The value of history:

Startups Try Harder.

I wrote this as a staff member of the' 65 Denver Thomas Jefferson High School yearbook, 5 years before Robert Townsend wrote the best selling "Up the Organization" about learning in 2nd place. "We try harder" is how CEO Townsend put it in the headlines of the ads for his #2 Avis (Hertz was #1 in market share.)

But throws fall short,

And scores come too late,

All teams can't finish first.

Learning is second place.

From TJ Yearbook, thanks Classmates.com

For more about my thinking about startup see my "Daring Mighty Things." 

What's ahead for our SBCC:

SBCC Method

SBCC Method-- Practices of: Recover, Imagine, Think, Learn; to Start, Grow, Flourish. This life is short, start now!

I'm in the process of writing down what I've learned working with clients since 1979, doing startup workshops since the early 1990s. This is an overview of what will be in the book:

What is your foundation? Rock or sand?

I try to end and start the day listening to Pray as You Go (click here to hear it.)

This morning's meditation particularly powerful: "Can you share your deepest desire with God?"

I'm going to suggest the topic of "Foundations" at Socrates Cafe tonight at DU, next Tuesday at Trinity Church, and Friday at LoDo Panera. Join us? More info on our meetup site about all 3, or let us help you start a new one at a time and place that would work better for you. More info and optional rsvp on our Meetup site, check it out: www.Meetup.com/Socrates-Cafe-Society 

For more about the Small Business Chamber and the Startup Show click here.

PLEASE RE-TWEET AND SHARE you never know who wants to start in a new direction with their work and would really appreciate knowing about the free help we offer.

Also, please share it in a personal email to the board members of your local chamber of commerce and the publisher of your local community newspaper, we would be delighted to talk with you or them about how the Small Business Chamber of Commerce can help them start a new Socrates Cafe.

Call first for an appointment. A volunteer will return you call asap, usually by the start of the next business day, Monday- Friday except holidays. FOR MORE NOW SEE "Daring Might Things-- The Simplest Way to Start Your First (or Next) New Business." click here

John Wren
Founder, President, and CEO,
Small Business Chamber of Commerce, Inc
Ask us how to start doing more Good Work.
1881 Buchtel Blvd. #501, Denver, CO 80210
www.SmallBizChamber.org 

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