing at all, but is where most business owners fall into because it is [...]

The Power of the Mastermind

The single most powerful tool in my opinion for any entrepreneur looking to expand their business and achieve the growth they desire is the Mastermind Group. The “Mastermind Concept” is widely credited to Napoleon Hill, author of the all time bestselling success book, ‘Think And Grow Rich.’ In it he chronicles the common ideas [...]

After Five Years As An Entrepreneur

The five things I would have done differently.
Since graduating with an MBA in Entrepeneurship in 2003 I have started two businesses, a handheld software company that failed to launch and the other going through major overhaul right now due to our industry, mortgage financing, being transformed through legislation and the start of a significant recession. [...]

Maximizing Your Income Through Leverage

I just read a brilliant post by Rich Schefren on the value of leverage in your daily activities, primarily your business and relationships. After reading the post I had two major breakthroughs for our new venture, Credit Concierge, and know that they will produce exponential returns for us as we get out of the [...]