Hello world! I’ve been looking at several different entrepreneurial business models. And, I’ve been looking at the business practices of a “compressing” industry (real estate). When you really analyze your business and industry you have to ask yourself one question, “What is the most important factor in your business success?” I have personal experiences in [...]

Harvard psychologist Dan Gilbert says our beliefs about what will make us happy are often wrong — a premise he supports with intriguing research, and explains in his accessible and unexpectedly funny book, Stumbling on Happiness. The following is his presentation at the TEDConference. I find it intriguing because I’ve often wondered why more people aren’t [...]

Everything comes with an expiration date. Your college diploma, your knowledge and experience become dated, even your life won’t last forever. Yesterday is gone, and with it all the old rules, processes and techniques. Business is evolving at a staggering rate, and if you are not on the steamroller you will be under it. There [...]

Bre Pettis, co-founder of MakerBot Industries Photo courtesy of the company With a shock of gray hair, oversized glasses and a messianic zeal for the future, Bre Pettis looks more like the host of a sci-fi movie channel than chief executive officer of a small manufacturing company in a gritty Brooklyn neighborhood of bricks and [...]

Today’s a great day! Besides getting a new set of golf clubs, I’m excited about meeting with a potential technology partner. (No, I won’t tell who it is just yet;) ) who can make my clients’ lives SOOOO much easier. It’s truly a great day. Make this day your masterpiece. Best to you, Jim Herrera [...]