Bobsled Run grad Karl Eberhardt posted this as a blog comment:
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I have been at this “game” for 5.5yrs and have managed to create a successful enterprise online, replaced my dibert 6fig salary (yes I was a Engineer too). It was not easy and sure as hell didn’t come right away… and there have been MANY dark moments…
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.
Ben Hunt, author of the book “Convert!” asks Perry to specifically describe the spiritual questions that come up about money for people who want to be financially successful.
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.”
Perry discusses niche marketing and some of the emotional obstacles that Entrepreneurs often need to overcome.
