I am often asked about what I have learned offline that could be applied to online business, something people maybe overlooking, perhaps. Today, however, I was asked just the opposite. I thought it an interesting topic and wanted to share with you what thoughts I have. Read the rest of this entry »
Archive for August, 2009
5 Things Offline Businesses Can Learn From Online
On August - 31 - 2009
Restaurants, Raising Money and The Web – Today’s Podcast
On August - 28 - 2009
Todays podcast is just me. I moved the latest interview to next week and decided I would answer some questions today instead.I get quite a few questions emailed to me, either directly from the blog or through students that I am working with at the moment. The three questions I had today were: Read the rest of this entry »
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18 Successes That Some Venture Firms Turned Down
On August - 28 - 2009
Entrepreneurs who need funding often find, especially in this climate, that the door is closed to them fairly quickly. I wanted to be able to give those who end up outside of a VC’s office somewhere wondering what went wrong, some encouragement. Read the rest of this entry »
Entrepreneur Success Stories – We Love ‘em…
On August - 25 - 2009
Entrepreneur success stories are great fodder for motivation, ideas and strategies for those new to business or even old hands. I have read a multitude of biographies from Richard Branson, Sir James Goldsmith to Sheikh Yamani. Every book I read always give me some new insight, which is why I don’t stick to a particular type of business or industry. I just like to read the thought processes behind some highly successful people. Read the rest of this entry »
Blog Review – YoungEntrepreneur.com
On August - 25 - 2009
As entrepreneurs we are creatures who crave knowledge. When I was kid there was a movie called ‘Short Circuit’ featuring a robot called ‘Johnny Five’. His catch phrase was ‘More Input’ because he wanted to learn all the time. Sometimes as an an entrepreneur I feel like Johnny Five searching for valuable information that might just trigger a new idea or opportunity. Read the rest of this entry »
How To Overcome The Fear of Public Speaking II
On August - 24 - 2009
We discussed on Friday the psychological side of overcoming the fear of public speaking, today we look at the physical elements, things you can physically do to help you deliver a speech. Read the rest of this entry »
How To Overcome The Fear Of Public Speaking
On August - 21 - 2009
You know when you have been skiing all day, or perhaps when you have competed in a cross country event, or just walked a lot, that is how my legs felt, numb. My mouth was dry, my hands were shaking uncontrollably and, for me, the worst was my face felt like it was purple… and on fire. Read the rest of this entry »
Entrepreneurs – Be Careful of Internet BS
On August - 20 - 2009
I was listening to various podcasts today and I swear I am having an epiphany almost everyday listening to these things. What I am discovering is that most of the language that Internet marketers talk, on a daily basis, is just the web 2.0 version of what entrepreneurs have been doing since someone invented the wheel…… Read the rest of this entry »
Ecademy.com Founder Thomas Power – Podcast
On August - 19 - 2009
When looking for people to interview for the podcasts on OneLifeNoFear, we will always look to mix up the guest list with online and offline entrepreneurs to gain different insights into the strategies of people in all sectors of business. Todays’ guest, however, is a mixture of the two. Thomas Power, half the team of Thomas and Penny Power that founded Ecademy.com, joins us today to tell his story of how he went from physically introducing business people to each other to creating Ecademy.com. Read the rest of this entry »
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Motorsport Sponsorship For Your Business?
On August - 19 - 2009
I am huge motorsport fan and as such have looked at how to get involved with motorsport at every level of business I have been involved with. It wasn’t until recently that I started looking at sponsorship seriously, because I had always thought it would be too expensive. Read the rest of this entry »
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More Entrepreneur Fear Fighting!
On August - 19 - 2009
This blog is for entrepreneurs and those contemplating starting out in business. I called the blog ‘One Life:NoFear’ because that has been my overriding philosophy in life, the words I have tried to live my life by for better or worse. Read the rest of this entry »
Aaron Chen’s MLM Training Site
On August - 18 - 2009
Another Twitter friend’s site to review and this one is excellent for any readers who are into Multi Level Marketing (‘MLM’). Reading Aaron’s story resonates with me as he started out as a financial consultant, after University and I started out as a financial consultant when I left the military. Read the rest of this entry »
Do Not Goal Plan….
On August - 17 - 2009
I was wondering what to write today. I spent the weekend chilling out with the my family and thinking little about what entrepreneurial tidbits I would come up with today. This morning I opened my email to find a number of requests for contacts from various networks and sifted through them. One of the contacts had a video on it which blew me away, it is from ‘Where The Hell Is Matt?’ and here it is: Read the rest of this entry »
