Yesterday, I sat down with Chris Brogan and Joe Sorge for their series on small business, Kitchen Table Talks. We talk about my many businesses, SOBCon, Small Town Rules, failures, and customer complaints. If you don’t see the video, click through to the page on Kitchen Table Talks. There is no proof that Chris and…
Sometimes I ask the hard questions or make the hard points. This is one of those times. Photo by my friend Gloria Bell. If your business is not making it, then it is time to change something. Let me share a couple of examples. But I Can’t Afford To! Part 1When I suggested small business…
One of the Napkin Dad’s artworks(c) Marty Coleman, shared from Flickr “I have had a LOT of failures and catastrophes in my life; schools I got kicked out of, a failed marriage, rejection in the art and academic world and physical disasters just to name a few. If I had not had those ‘failures’ and…
Harrison Ford caught at the premier ofCowboys and Aliensby jyw104 on Flickr “What made you choose acting as a profession?”“Failure in all other fields.” Harrison Ford. (found on IMDB) Part of our series on the importance of failure and how you respond to it. New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see?…
Seen at the Kansas Cosmosphere: Up to the day of President Kennedy’s speech [announcing the plan to go to the moon within the decade], NASA and the US military had attempted 80 satellite launches, and 49 had been failures. Success rate 39% What is your success rate? Would setting an audacious goal help you improve? …
Bringing together small business, small towns, social media, free, tourism, memorable experiences, failure, and rural advantages, my interview on User Friendly Thinking Radio covered it all.UFT Radio is sponsored by web content management software company, Bizzuka. When you listen, you’ll hear marketing director Paul Chaney do the introduction and CEO John Munsell step up for…
barbaralingWhat the caterpillar sees as failure, the butterfly sees as the beginning of life. :)I never view failure as something negative – I look at it as a way to open creativity. micahFailure isn’t about “not winning” it’s about heart wrenching actions leading to fundemental change. chrisbroganfailure is the pain that fuels learning. Photo by…
Tommy Hilfiger had to declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy at age 24. He started over, even bigger.-Heard on the CBS Sunday Morning. Consider this your reminder that you might have to start over, several times. New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get our updates.
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