Gosh, those words don’t go together. But maybe they do. It’s time we get a whole lot smarter about how optimism can win. I personally know it’s not easy to do. I have plenty of experience trying to, only to wind up feeling taken advantage of and used. And for those very good reasons, I have plenty of reasons to feel bitter and negative, but what good will that do? (Long pause.) Well, none. No matter how wronged you have been, or how much it wasn’t your fault, if you don’t try again, and again, and again, to build something…
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‘Taking advantage (because you can)’ is a very popular strategy to win for bad actor types. To take advantage of someone is usually to unfairly get what you want from someone who is easily persuaded to help you, trust you, or do things for you. Bad actors don’t care about building a relationship with you unless it means they will win. Their goal is to take advantage of your generosity, support, knowledge, skill set- whatever it is they need to get farther ahead without you. Or more simply put: to use you for what they want and when they are through, not…
It seems bad actors today are everywhere. If you run a small business, and/or frequently put your ideas to work in the real world by taking real risks, you know exactly what I am talking about and who I am talking about. The number of experiences so many of my friends and clients have had, not to mention my own, still shocks me. And what’s worse is we don’t talk about it- especially us women when it is delivered by a charismatic man. Why? Because it’s not cool to say something if you see something. Somehow speaking up makes it…
Have you ever gotten that call, or maybe you are like me and get 25 finance offer calls a day. And yes, it took me way too long to see the patterns of high interest and games with gotchya’ fees before I woke up and stopped feeling curious about any of them. For awhile I hung up on them. A few I really yelled at. I couldn’t take Frank’s vowing to remove me from their list only to Have Tom, Dick and Harry call me for the next 3 days. Apparently, I am a slow learner because it took almost…
Starting a dental practice is a big decision to make, and you need to consider a lot of things, especially if you don’t have enough background about running a business. Being a dentist is no different from being a business owner, and it can be exciting and enriching since you’ll be in line with some of the successful dentist businesses, like Tacoma WA Dentist Duke Bui. But it’s also a risky move if you don’t know exactly what to do. You may think that the skills and training you’ve gained out of your degree is all that’s needed to open…
I wish I could give credit to the individual who created this image and wrote the copy below. Whoever you are, you have captured the crux of the problem with delivering the thing you do best- your expertise- to an organization or to a founder in need of what it is you do. SCENARIO: You join a new team to assume responsibility for X. Immediately, before you look much under the hood, you are immersed into becoming a part of their Entrepreneurs Operating System. EOS®, the Entrepreneurial Operating System, is a complete set of simple concepts and practical tools that has helped…
This post is dedicated to Jeffrey Brooks from ClarinetMonster. Jeffrey is rocking it as a newbie entrepreneur in the music industry and we wish him much luck and success. Telling the truth today seems like a rare commodity. In a world where alternative facts are a viable ‘alternative’- truth seems like a rare commodity and hard to find. On this Independence Day, I think it is appropriate to see what is happening in America as a process of deconstruction of both our thinking and ourselves. We are being forced to look carefully at what we value and what we believe is…
In times where things seem dark, and life seems hard to understand, sometimes you just need to turn up some music you love and dance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to7uIG8KYhg To your highest purpose and best self. To learn more about me go to Sana Sells, iaeou.me, Crowdfund Capital Advisors, LisaCanning.com, Lisa’s Clarinet Shop, or Royal Musical Instruments. You can also find me on Linkedin. Do you know a woman who is making change happen in her community? Like my Facebook page, Women Making Change Happen, and tell me who she is. For more information about The Illinois Business Incubator Association IBIA or becoming a member click here.
Here is a list of recent articles, videos, and resources for women who start things up and are looking for resources, sisterhood and funding. Women Who Startup Summit 2017 videos from our powerhouse speakers. Enjoy all the videos now on our YouTube channel, here: https://bit.ly/2qRlpQp Q1 2018 Global Diversity Investment Report: Investing Trends In Female Founders – Crunchbase News https://bit.ly/2K3rEIO In this report, they look at venture and seed investment trends in female-founded startups over the last five quarters. For this time period, they look at more than 9,119 venture deals and 6,802 seed deals for companies with founders…
For the past year my not for profit, IAEOU™ has been hard at work building a training program for women in emerging countries to learn digital skills to help founders- especially women- rise and thrive. Why are we doing this? Because at a young age I found myself in a similar place many small business owners with great potential arrive at. My business was growing faster than banks were comfortable lending to and simultaneously I could not find support to grow faster to rally interest from angel investors. I have seen firsthand how this gap continues to shortchange scalability for startups-especially…
