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How to find a good job fast.

The Startup Show with John Wren," is on each day Monday thru Saturday at 10 a.m. Mountain Standard Time. Topic in last 10 minutes of this show was "How to find a good job fast," check it out:

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How to find a good job fast:

1. Open your address book, hand written and/or computer.

2.  Make a list of those who know you well enough they know what you do.

3.  Write a script, call me if you want help, that says "I've decided to go in a new direction.

4.  Get your friends, you'll know who they are after you do this, to open their address book.

5.  Get one name and number at a time, asking for spelling, how do you know them, etc.

6.  Get as many names as possible, you'll be surprised how many some are willing to give.

7.  Once you have the first referal, write a script. Again, call me if you want help.

8.  Call, don't talk with screeners, only person on the list. Don't leave messages.

9.  When your next boss comes on the phone say, "(your friend) suggested I call you."

10. Immediately close "(Your friend) thought I could be helpful to you." GET APPOINTMENT.

THIS WORKS EVERY TIME IT HAS EVER BEEN TRIED. JUST DO IT! PLENTY OF JOBS! Make the list, make the first call, get the appointment. When? Now! Or call me for help on writing the scripts, doing a practice call or two, AFTER YOU MAKE THE LIST. (303)861-1447

All hat, no cattle...

The more we talk about business startup, the fewer new startups.

According to the Kaufman Foundation, who's talk about startup is a big part of the problem, the rate of startup is about half of what it was in 1980.

Why? Here's what I wrote in my little book about startup, click Daring Mighty Things:

The world needs your new business!

   

Want to start in a new direction?

Adults learn best by being the teacher. "See one. Do one. Teach one."

Socratic Startup Groups: 

Weekly 90-minute peer-led sessions. People with similar backgrounds starting in a new direction with their career.

Week 1:

You are OK now: Start where you are.

Week 2:

Heros: Lessons in living.

Week 3:

Higher Power: Spiritual living.

Week 4:

Proceeding: What’s next?

Agenda for each meeting:

Introductions/Where are you now? 

Reading from book group has selected. 

Discussion. 

Final words/What has changed?

Ask us for an invitation to a free information session, usually held on a Friday afternoon near you, or apply online now to be group facilitator or new student:

Wren College for 

Social Learning.

New groups forming now. 

www.WrenCollege.org 

(720)495-4949

A project of the Small Business Chamber of Commerce, Inc.  Denver, CO 80210 

Help now to achieve your vision.

We are trying something new...

 Google ad for SBCC, as we start integrating into IDEA Cafe "new" Method for Spiritual Startup and Growth +AGDM+ . Spending $4 per day, $120 per month, but ad can change and we can stop early if it's just not working.

 What is your guess? Will this be a hit or a miss? (Hit is lots of new visitors to http://www.SmallBizChamber.org and then increased attendance at our free meetings and Startup Show.)  

Your feedback would be very much appreciated, either here as a comment or join us this afternoon (Fri, 12/11) for Denver IDEA Cafe or tomorrow at Socrates Cafe @ DU. More about meetings at http://Meetup.com/Small-Biz-Chamber or call me (303)861-1447

 Thanks! 

The 4 Practices of our SBCC Startup Method.

Real help for people who want to go in a new direction with their work, those people who want to start a new career, project, campaign, or a new business, and those who help them start, accountants, lawyers, consultants, etc.

If formal market research and formal planning were useful tools for going from zero to first customer or first day on the job, we’d have a planned economy rather than the market economy that has served us, the citizens of our United States, for centuries.

Our SBCC meetings are optional, of course, but each of these four practices is essential  a startup in our market economy.

For each practice suggested reading and an optional, free, facilitated meeting. We will help you start one of the meetings in cooperation with your local chamber of other group. Call John Wren for details. (303)861-1447. 

1. The practice of imaginative action.
Group: IDEA Cafe Startup Workshop.
Books: Just Start; What Color is Your Parachute— 2013; Daring Mighty Things.
Confidential meetings where we teach the IDEA model, share startup experience and brainstorm. Best held each Friday afternoon, if we are successful participants are too busy to attend the following week, but they can if needed.

2. The practice of critical thinking.
Group: Socrates Cafe
Books: Socrates Cafe; Dialogs of Socrates. Inspired by Chris Phillips book Socrates Cafe, we don’t just talk about philosophy, we practice doing philosophical thought about great ideas.

3. The practice of (true)Self-directed Learning.
Group: Franklin Circle
Books: Self-Directed Learning for Teachers and Learners; Praxis of Suffering.
Based on the group Ben Franklin and his friends had they called the Junto, it’s much the same as Malcolm Knowles recommended.

4. The practice of recovery.
Group: Root & Branch Open Discussion Meeting Books: Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book); Breathing Under Water; Discovering Awareness.
An introduction to the 12-steps as a spiritual path and to meditation.

Other Recommended Books:

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. The True Believer, Human Accomplishment, ReWork, Bowling Alone, The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything, The Origin & Evolution of New Businesses, Care of the Soul.
What books have helped you?

Visit us! Denver Free Sample Groups:

IDEA Cafe Startup Workshop. Fridays, 2 to 3:30 p.m. Panera, 13th & Grant.

Socrates Cafe @ DU, Saturdays, 6:30 p.m.

Root & Branch Open Discussion Group Monday’s, 4:30 p.m. 1311 York St. 3rd Floor.


