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Other than finding out what makes people tick, I think the next most fascinating topic is what people think about money. Have you noticed that we can rationalize any spending decision, when we want to?
In the last few weeks I’ve had the chance to speak to two money and marketing experts and fellow corporate fugitives [...]

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If you have already started your business, or you are in the midst of dreaming about it, you’ll be able to relate to the feeling that ranges from nagging doubt, to heart palpitations.
It’s fear. The entrepreneur’s enemy #1 shows up in a lot of ways… limiting yourself and the sheer scope of your business, being [...]

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As surreal as it feels at times I am in the middle of a six-week telesummit of my own creation and am having fabulous, inspiring conversations with very successful “corporate fugitives” as part of the Entrepreneurs Unplugged Telesummit I am producing with my friend Marcia Hoeck.
Our friendship, and this joint venture, developed quickly - which [...]

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I’ll let you in on a little secret love of mine - western movies - the more cowboys, tumbleweeds and horses, the better.
So the other night for some hard-earned R&R I finally watched the movie Appaloosa. In the opening scene, Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen) tells the story of how he left a second-generation career as a [...]

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If you want to build a village, or empire, you can’t do it alone. When I entered into my own business I decided I did not want to follow the public relations agency model of hiring staff and subcontracting creative services. I have chosen instead to work with a limited number of clients, on larger [...]

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The fear of having to be creative “on demand” - after selling your intangible services and finding a client - is enough to stop many would-be solopreneurs in their cubes. Getting over this hurdle is a necessary step for anyone who intends to work in a creative enterprise. Even if you don’t know where your vision [...]

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As my friend and fellow solo-preneur Wendy have discussed often, during and since our days in cube-ville, many people have a romanticized view of self employment — no more alarm clocks, three hour martini lunches, exotic vacations and magical tax write-offs.
If there are many entrepreneurs out there who fit that image, I haven’t met them! The [...]

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