A 1,500-Motorcycle Memorial Ride Becomes the Occasion for a Bigger Question: What Separates Calculated Risk From Recklessness, and Why Fewer People Are Ever Given the Choice to Take Either One
Entrepreneurship Rides a Motorcycle: Why Calculated Risk Beats Playing It Safe Read More »
Before You Invest In Your Business, Do The Math. Your Loan Rate Only Tells You If You Can Afford The Payment, Not Whether The Investment Is Worth The Risk. This Post Walks Through The Four Numbers That Actually Matter: What Borrowed Money Costs, What Your Own Risk Requires, Whether Your Industry Can Even Clear That Bar, And What The Yield Curve Says About Timing.
Justify the Return: How to Know If Your Next Business Investment Is Worth the Risk Read More »
Most People Spend Years Trying To Fix The Traits That Got Them In Trouble At School Or Passed Over At Work: Restlessness, Distraction, Discomfort With Routine. This Post Makes The Case That Those Same Traits, Common In Dyslexia And ADHD, Map Almost Perfectly Onto What Entrepreneurship Actually Rewards. The Problem Was Never The Wiring. It Was The System It Got Tested Against.
Most Separating Service Members Are Told to Find a Job. The Market They’re Walking Into Is More Complicated Than That. Entry-Level Cognitive Roles Are Disappearing, Ghost Jobs Are Real, and Employment is More Fragile Than It Looks. There’s a Better Way to Think About What Comes Next.
Not All Entrepreneurial Paths Carry the Same Weight. The Risk Profile, Stress Load, and Mental Fortitude Required Shift Considerably Depending on Where You Sit on the Spectrum. This Post Breaks Down Every Practical Path, From Side Hustle to Acquisition, So You Can Choose the One That Actually Fits You Before the Ground Shifts Beneath You.
The AI Revolution Caused Me to Reexamine Everything I Believe About Entrepreneurship Read More »
AI Is Reshaping Industries From Food Service to Finance, but It Still Falls Short in Areas Only Humans Can Master—Intuition, Taste, Empathy, and Storytelling. That’s Where Small Business Owners Step In as “AI Whisperers,” Translating Data Into Meaningful Outcomes.
AI Can’t Taste Your Soup: The Surprising Places Where Humans Still Have the Advantage Read More »
Explore How Stepping Outside Their Circle of Competence With Emerging Technologies Like AI, Blockchain, and Drones Has Led Many Entrepreneurs to Failure. These Cautionary Tales Reveal the Importance of Aligning Business Ventures With True Expertise to Build a Foundation for Success.
How to Avoid Failure by Sticking to Your Circle of Competence Read More »
In the Digital Age, Misinformation Can Rapidly Erode Trust, Posing a Significant Challenge for People and Brands to Maintain Credibility. Explore Strategies to Navigate the Complexities of Fast-Spreading Information to Protect Reputational Integrity.
How To Strengthen Fragile Business Trust by Navigating Misinformation Read More »
Let’s Take a Detailed Look at Taking Risks. What Type of Risks You Should Go For? What Risks Should You Avoid? What Mindset Do You Need to Pull the Trigger When You Know the Time Is Right?
Taking Risks – Read This if You’re Scared to Pull the Trigger and Bet on Yourself Read More »
Mindsets And Attributes Are Critical to Success. Here 8 Key Attributes of Movers and Shakers Who Have Built Multi-Billion Dollar Companies
8 Attributes that Nobody Talks About that Make for the Best Entrepreneurs Read More »
A risk matrix is a tool that is used during risk assessment to define the level of risk by considering the probability or likelihood that an event against the severity of the consequence to the business if it were to occur. A risk matrix is a visibility representation of risks to assist a business in decision making and mitigation.
How to Develop a Risk Assessment Matrix For Business Success Read More »
When a crisis occurs, it disproportionately hurts some industries while lifting up other ones. This is why you need to study risk and not try to manage it.
Antifragile – Why You Need to Study Risk and Not Manage It Read More »
It Is Always A Good Idea To Review Your Risk Exposure From Time To Time And Develop A Plan To Deal With Things Before You Are Forced To Deal With Them During A Crisis.
How to Determine Your Business Risk Read More »
What Would Happen If A Disaster Struck Your Business Tomorrow? Would You Know What to Do? If You Had A Small Business Continuity Plan You Would.
How to Develop a Small Business Continuity Plan Read More »
Keeping things secure from criminals or opportunists should be a priority for a small business owner. However, many small business owners fail to implement proper security strategies to protect a small business, since they have the mistaken belief that only larger business with more valuable assets are targeted by criminals.
