1 day ago by Dave Lavinsky

The other day I had the opportunity to interview two entrepreneurs I really respect. The qualities of an entrepreneur I respect? 1. They've achieved significant entrepreneurial success 2. They've done it more than once, or over a prolonged period, so they clearly weren't "lucky" but rather know how ...

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8 days ago by Dave Lavinsky

I have to admit, I'm not a pioneer by any stretch when it comes to most new technologies. I was the last of my friends to get a cell phone. I held off on joining Twitter and Facebook until my employees told me I had to do it. And for years I refused to keep an online calendar, and rather opted to co ...

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11 days ago by Dave Lavinsky

"I've got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end." ~ Larry Bird I just love this quote from Larry Bird (who was a professional basketball player, and later coach, for those of you who don't know him). Yes, things always tend to work out, and yo ...

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16 days ago by Dave Lavinsky

"Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done." This quote from Amelia Earhart is one of my favorites. And I think it is especially applicable to entrepreneurs. Since most entrepreneurial achievements are ones that seemingly couldn't be done. Take Google. Would you have thought that ...

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18 days ago by Dave Lavinsky

As some of you may know, I started my career with The NPD Group, which is one of the world's largest market research firms. One of the things I learned there was that statistics can be easily manipulated. That's not to say market researchers purposefully falsify their research. Rather, what I'm talk ...

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23 days ago by Dave Lavinsky

When I was a kid I played ping pong quite a bit. We had a ping pong table in my basement and I would play a lot with my dad, my brother and my friends. I was always a good athlete, and have pretty good hand-eye coordination. So that, combined with a lot of practice, made me pretty good. In fact, I a ...

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29 days ago by Dave Lavinsky

In my last blog post, I talked about the powers of Crowdfunding and how it not only provides money to entrepreneurs, but it provides customers and a massive marketing push. read more

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29 days ago by Dave Lavinsky

In my last blog post, I talked about the powers of Crowdfunding and how it not only provides money to entrepreneurs, but it provides customers and a massive marketing push. read more

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30 days ago by Dave Lavinsky

Crowdfunding is the latest and greatest way to raise money for a new business, or even a new product or service you want to launch. But importantly, Crowdfunding offers a ton more value than just the initial funding it provides, pretty much making it a no-brainer for entrepreneurs to use. Before I g ...

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32 days ago by Dave Lavinsky

No business runs smoothly all the time. And I think that all businesses can continually be improved. So, you might ask, how can you improve a poor business, and how can you continue to improve it over time. The answer in my opinion is pretty simple. That is, if you use the system I've adopted and us ...

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