Blog

I want to build a business that lasts 100 years. That seems like a mighty long time for an 11-year-old business in a less-than-twenty-year-old industry. And when I compare it to a company that lasted almost a millennium and a half, it boggles my mind.

sent me this article and asked my opinion:

“The Myth of the Bell Curve”

This article is absolutely right. In pretty much any situation where…

If you’re an entrepreneur, you’re a superhero.

Any business built exclusively on Social Media or Free Content or Free Traffic is a GALLEY SLAVE SHIP.rowing

The common wisdom in Social Media is: Just generate lots and lots and lots of GREAT content and you will be popular and successful!

That is a LIE. It is not true.

We just had our first Roundtable 2014 meeting. Orlando this time. I passed around the signup sheet. The first person who wanted to go was a brand new member from Asia. I’d never met him before. He’s a serial entrepreneur with a thriving business in Japan. His introduction surprised everyone: “I asked to go first because I have two confessions … Read More

Last year a CEO flew to Chicago from Australia for his first Private Client Group meeting with me. In addition to our monthly calls or Skype sessions, Private Client members get a full day from 9-5, confidential, one on one.

He showed up at about 9:30.

Jason Serinus told this story in this month’s issue of Stereophile magazine:

“In the San Francisco Bay area, where I live, a man on a municipal light-rail train recently pulled out a .45-caliber pistol and shot another passenger as he was existing the train. Although security-video footage revealed that the gun was clearly visible before the shooting – the man had pulled it out of his pocket and waved it about on multiple occasions – not a single passenger noticed; everyone was too consumed with their screens and music.”

For as long as I’ve been publishing stuff, pirates have been ripping it off. Is this happening to you?