Category: Blog
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10 Steps to a Funding Strategy That Works
I had been dreading to make the call for almost a week. I knew I needed to do it, but just didn’t have the courage. For seven years I worked my ass off in my company, raised over $1MM and grew my green retail stores into probably the largest in the country at that time.…
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#1 Way To Get a Job
Occupy Wall Street has gone viral. As of today, “occupations” in solidarity are now in dozens of US cities, from Austin, Boston, Chicago, Colorado, Denver, Illinois, Knoxville, Portland (Maine), Tennessee, Texas, as well as more than 20 other locations in California and Florida. Demonstrations are also taking place in Australia, Canada, Japan, and Mexico. And most…
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So You Want to Be #1… at What?
Here in the United States, it seems to be so important for us to be #1. Most of our politicians constantly want us to fix this or that so we can “be #1 again.” But exactly what is it we want to be the best at? More importantly, is what we think we want to…
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Assets and Skills
#1 asset for successful entrepreneurs is the team they build around themselves. The #1 skill you need to possess to be that successful entrepreneur is: Understanding how to use energy to create action in your business. And while this skill takes moments to learn, it can take years to master. What is Energy? It is…
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Not a “Numbers Person” and Running a Business?
During one of the New York City FastTrac programs to help existing NYC businesses recover from today’s economy, a woman I will call “Christine” was hit very hard in her business. To the point where she has been living out of her car. She had a successful design company but various people involved in the…
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What’s the Real Amount You Need to Raise?
I remember being in a real bind with one of my companies. The business was growing rapidly and I needed a delivery van. But not just any delivery van. It needed to fit our green retail store theme, so I wanted it to run on alternative energy. But in 1994 that was an expensive concept.…
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What Social Media Is and Isn’t In Business
Recently my wife was holding my hand and looking at me, asking if I was OK. As I stared at her bleary-eyed she said, “Since I’ve known you, I have never seen you in a five hour business meeting. What happened?” Good question. I couldn’t really explain it, and later started to grasp what I…
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Smart Capital: Entrepreneurs Don’t Need Wall Street!
Last week we had a great call with close to 300 signups! Smart Funding-Entrepreneurs Don’t Need Wall Street During the interview, we covered: Why Wall Street and banks are not equipped to fund small businesses What are the five crucial components that go into a smart capital raise How entrepreneurs can take matters into their…
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The Power of Leverage
The first time I really got the power of leveraging was when I helped create my very first mastermind group in 2000. A mastermind group is a group of like-minded people that support each other in their major goals (usually) in business. Our group leveraged each of our passions, experience, expertise, support, network of contacts,…
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Thank you and congrats to these Latino Green Biz from Bklyn
Hi! Thank you for the dozens of e-mails from six countries with recommended Latino green businesses from Brooklyn. It shows how you love supporting your fellow entrepreneurs! After screening and speaking with most of the suggestions, seven were recommended and seven were accepted. The following Latino-based green businesses working in Brooklyn have been invited to…