Entrepreneur Thinking

We are fortunate to live near numerous successful businesses. I've had the privilege of visiting many of these businesses, meeting the people who generate…

Some people enjoy riding roller coasters. They love the crazy ups and downs. They love the rush of the wind in their faces. They ride the thrill and they…

Many entrepreneurs are optimistic to a fault. This is a common side-effect of an entrepreneurial spirit and it is encouraged by expert advice that goes…

Thoughts and actions are laced with intention of two types: intention can be ego-driven, backed by desires; intention can be spirit-driven, backed by…

If you want to ensure your business is solid from top to bottom and from bottom to top, consider a pyramid of 3 layers:

Thought Tweet #561 The Business Riddle: How do you buy low, sell high, deliver quality, solutions, & value all at the same time? The Thinking Behind The…

3 forces drive entrepreneurs: a desire to achieve a burning desire to create and build things of value a need to be recognized as a different type of…

Thought Tweet #555 Do you ask yourself what you want to be: a business owner?, an entrepreneur?, or a business leader? The Thinking Behind The Tweet What's…

What's the difference between business leaders and people who own or run businesses? The best business leaders approach the role of leadership as a career…

The Entrepreneurial Dilemma: how to delegate [or institutionalize] the entrepreneur's deal-doing insight . True entrepreneurs have deal-doing insight . They…

Manufacturing Sector Contracts: what you don't know...will hurt you. What's bad - manufacturers in Ontario continue to leave money on the contract-table and…

Thought Tweet #536 The ground is shifting more...and you are building...your business. The Thinking Behind The Tweet When the ground has a tendency to shift…

Mistakes I've experienced, buying and selling businesses, more or less ranked in order from excruciating to awfully painful: Ignoring gut feel Not correcting…

Thought Tweet #479 Planning is not a cookie-cutter process; planning must blend strategic thinking with strategic intuition . The Thinking Behind The Tweet…

According to a recent poll 1 of small-business owners, 24% have a succession plan for their retirement. When asked about how the business would be handled at…

" Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl-chain of all virtues . 1 " Recently, I have spent considerable time thinking about…

" To Gift or Not To Gift ", that was the question...at CFFB' s March breakfast. At our breakfast event, Tom Deans explained why gifting a family business is…

Often, we start meetings with a 'getting present' chat. Either we take turns answering a non-business question or sharing with one another how we…

Do you regularly achieve the business goals you set? If you do then Great! You are among the Highly Successful minority. If you do not regularly achieve your…

Thought Tweet #404 If you could only build one thing, what would it be? The Thinking Behind the Tweet For leaders, this question can be a reality check…

INITIATE. Few people excel at it. Why? Probably because, at some point in their lives, they embraced once-burned-twice-shy thinking. Or maybe they succumbed…

This is the first in a series of Thought Posts about building self-confidence. To get started, here is our definition of self-confidence: Confidence is what…

The most-successful leaders take regular time outs to ask themselves tough questions. The main reason they ask themselves questions is to better understand…

" I wondered why the Frisbee was getting bigger, and then it hit me ." Steven Wright delivered that line in his somewhat-nasal, soft, and slow voice. And, I…

3 forces drive entrepreneurs: Entrepreneurs have this burning feeling inside them…a Need To Achieve something. I describe it as ‘ a wanting ’. Entrepreneurs…

Robin Todd, President/CEO of Marks Supply Inc., was the special-guest speaker at CFFB’s October breakfast. Robin shared her family-business story and she…

WHO are we? Our Vision : Canada’s best source for entrepreneurial business education WHAT do we do? Our Purpose : We educate entrepreneurs. HOW do we do…

OK…you might think that’s true…or you may think it isn’t. AND – you might think - even if it is true…what difference does that make? Here’s the point: Many…

Self-Confidence is the 1st accomplishment. I have often told the story of Alexander the Great who eased his commanders’ fears and inspired his army by…

While this probably has never been the subject of a scientific study, I believe the most-successful people of all time form the same crowd as the…