Posted in The Savvy Snippet on March 30th, 2009 4 Comments »
Every successful man I have heard of has done the best he could with conditions as he found them, and not waited until the next year for better. — Edgar Watson Howe
Posted in The Savvy Snippet on March 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
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Posted in The Savvy Snippet on March 16th, 2009 No Comments »
I just finished reading The Fearless Fish Out of Water: How to Succeed When You’re the Only One Like You by Robin Fisher Roffer, CEO of Big Fish Marketing. While her book speaks mostly to people in the corporate world, if you’re an entrepreneur who has been perceived as someone who doesn’t fit it in, [...]
Posted in Common Challenges, Networking, Referral building, Relationship-building, Women Entrepreneurs on March 10th, 2009 5 Comments »
This question came up on LinkedIn a few weeks ago: What do you do at a Business Networking meeting when you meet a competitor who seems to know everyone … and you don’t…? I felt compelled to leave this reply: I tend to use my natural defense mechanism (to be disarmingly charming) to my advantage. [...]
Posted in The Savvy Snippet on March 9th, 2009 2 Comments »
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much because they live in the grey twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat. — Theodore Roosevelt
Posted in The Savvy Snippet on March 2nd, 2009 No Comments »
The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is not to try. Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it. — Debbi Fields, founder of Mrs. Fields’ Cookies