3 Things You Need to Protect a Small Business Read More »
It Is Always A Good Idea To Review Your Risk Exposure From Time To Time And Develop A Plan To Deal With Things Before You Are Forced To Deal With Them In Real Time During A Crisis. Here Is A List Of Some Operational Business Risks Your Business May Face So You Can Consider Ways That Mitigate The Effects If Things Go Wrong.
How to Determine Your Operational Business Risk Read More »
With the rapidly changing business landscape, companies who are beholden to their shareholders are shifting their risk from the business to the employee.
Income Security: Why Being an Employee is Just too Risky Read More »
Would your business benefit from lower downside risk but less profit potential, or higher profit potential with greater risk if break even is not met? In this post, discover how a businesses fixed and variable costs will shape its risk and reward possibilities.
How to Control Business Risk Read More »
I recently was watching a home movie of a motorcycle trip I took with my two boys where we traveled through seven southwestern states. As we rode through the hinterlands that make up much of this region, I recall being struck with a business epiphany. I shared this epiphany with my sons at a roadside
Why Your Options Are Limiting Your Success Read More »
Don’t look to our government as a model in understanding good vs. bad debt. Every day the media highlights another case of the government’s ignorance in the way money should be used. One side of the aisle says it is a revenue problem and we need to raise taxes on the rich. The other side
Is Bad Debt Destroying Your Business? Read More »
What if one of your best employees was forced to move to a new city or wanted to leave for a better opportunity? Would you do whatever it took to keep them, such as making a job for him or her to work remotely or would you encourage them to leave? I was faced with that
Be Willing to Let Key Employees Go Read More »
Existing businesses make money on day one. A successful franchise will earn the owner income not too long after starting up. However, a start-up, even one that survives, may take months or years to begin to pay the owner a salary for working in the business.
3 Risk Levels to Becoming a Business Owner Read More »
As society moves toward guaranteed security, we risk losing something far more valuable: the freedom to choose. Embracing risk—like an entrepreneur—might just be the antidote.
How Government Programs Limit Freedom—and What Entrepreneurs Do Instead Read More »
While It’s Tempting to Pursue a Flagship Client, Putting All Your Eggs in One Basket Can Spell Disaster. Discover How Diversifying Your Customer Base Protects Profits and Ensures Long-Term Sustainability.
Why One Big Client Can Destroy Your Business—and What to Do Instead Read More »
Most Entrepreneurs Understand Diversification in Investing but Ignore It in Business. Discover How Shared Risk Can Lead to Better Outcomes and Smarter Decisions.
Diversify your Small Business Risk Read More »
Most People Play It Safe With Their Money, But Entrepreneurs Take a Different Approach. Discover How a Shift in Thinking Could Change Your Financial Future.
Are You Risk Averse? Here’s Why That Might Be Costing You Read More »
In business, many of the most promising and productive individuals have fragile egos. As the owner of a company, you need to be able to recognize and reward behaviors from employees that move the business forward or risk creating a Benedict Arnold in your own ranks.
Recognition Or Doom – Failing To Recognize Outstanding Performance Is A Colossal Mistake Read More »
Rethink Everything You Know About Job Security. In Today’s Economy, Starting a Micro Business May Actually Offer More Stability Than a Traditional Job.
Why Job Security Is a Myth—and Micro Businesses Are the Safer Bet Read More »
When rewards get big—like a soaring lottery jackpot—rationality often takes a back seat. Learn how this seductive force influences both consumer behavior and entrepreneurial decision-making, and discover how you can ethically use it to boost your sales.
The Jackpot Effect: How Big Rewards Distort Risk and Influence Business Choices Read More »
Investments made in your own business or in the stock market have investment risks that can be broken down into seven distinct types of risk.
The Seven Types of Macro-Environmental Risk Read More »
3 types of Investment risk. Greater risk = great rewards. Range = Inventory, least risk/reward, thru production equipment, to innovation most risk/reward.
Understanding the Investment Risk Continuum Read More »
Discover Why Relying on a Single Paycheck Is Riskier Than You Think and How Entrepreneurship Offers a Smarter Way to Diversify Your Income Streams.
Don’t Put All Your Eggs in One Employer: The Case for Diversified Income Read More »
Avoid the Costly Mistake of Building a Perfect Product Too Early. Discover How Early Testing Helps You Learn What Users Want Before Committing to Development.
Ride the Wave, Don’t Build the Ocean: The Power of Starting Small Read More »
