August 16, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Daydreaming and rest as a business practice You know the feeling, 10 or more balls in the air. Deadlines. Inbox stuffed to the gunnels. People asking you for the extra odd commitment. Sleep starts to suffer. Pulse rate up. Can’t sit still. Wild energy flowing...
August 13, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Economies for justice, Syntropic Enterprise
Do you need money to start a business. Part 3 (of 3) 10 lessons learned Lessons I have learned…. *What you are creating needs to mean everything to you. E..v..e..r..y…t..h..i..n..g. *In that, you might have to spend your own money, down to your last cent. You...
August 12, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Economies for justice, Syntropic Enterprise
Do you need money to start a business Part 2 (of 3) Maybe not We have taken Step 1. The very first step. This generally can be done without using other people’s money. Oh, and if you are not comfortable with using your own money then why are you building the business...
August 11, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Personal Sustainability, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Life is flow. Life is change. That can be uncomfortable. So was learning to walk. Get over it Sometimes our view is from above…and sometimes from the ground. In our dreams, we may even have a view from below. Each time we seek to change our view, new truths are...
August 11, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Economies for justice, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Do you need money to start a business? Part 1 (of 3) In the current industrial model, the script goes something like this. Have an idea, raise capital. And then it goes like this. Unless I can raise ‘X’ dollars, the business won’t fly. And...
August 8, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Syntropic Enterprise
Generosity, entrepreneurship and success Our current business world is a give-and-take kind of place. “I scratch your back, you scratch mine” This is reciprocity, not generosity. Generosity is not about getting back. Generosity is about giving with clean...