You know what it’s like. One day you feel like your new business idea is going to conquer the world, and a few days later you’re thinking about running up the white flag . . . EVERY entrepreneur is on this never-ending “emotional roller coaster” — being an entrepreneur is definitely NOT for the weak30
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On the heels of my last post – I thought this was a good follow-up. Last year over the July 4th weekend, we held our first-ever Maverick Family Freedom event. It’s the first time ever Maverick families came together for a long weekend combining totally unique experiences and activities with business sessions for the children30
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For the last 6 months or so, Missy and I have been playing a game lately with Zack (6) and Zoe (4) called “3 favorite things”. It was inspired a little bit by a mentor, Dan Sullivan from Strategic Coach. One of Dan’s guiding principles is protect the confidence of entrepreneurs by having a positive30
Kiva.org is the world’s first peer-to-peer online micro-lending website. Kiva.org allows individuals to lend as little as $25 to entrepreneurs in the developing world, providing affordable capital to start or expand a small business. In just a little more than 4 years Kiva has helped loan out over $100M and connected thousands of people across30
Internet Industry Pioneer, Serial Entrepreneur and NHL Washington Capitals team Owner Ted Leonsis reveals… Most people have it completely backwards… We think if we can just be successful in business, we’ll be happy. But all too often we see this isn’t the case — AT ALL. There are plenty of miserable rich people — you30
What if you could instantly position, present or promote anything (a product, idea or deal) by taking advantage of how our minds really work? And what if that method had been proven to raise $400M? Would you pay attention? Hopefully your answer is “Hell Yes!” My #1 book for 2011 has got to be “Pitch30
Ari Weinzweig, in front of where it all started with the Zingerman’s deli. A few weeks ago I attended the INC500/5000 conference and had the opportunity to connect with Ari Weinzweig. I had heard and read a bit about Zingerman’s approach to business and knew it was interesting and different…but didn’t realize how unusual it30
For the brand new opening of the Maverick MBA blog – I couldn’t think of a better way to start this off than with one of my personal heroes, Sir Richard Branson. This meaty video was shot on Sir Richard’s private island, Necker, with my good friends, Joe Polish and Marie Forleo. Certainly my biggest30