More information about these model groups and  optional RSVP (walk-ins welcome) see www.Meetup.com/Small-Biz-Chamber

SBCC MEDIA:
Colorado Caucus News, Strengthening the voice of the grassroots: http://Facebook/Colorado.Caucus.News
Startup Show, live each Friday at 10 a.m. via link on http://www.JohnWren.com 
Grassroots Rules Online, http://www.COCaucus.org
Daring Mighty Things— The Simplest Way to Start Your First (or Next) New Business. On http://www.Amazon.com/JohnWren/a Money back if not satisfied 

Join us today, get a free online membership now in your Small Business Chamber:

Go to http://Facebook.com/Small.Business.Chamber, Then 1) post intro of you/your biz, 2) Like & 3) Share. 7000+ members now, we’d love to have you join with us, too, if you’re starting something new or if you help startups!

Small Business Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
+Recover+Start+Grow+Flourish+AGDM+
1881 Buchtel Blvd. #501, Denver, CO 80210 www.SmallBizChamber.org (303)861-1447

Teach for us! See SBCC’s new http://WrenCollege.org
Those attending SBCC meetings are encouraged to also be an active participant in at least one of the following: Local chamber of commerce; business incubator; 12-step fellowship; NAMI; individual and/or group therapy; spiritual direction; pastoral or other counseling; consulting; coaching; mentoring.

In SBCC discussion meetings we maintain confidentiality for these resources, especially if they have NOT been helpful; what was helpful or not for me might have an entirely different effect for you. We cooperate with all who are trying to help 

New! 500% money back guarantee for 99-cent Kindle book on Amazon.

My little book on startup has helped many, many people since it was first published.

There is a good chance it will help you, too.

Here is a new special offer. First join our Small Business Chamber of Commerce, Inc. Meetup.com group. Mark your calendar and RSVP  to be with us online next Friday morning and/or next Friday afternoon here in Denver, or if not next Friday one Friday soon. http://Meetup.com/Small-Biz-Chamber

Then take just a minute to click on the image of the cover of my little book on the upper right corner of this page. Take a couple of hours and read it, then give me a call.

If you don't find the book and talking with me  helpful, I'll give you your money back five times over for the Kindle edition,  I'll mail you a $5 bill.

But do us both a favor and don't wait.

This life is very short, let's get started now!

Click on the book cover, read, then give me a call later today or tomorrow at (303)861-1447.

Want to get hired as employee or consultant?

When most people decide to get a new job, what do the do?

They do what most say to do, start working on their resume.

I don't think the resume makes much difference for people who really want to go to work now. 

What does make a difference? 

Phone calls to network (real network, people who know you and your work, not idiots who swap business cards) get referral, call, meet, close. Goes fast for those who really want to go to work, and without that real desire to go to work now, as a consultant, employee, a spouse, or best friend, nothing is going to happen no matter how perfect the resume or career path or industry and company knowledge, or any of the mind numbing distractions that hold us back.

Starting in a new direction? Free startup workshops.

To: Anyone interested in startup. (Start of a new career, project or campaign, or new business.)

The name of the Friday meeting has been changed to Denver Capitol Hill IDEA Café.

I'll be using the IDEA Café tomorrow and next Friday to help me make decisions about further changes in my work, it would be great to have you with us.

Please take a minute to RSVP yes or no for tomorrow, ok? Click below:

Denver Capitol Hill IDEA Startup Café
Panera Bread, 13th & Grant St.
2 to 3:30 p.m. Free.
RSVP

Questions? Want to start a similar workshop in cooperation with your local chamber or other group? Call me at (303)861-1447, we could meet before or after the meeting tomorrow or next Friday.

PLEASE SHARE WITH ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED. THANKS!

Need a new idea? Have a good idea, now need to make money?

Free (for now) and open to everyone! First meeting of new Z-NOS Group (see below for more info) this Friday, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Panera Bread, 13th and Grant St. here in Denver, a block from the Capitol. .

 Please forward this along to anyone who you know that wants to find a good job or who wants to start a business. Intended to be a followup to our Small Business Chamber startup workshop, it's held at 3:45 p.m. each Friday, same location. Information and RSVP for both groups at http://Meetup.com/Small-Biz-Chamber

In Recovery?

Just Start!

People in recovery help each other find good work fast.

Good work pays good money, really helps customers, and provides opportunities to learn and grow. Our new, free Z-NOS Groups use principles from 12-step recovery and Ignatian spirituality, combined with methods from the book Just Start, which is based on the latest business research. Published recently by Harvard Business Review Press, Just Start confirms what IDEA Café Startup Workshops have taught since 1994.  (Have a good career but care about your local business community? Call about how we can help you start a new group and why you should.)

To find a free meeting near you contact:

Small Business Chamber of Commerce, Inc.

“We cooperate with local chambers to help startups. Real help from real people.”

+ Start + Grow + Flourish +

www.SmallBizChamber.org or  Facebook.com/Small.Business.Chamber

Twitter @IDEACafé or Call 24/7 (303)861-1447 + AMDG

Free help now!

Call our new service The Startup Line. We will connect you with a volunteer who will help you as you start in a new direction with your work. 

Also call us if you are a CPA, consultant or retired business owner who would be willing to be a volunteer mentor. Call The Startup Line, (303)861-1447, another free service of your Small Business Chamber of Commerce. "We help each other create a Good Living." 

Please share this with your friends. You never know who might want help right now or who might really want to share as a mentor. Thanks!