What Does Your Brand Say?
A couple of months ago I attended a presentation by my friend Nate Riggs at the Ohio Web Leaders meeting.  Nate presented "Brand You" (many of the concepts of the presentation can be found in the post "Brand Ownership").  What I found interes

When To Jump
One of the keys to launching a business is knowing when to make the jump into the market.  I usually run into either the entrepreneur that wants to rush in or the one that wants to over-think everything.  One will want to know the answer to every question and continually build, rebuild and delay the launch.  The other usually uses more of a "Field of Dreams" strategy...if we build it they will come. I don't think there is any one thing that will let you know it is time

Ideas To Deals...Live
Ideas to Deals Live...It's pretty cool to have an event that takes the concepts of my blog and brings them to life in a live training.  Granted, I created the event so maybe it's not really that cool but still... Over the past three weeks we have been discussing issues relating to building an investment ready business. We have covered topics such as seeking government SBIR funding, structuring your business to accept investment and how to approach and pitch investors.  Its often difficult to control various parts of the f