Month: October 2015

  • SOLD OUT: But Green Entrepreneur Summit can be watched online

    Today I woke up to find we are way over capacity for our Green Entrepreneur Summit:  Scaling Up Without Selling Out for tomorrow, Thursday, July 22nd at 8:30AM Eastern. My partner on this event, Erica Griggs from Carbon Outreach, and I just now were trying to figure out how to tell 25+ people we have…

  • It Takes an UnReasonable Person to Change the World

    A few weeks ago I was speaking here in New York City to a large group of people working to change the world in which we live.  We had over 80 green and social entrepreneurs, a few investors, politicians, educators, authors and media representatives. What quickly became clear was the ones most successful at changing…

  • The Key to Jolting Your Sales NOW

    The Key to Jolting Your Sales NOW

    Recently I was on the subway getting to a meeting in midtown Manhattan.  During 20 minute ride two sets entrepreneurs went through our subway car trying to sell something. One was successful, one left empty handed. From the following two scenarios, can you guess which one was successful?     #1:  came in and started…

  • The Courage to Really Step Up

    The woman was handed the mike in our small room of about 150 people.  She was nervous about her question to the man on the panel just a few feet away from us.  And she had every right to be, given whom she was about to speak to. And even though the woman was not…

  • So You Think You Are Right?  Sorry!

    So You Think You Are Right? Sorry!

    The other day I went to my dry cleaner.  On the way I told myself to stay calm and listen to their side first.  And everything would be OK. Well that did not last very long.  Soon after entering the store the owner was accusing me of blaming them for damaging my favorite pants.  And…

  • Not Sure You’re an Entrepreneur?

    Not Sure You’re an Entrepreneur?

    Every once in a while we can get totally stuck on what to do next. Tuesday was one of those moments for me. I had just starting to speak about the importance of being an entrepreneur to a class of MBA students at a well-known university here in New York. Since the university is a…

  • Is Now the Time to Get on Board the Green Biz Train?

    “In 1787 a dozen people began meeting in a small print shop in London to abolish the lucrative slave trade [which, in one form or another, engulfed about 75% of the world at that time.]  They were reviled and dismissed by businessmen and politicians.  It was argued that their crackpot ideas would bring down the…

  • The Importance of Thinking Really Big

    By the nature of what I do for a living, I’ve seen some pretty cool and ambitious businesses and business plans.  But the one I saw last Friday blew me away. I had just finished listening to a presentation for the first 100% solar powered city in the world, about to be built in southwest…

  • Importance of Staying Focused

    Importance of Staying Focused

    There seems to be a high correlation between how this crazy election season has just completed and how many entrepreneurs run their businesses. This is especially true when things are not going the way we planned or hoped.  In our government’s case, their attempt to deal with the economy’s sluggishness, Iraq’s instability, Afghanistan’s war looking…

  • It’s Never Too Late to Get It Going!

    It’s Never Too Late to Get It Going!

    Last night I was blown away by the people I met at an event at Brooklyn College.  Someone close in my life invited me to join them for their graduation ceremony of the Adult Literacy Program that helped them get their General Educational Development (GED) diploma. Many of the recipients of their high school diplomas…