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When it comes to product-market fit, there are various approaches one could take. Guessing on what customers want and pushing your technology towards them is one way. However, this approach can be fraught with misses and unmet expectations. A friend just shared with me how listening carefully to the problems of existing users has beenContinue reading “What is Your Core Competency?”

The world is crowded and much of what we are looking for as consumers and business buyers tends to exist. We live in a world of too much, not too little. As a seller, the challenge of figuring out what to build, who it serves and what a business model looks like can be elusive.Continue reading “Product Market Fit Further Best Practices”

I got this automated coaching tip in my team platform. The tip, powered by AI, is helpful towards team building. This helps me understand myself and my teammates consistently over time. Frankly, I did not realize that I had a process for working through my emotions. When I step back, I do see how myContinue reading “How to Process Your Emotions”

We may have an opportunity to start an idea, but if the product market fit is not even viable in the beginning, we can waste a lot of time and money in our entrepreneurial pursuits. Here is something you can do to get a feel for the risk and reward: This is high impact, lowContinue reading “How to Start Product Market Fit Quickly”

As my last child graduates high school, my heart feels full from all the memories of raising our three kids. Sonya and I have given them our all, and we have no regrets for the time, cost, and outpours of emotion we have expended. I took a bit of time, based on conversations with friends,Continue reading “How to Build a Rich Life”

I love lifestyle businesses. It’s a way of building freedom quickly without the headache of overhead and management demands. If you want to find out how to do it well, read The Company of One and apply its numerous case studies towards building cash flow. If you are coming from a jobby job, then youContinue reading “Lifestyle vs. Growth Business Choices”

I am cheering on twenty-somethings. I have my two sons already out in the world figuring out who they want to be and pushing on the skills to help them get what they want. My son, Isaac, shared Alex Hormozi’s video above. Its packed with fantastic advice for getting what you want in life andContinue reading “Brutally Honest Advice for Twenty-Somethings”

I remember reading a quote years ago that validated what I have experienced as an entrepreneur. The gist is that creativity not hard work is what moves the needle. And to be creative, you need time and space. It’s highly polar to how productivity works where you sit your butt in your seat and grind.Continue reading “Time and Space = Inspiration”

The problem with comfort is that you get comfortable. And then you wait for circumstances to happen to you. You get fired, lose accounts or lose your health. Well, you don’t have to simply wait around and hope someone picks you for your next opportunity. In this economy, I anticipate a lot of corporate peopleContinue reading “Position, Position, Position”

That saying, “What got you here, won’t get you there,” is completely true. As you grow your business or mature as a business person, you might have started with one skill set, but that is not the same skill required as you grow or go after bigger opportunities. You will always hit a ceiling growingContinue reading “The Doer, The Delegator and the Dealmaker”