Going back to revisit an old idea, a former career, or a previous project isn’t the same as going backward or backsliding into old habits. Going back to make new improvements, correct old assumptions, or update outdated concepts makes the original version better and extends its life cycle. Going Back Better Prepared If you’ve been […]
For everyone of us who hates Brussels Sprouts there are a dozen people who can’t get enough of them. For every person out there who hates pineapple on pizza there is someone like me who wants a second slice. It’s the same in business — all the stuff you hate to do is someone else’s […]
The famous fast-food McBurger has at least two of things that sets it apart from all the other burgers on all the other menus. First, there is the song (how many other sandwiches have a song??) which basically tells you everything that comes on the burger and the order in which it is assembled. And […]
Ideas have possibilities, projects have potential, but the work you finish is where you profit. I think the primary reasons people don’t finish their work is a combination of not knowing where to start and when they’re finished (the first steps they need to take in order to begin a project, and knowing where to […]
Hey! It’s my birthday today and I’m really excited to announce the birth of a new business project on the same day as my own birth. Over the past year I’ve become a little obsessed with the idea of owning a classic street vendor hot dog cart — the shiny silver kind you see in […]
If you know me well, you know I love me some Hawaiian shirts and rum-filled tiki cocktails, so I was extremely excited when my friends at Huli Huli Tiki Lounge invited me to be a guest bartender during their Sippin’ Santa event on Tuesday, December 15th from 5-8pm in Powell, Ohio! I’ll be behind the […]
There are ideas everywhere. You can absolutely come up with plenty of ideas by simply staying on the well-traveled neatly paved main roads. But… If you want to come up with the really creative ideas the few others have ever imagined, you’re going to have to do a little off-road innovation. Off-Road Innovation is finding […]