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In this week’s edition of Fortune magazine there is an ad for a Patek Philippe watch at $59,500. The tag says: “Patek’s legendary high resale values make this 18-karat rose-gold chrono a worthy investment."

Last week I was in Orlando for a God’s Green America summit. Because of the nature of the conference and the highly leveraged use of technology, many of t… Continue

Do you think all businesses are suffering right now? Well guess what makes the hard times a little easier to handle – candy. There are many historical markers that show candy sales soar when the economy is in the tank. As unemployment rises, so do sales of Tootsie Rolls, Gummy Bears and Hershey’s Kisses. Terese McDonald, owner or Candyality in Chicago says her business is up 80% compared to this time last year. She’s struggling to keep up with the demand for Bit-O-Honeys, Swedish Fish and Sour B… Continue

Most of you have read The E-Myth by Michael Gerber. In that book Gerber describes what he calls the “Fatal Assumption.” And that is this: that knowing how to do the technical work means you know how to build a business.
Gerber clarifies a challenge we’ve all seen played out:

• If someone knows how to cook well, the fatal assumptio… Continue

Ever find yourself trying to be an entrepreneur but also trying to escape from the kids – or being distracted by the unpredictable noise around your table at Starbucks? You might want to try “CoWorking.”

This is one of the hot new terms accounting for people wanting to work not from home and not from an office is CoWorking. People who struggle with watching Oprah or playing Xbox in the middle of the afternoon may find that a shared office space is just what you need.… Continue

Yesterday while at the Nashville Zoo with my granddaughter, we watched as the zookeeper offered to let small children hold an ostrich egg. These amazing eggs are approximately 24 times the size of a chicken egg and weigh about 3 pounds. But rather than embracing a once-in-a-lifetime experience, almost without exception the parental caution was – “Now, don’t drop that egg.”

Just what do you suppose was at the top of every little child’s mind as they carefully took that big egg into their arms? W… Continue