Category: Business Training

  • Building the Right Support Team

    Building the Right Support Team

    I was nervous as I rounded the corner heading to John Jay Criminal School of Justice in NYC last week. I was invited to mentor and coach a group of 30 or so entrepreneurs just completing a major part of their training. But these weren’t just any entrepreneurs. These were men who completed serving 1-20…

  • Stuck Launching Your Business?

    Stuck Launching Your Business?

    It isn’t often we get good news from Afghanistan.  So you can imagine my delight when reading a rare exception, as reported in this week’s New York Times. Meet Meena Rahmani, a 28-year-old Afghan woman who recently opened the country’s first bowling alley.  And while much of the country’s businesses are closing, Ms. Rahmani’s six-month-old…

  • The Importance of Accepting What is In Front of You

    The Importance of Accepting What is In Front of You

    It was on September 11th, 2005 that Army Sergeant So thought for sure he was going to die. For it was in the middle of the night while camping out with the 20-man infantry unit he was supporting in Eastern Afghanistan that they were ambushed. No sooner had the hailing bullets stopped when his commander…

  • Entrepreneurs Solving World’s Challenges

    Entrepreneurs Solving World’s Challenges

    The room was filled with a tension so thick that movement came in quakes. Ten companies were ready to stand: 13 modules complete, six weeks in the making, self-vetted and prepared with only five minutes to present. About 80 investors, lawyers and guests had come to listen to the final ten showcase their businesses at…

  • How’s YOUR Competition?

    My jaw dropped and my fear kicked into overdrive along with my embarrassment.   After all, something like that never happens to someone like me:  30+ years running businesses and teaching many others how. Yeah, right! Here I am in front of my team a few weeks ago with serious egg on my face. I was…

  • Why should you work with a business coach? 3 Ways to Achieve Results

    Why should you work with a business coach? 3 Ways to Achieve Results

    Over the past decade, I’ve coached over three thousand entrepreneurs in 13 countries. While most have seen great results, some have not worked well at all. This is mainly because not everyone should work with a coach, and some are just not coachable. Coaching works best for those who are committed to improve their “game”,…

  • Are You Really Green? How to Tell a Real vs. Fake Green Business

    Are You Really Green? How to Tell a Real vs. Fake Green Business

    Last week I was at an important event here in New York City for small businesses. And was beaming like a proud parent. Except it wasn’t for my child, but for my brother, Anselm. He was receiving the Green Small Business Award for 2013 from the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce for his booming company, Ecologic…

  • Why Making Assumptions is Good!

    Why Making Assumptions is Good!

    Tonight working late. Wife came in to say good night. I asked her to sit down and go over The Plan. She rolled her eyes and said, “Stefan it is 1AM, do we really need to do this now?” Five minutes later she was saying, “Wow, that is really cool.  You’ve made it so tangible and…

  • How Entrepreneur Training Helps You Succeed in Life

    How Entrepreneur Training Helps You Succeed in Life

    How you do anything, is how you do everything.  –Unknown Yep, happened again.  It never fails. And while the group may be different, the reaction rarely is.  This time it was a great group of about 25 tech startups I was training last month. I insisted they must know their financials, to be successful in…

  • New Yorkers: Do You Have a Big Tech Idea? Apply Now to Take It Further at FastTrac TechVenture

    New Yorkers: Do You Have a Big Tech Idea? Apply Now to Take It Further at FastTrac TechVenture

    I’ve been facilitating FastTracNYC since Bloomberg put it into place in 2009. It’s a free, intensive entrepreneurship education program for residents of NYC. The program is administered by Small Business Services (SBS) in conjunction with Kauffman and SUNY Levin Institute. I wanted to take it one step further. A small team of us pitched FastTrac®…