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Survival

In: Business|Success

19 Jul 2010

When we find ourselves in an emergency situation, the first instinct will almost always be self-preservation. My wife likes to tell the story while we were walking on a trail in Newfoundland, and literally bumped into a massive moose, it was I who turned around and bolted in the opposite direction, leaving her to snap [...]

A friend of mine asked me the other day where he might find an idea to start a business. I asked him, “What kind of business do you want to start?” He responded and said that since he was so knowledgeable in his current career, and loved what he was doing, he could see himself [...]

Younger Dr. Emmett Brown: [running out of the room] 1.21 gigawatts? 1.21 gigawatts? Great Scott! Marty McFly: [following] What-what the hell is a gigawatt? ~ Back to the Future – 1985 (quotes from IMDB) I’m not exactly sure why Doc Brown and Marty McFly popped into my head this morning. I don’t get it. Sometimes, [...]

I read an interesting post on BrandAutopsy this morning. John Moore reviewed the new business book Success Made Simple – An Inside Look At Why Amish Businesses Thrive. As John says,”According to a recent study, less than 5% of Amish businesses fail within their first five years. That’s astounding considering 50% of (non-Amish) small businesses [...]


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