During a recent strategic meeting with my team, they spent some time without me talking about the mission and vision I had just laid out for our company. I asked them to discuss our strengths and weaknesses and share with me their observations and recommendations. I made sure they knew it was important to be…
Category Archives: Technology
3 Ways to Become a More Efficient Business Owner
Every entrepreneur has the same amount of time. So why do some appear to get more accomplished than others? I’ve asked several who have grown successful companies in a very short time and some of their ways include the following. 1. Use software -> today so much is available either via apps or software to…
5 Must-Have Business Apps For Entrepreneurs
Productivity is key when we have so much on our plates and too little time. Recently during a trip to the airport, I found my time to be very productive (and pleasant) using the following apps. I used Uber to arrange for a driver in a town car to pick me up. And it didn’t…
Benefits of High Speed Internet for Business Owners
As an entrepreneur and a technophile, I’m always looking for ways to implement new technology to help increase productivity and lower costs. And the latest advancements in high-speed Internet are pretty impressive. Consider that with cloud computing (which I love) soon all our data, files and documents will be uploaded or downloaded via the Internet….
Success Tips from an Israeli Entrepreneur: Creating a Customer Oriented Culture
Walking through Babcom’s office headquarters, you’d think this was just like many other companies with a young workforce. Smiling faces. Congeniality between cubicles. Ribbing amongst co-workers. But Babcom (the name is a combination of Arabic words meaning “your gate”) is far from most other companies. “This is a gate leading to coexistence, employment, a career, opportunity and…
Verizon Latino Business Awards and Why It Makes Good Business Sense
“I come from New Mexico, the 2nd poorest state in the nation. We can better the future and our country,” Jennifer Gomez-Chavez said as she tearfully accepted an award from Verizon. She is one of three entrepreneurs at various stages (from startup to medium-sized businesses) who were recently honored. Besides the public recognition of their entrepreneurial…
My Top 5 Tips on How To Use The Remarkable Power of Live Streaming Technology for Marketing
As I prepare for another “live chat’ I’m streaming live via UStream with a branding expert to talk about Best Practices to Promote Your Brand Online, I’m still amazed that this is even possible. Coming from a news broadcast background, to think you needed a satellite truck(s) and astronomical budgets that made broadcasting live prohibitive…
Easy and Low Cost Ways to Create a Customized App for Your Business
It’s amazing how you can create customized apps for your business easily, quickly and cheaply. Not only can you use apps to be more efficient, save money, manage risks, you can create a differentiator for your business to offer clients and customers. I’m having one created for my business for my followers. Talk about great marketing….
Sunday Snippets ~ July Twentyfourth
Happy Sunday! My Blog Post “Sunday Snippets” is a collection of interesting items including quotes, blogs, articles relevant to entrepreneurs and business owners and other fun nuggets I ran across during the week that I think are worth sharing. Some are tweets I’ve sent out on Twitter (which is why you might see a hashtag…
Do You Know about Free Technology, Software and Low Cost Applications Available for Business Owners?
Did you see it? Sprint and I just co-hosted the first in a series of “Technology Chats for Entrepreneurs” and streamed it live on my channel on Ustream. My goal is to share with you what I learn as an entrepreneur and information I glean on a daily basis so I can help you with…