Tag: Profit 2.0

This is Episode One in a special bonus podcast-only series I've created to share the most important lessons I've learned over the past 25 years. Yep. I've been an online entrepreneur for over 25 years now - back when the World Wide Web was a new-fangled thing and the Internet itself was a young upstart, barely old enough to drink.

Whenever I'm working with a new client, invariably we come to the topic of income. How much are you making? How much do you want to make? How much do you want to KEEP? All three questions are important, and are valuable for different reasons. At some point, the topic of "making six figures" comes […]

I don't know a single entrepreneur that didn't start their business with some type of do-it-yourself (DIY) approach. Most of us begin with more time than money, and it makes sense to capitalize on that resource. In fact, I tell would-be clients all the time that the less money you have, the more you need […]

At this point in the new year, more than 25% of Americans have already given up on our New Year's resolutions -that is, if we even made them in the first place. By the end of the month, that number climbs to nearly 35% of Americans (more resolution-related stats here). Some folks (and businesses) are just getting […]

As I hear clients, colleagues, and friends sharing their goals for 2015, there's a chorus being repeated over and over: "This year is the year I FINALLY break __ figures!" I've heard it so many times that it makes me dizzy and sad to think about the number of folks who continue to miss the mark on this particular […]

What does it really mean to be profitable? With my newly-minted certification as a Profit First Professional coach (huzzah!), I've spent more than a few hours thinking about this question. Profit First is a concept (and now a book) penned by business author (and my friend) Mike Michalowicz. The book drives home the point that most business […]