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John F. Dini CMBA, CExP, CBI
President, MPN Incorporated
I live with the ups, the downs, the peaks, the valleys, and the gratification and occasionally the sheer numbing terror of being a business owner; and I experience all of it, EVERY SINGLE DAY!
As a coach, facilitator and consultant to hundreds of entrepreneurs, the operator of a dozen peer groups and a business owner myself, I spend almost every waking moment discussing the challenges and rewards of owning a business. I eat, sleep and breathe business ownership. I don’t hunt. I don’t fish. I don’t even play golf. Business ownership is both my vocation and my recreation. I think owning a business is the most interesting thing anyone can do.
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Small business owners are the Hunters of the 21st century. We are 3% of the US population, and yet we create over half of all American jobs. As Hunters, we may not be inclined to manage by the numbers or stick to systems. If we were, we'd be working for someone else! If you lie awake at 2 AM because you are worried about your business, or just because you are excited about what you will be doing when the rest of the world wakes up, then this is the place for you!
Tag Archives: business ownership
The Brass Ring
A long, long time ago (I’ve actually ridden only one such in my lifetime) Carousels had a spring-loaded sleeve of brass rings protruding near the innermost (and least popular) track of horses. A bigger kid could lean out and yank … Continue reading
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Hunting vs. Farming
At the family gathering, you are being introduced to a distant cousin you haven’t seen since childhood. The introduction usually includes your status as a business owner. “Do you remember little Cousin Bobby? He owns his own company now.” Or … Continue reading
Posted in Business Perspectives, Entrepreneurship, Uncategorized
Tagged business ownership, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship
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Donna says:
Great advice; I’m tempted to pass it along to the entrepreneur I’m employed by. He is seriously conflicted, loves the “hunt”, as he should, but micro-manages “farms” his staff to the point of self destruction.
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Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder (Not!)
When you are in love, separation from your loved one is painful. The longer you are separated, the more you want to be together. The saying is attributed to Thomas Haynes Bayly, a popular (but fairly light weight) writer of … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Managing Employees, Sales
Tagged business ownership, employees, leadership
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Joe Zlotkowski says:
Good discussion. I am especially interested and working on ways to effectively use remote technologies like Skype, webex, and communicator.
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Are Mistakes Good?
“Experience is a dear teacher, but only a fool will learn from no other.” Benjamin Franklin Business owners learn a lot from their experiences. As a friend says, “Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want.” … Continue reading
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Tax Deductible- So What?
We have done ourselves a disservice as business owners. Too often we have justified an expenditure to non-owner friends as “tax deductible” to show how clever we are. In doing so, we have confused the public. They see the Federal … Continue reading
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Tagged business ownership, entrepreneurship, politics, small business
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Thank you for your articles. I really like Awake at 2 o’clock in the Morning. That is when I started reading your articles. My husband and I were born about 10 and 8 years respectively before the Boomers. Because we were young children when this started, we didn’t really know what was happening. I would sure like to play catch up now and prepare for the scoietal changes that are coming.
Very well researched article. Thank you Babby Boomers!
You final sentence is spot on. Government regulation is moving small business owners back toward the corporate environment to secure health benefits and retirement plan opportunities that they can not afford as business owners. Corporations benefit from seasoned experienced small business employees closing the door to many college graduates.