Notes from “How to Be a People Magnet: Finding Friends—and Lovers—and Keeping Them for Life” 1. Friends, Lovers, and Business Proteges – all three are very important connections to make 2. Eliminate the FUD Factor (that is Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) from your life 3. When you say something, be... Continue reading

Surely there must be a customer in between "if I collect enough cans I can get you $100 deposit by next Friday" and "I have all three of your premium services plus all of your competitors and I write that off as a business expense"...surely there must. Big fat greedy... Continue reading

I'm thinking about starting a MeetUp group called "Scottsdale Informal Business Network" ... screw the conventionalities of formality, mandatory ties, meeting at expensive resteraunts/resorts, requiring the bendover and cough approach to getting business done essentially... cheaper, better, faster, simpler, and more accessible to the common small business folk, that should... Continue reading