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What Successful Entrepreneurs Know About Selling

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Welcome back to the Chase It Down 3-part miniseries. Missed Episode 1? Click here to get yourself caught up.

If you’re taking action in your business this month, you’re in good company. I heard from so many of you on social and in theYoupreneur Mastermind Community about what you’re doing this month to get moving, get ahead, and get ready for a killer 2017. Here are just a few ways you guys are crushing it in the busiest month of the year:

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Want to Build a Successful Online Business? Here’s Your Moment of Truth!

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I’ve got an early Christmas present for you!Today marks the international release of my 3-part video miniseries, Chase It Down.

You may have seen me use the hashtag #ChaseItDown on social media, and this is what it’s all been leading up to: your free ticket to this newtrilogy. I’ve spent the last 7-months working with a professional videographer to get it all ready for your eyes and ears, and now that it IS ready, I am so excited to share it with you!

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Why Brexit Shouldn’t Concern British Entrepreneurs

Brexit.

Yep—we’re going there. Today, for the first time ever, I want to share with you exactly what I think about Brexit, how it’s going to affect UK business, and why you should be paying VERY close attention.

(Hint: It’s probably not what you think.)

British entrepreneurs are full of fear and distrust lately. Even as the business community settles into and tries to understand Brexit, we are afraid to act until someone else does first. No one wants to be the first penguin to jump, which me...

Starting a Blog: 10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs Your Words!

I often get asked “If you could go back and start all over again, what would you do differently?”. My answer is always the same… I would’ve started blogging way earlier than I did (I started blogging January 2010).

Blogging has opened more doors for me than any other activity as an entrepreneur.

But, here’s the thing… that’s not the reason why I started blogging. I started doing so as a way to chart my course towards my 2010 goal of becoming a full-time Virtual CEO – a goal that I achieved....

A Smarter Way to Get Free, Personalized Business Advice

I’m going to go out a limb today, my friends. I’m going to assume that if you follow my blog, you’re interested in starting or scaling a business.

Now I KNOW that’s rather presumptuous of me, but let’s just go with it for one post, shall we? Let’s assume that you’re here because you’re either at the beginning or in the middle stages of your entrepreneurial journey, and you’ve heard somewhere that blogs are a great place to get advice about where to start and what to do next.

I might be bias...

Why Doesn’t Anyone Ever Ask Me This Question?

IMPORTANT NOTE: I will soon be launching my brand new weekly YouTube show, #DuckerZone. If you’d like to pick my brains on anything, this is going to become the number one way of doing so – plus, you’ll get a mention on the show, too! Just ask your question on social media using the hashtag #DuckerZone to have itconsidered for inclusion. Thanks!

Anyone who’s been around here for awhile knows one thing about me: I’m a serial entrepreneur. I’ve started five businesses in 12-years (two have be...

5 New Words for Entrepreneurial Fear

Following my annual community survey last month, I noticed a trend.

Over and over again, the 1,300+ of you who took time out of your day to tell me about yourselves and your businesses (thank you!) used a single word to describe what it’s like to be an entrepreneur. The theme was so pervasive, in fact, that I started to wonder if you’d all gone in with each other behind my back just to make sure I was paying attention.

And I am!

The word didn’t surprise me, and it won’t surprise you, either...

Starting a Podcast: 10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Voice!

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I stand before you today with one goal in mind…

I will demonstrate beyond a shadow of a doubt, why your audience not only WANTS, but NEEDS you toconsider starting a podcast.

But before we address the reasons why your business needs a voice, let’s begin by confronting the threereasons why people typically avoid it and why, if you’ve been doing likewise, they should no longer stand in your way.

AVOIDANCE REASON #1: I Don’t Have an Audience

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Why Accountability is the Ninja-Like Business Advantage You Need

What comes to mind when you think of the word Entrepreneurship?

Before you answer, really think about it.

Do you think of the FREEDOM it has to offer? Do you consider the RISK that’s involved? Do you admire the LEADERSHIP that’s needed? Or maybe you imagine the thrill of INNOVATION.

Whatever it is, there’s usually one word that’s not discussed when the topic of entrepreneurship comes up, and that is accountability.

Don’t get me wrong… I get it. Accountability is NOT sexy. I doubt many peop...

5 Daily Habits to Grow Your Business – FREAKISHLY Fast!

Special Note: There are still a few tickets available for my annual mastermind conference in the Philippines next March. Visit the TropicalThinkTank.com for more info and a highlight video for an inside look at how we roll for the week!

“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world!”

Those are the words of Archimedes, a famous Greek mathematician and inventor with an infamous obsession for innovation. And while his words may seem anecdotal, or a...