The importance of being athletic and active was ingrained in me from a young age. And competitive sports were a huge part of my life from childhood into my early twenties. But when my years as a college athlete ended, I drifted into the typical weight lift/running routine so many has-been athletes often do. There’s…
Loyalty in the corporate world is non-existent. Gone are the days when people would stick with a company for 30 years, be given a retirement dinner and a nice watch at the end of their tenure, and cruise off into the sunset for retirement. In the US, people under the age of 30 change jobs…
During the economic troubles experienced in the USA over the past few years, families have been doing everything they can to cut back costs and put a little aside in case their situation worsens. As a result, working from home has become extremely popular with highly motivated individuals keen to launch their own businesses, be…
I just finished reading a fantastic book The Mission, The Men, and Me by Pete Blaber, former Delta Force Commander. For all you entrepreneurs out there, this is a must read. Throughout the book, Pete Blaber reveals some of his high-profile missions, which included the early tracking of Osama Bin Laden (referred to in military…
The Dow is crashing and oil’s price is collapsing; emerging economies are no longer ‘emerging’ and small-caps, the best barometer of disposable income and risk tolerance, are in a full-blown bear market. It’s here. The recession that market forecasters have been anticipating for a couple years now is knocking on the door. While Main Street…
Walking into a boardroom to pitch your business to potential funders for the first time can be an intimidating thing. On top of that, if you don’t have much experience negotiating deals in a boardroom setting, it can feel like being in a foreign country where no one speaks your language. Business acronyms, slang and…
California is the armpit of America, but it hasn’t always been that way. I’ve been going to different parts of the state for nearly a decade, at least once a year; and every visit things seem to be getting worse down there. The last time I visited California was on a business trip in 2013….
If you want to increase your chances of successfully building a startup into a money making machine, my advice is to surround yourself with awesome people – never go at it alone. Learn to delegate, seek counsel, and if you can, find an ambitious business partner… With that said, business partnerships break apart all the…
Agricultural ventures are not coming to market fast enough (I’ve written why, here). We have a laborious task ahead of us to get to the point where we can feed a population that will hit 10 billion globally in our lifetime. All these people need to be fed – and they need to be fed…