Career Coach. Management Consultant. Writer. Marketer. Accountant.
I get why you want to tout your sales.
You’re proud a bunch of people actually thought it worth while to give you money for the product or service you sell.
It’s the number you can reach out and touch to make you feel like all your hard work yielded real results.
That sweet, sweet validation reinforces everything you did so you keep it up going forward.
And that’s exactly the problem. [Read more…]
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think about what investors look for in entrepreneurs?
The answer to that question changed for me in recent weeks. I used to think the answer was an entrepreneur having a great idea, being really smart, or hard working. While investors and business partners respect those traits, they aren’t at the top of the list. [Read more…]