You’ve got to take a risk The great Hockey star Wayne Gretzky once famously said, “I never scored on a shot I didn’t take” and of course nothing has ever been truer. The greatest hitters in baseball fail over 60% of the time. Golfers who do not go for it, do not take a stab […]
Book Recommendation – Creativity and Problem Solving
A book recommendation from Dan Beaulieu: Creativity and Problem Solving From the Brian Tracy Success Library By: Brian Tracy Copyright 2014Amacom Price $9.95 Pages: 112 with Index We are all geniuses according to Brian Tracy, with the proper training we can all come up with new and exciting ideas to improve our companies and our […]
Book Recommendation – Disruptive Marketing: What Growth Hackers, Data Punks, and Other Hybrid Thinkers Can teach us about Navigating the New Normal?
A book recommendation from Dan Beaulieu: Disruptive Marketing: What Growth Hackers, Data Punks, and Other Hybrid Thinkers Can teach us about Navigating the New Normal? Geoffrey Colon Copyright December 2016 Amacom Price $24.95 Pages: 234 with Index This is one Gem of a book There is no doubt that this is one of the most […]
Catching up with Sunrise Electronics’ Ashok and Jigar Patel
Located in the heart of Chicagoland’s PCB center in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, Sunrise Electronics builds some of the most sophisticated PCB products in the industry—and they build them fast. From 2-mil lines and spaces to sub 3-mil holes, to boards with special materials and metal-backed boards, this father and son, Ashok and Jigar, and […]
Disruptive Marketing: A New World Order
If you care about the future of your company do not skip this column! I just finished a great new book by Geoffrey Colon called Disruptive Marketing and I have to tell you reading this book will turn your world upside down. If you know anything about marketing or like me are a truly passionate […]
Book Recommendation – Make Your Own Waves: The Surfer’s Rules for Innovators and Entrepreneurs
A book recommendation from Dan Beaulieu Make Your Own Waves: The Surfer’s Rules for Innovators and Entrepreneurs By Louis Patler Copyright 2016 Amacom Price $21.95 Pages: 179 with Index Using an exciting sport as a metaphor for going for it in business Even if you don’t know anything about surfing. If you don’t know a […]
How good is your company’s appearance?
How good do you think your company is? How do you think you’re doing? What do you do well? What do you need to work on? What do you people think when they walk into your lobby? These are questions you should be asking yourself at all times. You should be constantly thinking about your […]
You Gotta Break Some Eggs!
I don’t know about you but this drives me absolutely nuts. You’re in a meeting, you come up with a good idea but before you finish getting your idea out there, this guy across from you. You know the one, he graduated from the Dilbert School of discouraging new ideas jumps in with that smart […]
Book Recommendation – The 10 Laws of Trust: Building the Bonds That Make a Business Great
A book recommendation from Dan Beaulieu: The 10 Laws of Trust: Building the Bonds That Make a Business Great By: Joel Peterson with David A Kaplan Copyright 2016 Amacom Price $15.95 Pages: 126 Index A great guiding light of the straight and narrow. Doing the right thing is not always easy in business but it […]
Looking For Business In All The Right Places
I just read a new book called appropriately enough The Smartest Places on Earth: Why Rustbelts are the Emerging HOTSPOTS of Global Innovation by Antoine van Agtmael and Fred Bakker, a book that everyone in business today should pick up and read. This is by far the most optimistic book of the year because it […]