Earlier today I had the privilege to listen to Harris Rosen share his story and business lessons at the Startup Studio Global Entrepreneurship Summit. Harris Rosen has had a truly abundant, inspiring and impactful career. He shared that he currently has 8 hotels, 7000 rooms, and not a penny of debt. More importantly, he has…
Today we hosted the official kickoff event for Orlando Opportunity Fund. The City of Orlando Mayor’s office proclaimed today to be “Orlando Opportunity Fund Day”. Very cool huh? It’s been a journey! I am very thankful for the launch and am looking forward to the impact we are working to create in Central Florida. Orlando…
Today is my dad’s 80th birthday. My dad has been such a wonderful and positive influence in my life. But what gift can you purchase for someone that has everything materialistically that he wants? I decided to craft this poem expressing my gratitude, some of the lessons I’ve learned, and experiences we’ve had. I’m sharing…
Orlando has long been recognized as a top destination for tourism. But in recent years our community has focused on highlighting other prevalent aspects of our economy. Understandably so. We have so much more to offer and as the Orlando Economic Partnership proclaimed years ago, “most don’t know the half of it”. The Orlando metro…
Recently my wife Lindsay and I were blessed with our greatest adventure yet…becoming parents. In our case we were blessed with a two for one deal and had twins! A beautiful boy and girl. Our journey to parenthood wasn’t easy, we “tried” for over 5 years, followed by a complicated pregnancy which included my wife…
Earlier this week I met with an entrepreneur that has had a business for quite sometime, but it has been very stagnant for years. He works a full time job and has never focused full time on the venture. Consequently the venture has not reached its potential. He wants to take his business to the…
Anyone that knows me well understands that just like these Indianapolis real estate investment companies, I have also been a big fan of real estate investing for quite some time. Recently I was asked how I got started in real estate investing, so I decided to share for everyone. You can also check out https://www.ilisters.com/cyprus/property/for-sale/in-limassol for Limassol properties….
In business it is often said that only the strong survive. The businesses that adapt to their environment the most effectively greatly increase their chances of surviving, or better yet thriving. But so do the companies resourceful enough to learn from them. Developing trade secrets, creating innovative offerings, and tracking market changes can take a lot of time,…
Over the last seven years, I have had the opportunity to work with and get to know Chris Gibbons, the founder of Economic Gardening. Economic Gardening is an entrepreneurial approach to economic development that focuses on growing second-stage companies within communities across the country, as compared to traditional economic development initiatives that focus on recruiting…
Over three years ago I decided to write a blog post sharing 7 Powerful Lessons Sun Tzu can teach you about Strategy. In that post I researched insights from ancient Chinese philosopher and military strategist Sun Tzu and shared how these lessons can help business professionals win the battle for customers in their respective marketplace. In…