Entrepreneurship & Small Business

July 9 was the third anniversary of my father's death. As I reflected on his life, I remembered an experience I had with him when I was 17 years old.

M-WERC (Midwest Energy Research Consortium) has won a $50,000 grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration through its second annual Growth Accelerator Fund Competition.

Perhaps the most powerful principle Napoleon Hill wrote about, and certainly the most enduring, is the 9th step towards riches: Power of the Master Mind. The idea of a Master Mind group was created, put forth, and expounded upon by Napoleon Hill in his two classic books, Think and Grow Rich, written in 1937, and “How to Sell Your Way Through Life," written in 1938.

The path to starting a business can be long and winding, and the journey grueling, but several local organizations are trying to make it easier for entrepreneurs to start companies and create more jobs. A growing number of incubators, accelerators and startup communities have popped up in the Milwaukee area over the past five years, in an effort to pool resources to send startups on their way to success.

Perhaps the most powerful principle Napoleon Hill wrote about, and certainly the most enduring, is the 9th step towards riches: Power of the Master Mind. The idea of a Master Mind group was created, put forth, and expounded upon by Napoleon Hill in his two classic books, Think and Grow Rich, written in 1937, and “How to Sell Your Way Through Life," written in 1938.

“Jeffrey, what’s the BEST way to make a sale?”

“Jeffrey, what’s the BEST way to make a sale?”

Value is perhaps the most illusive word in sales.

Value is perhaps the most illusive word in sales.