Startup Show: SBCC Startup Method and Best Networking Event.

Here is another chance to hear about the SBCC Startup Method and the Colorado Caucus. We'll discuss them both this afternoon at the LoDo IDEA Cafe. More info in the comments at the bottom of the YouTube video:

Colorado's best networking opportunity.

Every two years neighbors gather across Colorado in 6000 or so small meetings to nominate to the primary election ballot. It's the best chance the common person to get his or her voice heard and to make a real difference. That's why so many of the rich and powerful hate the system.  Check it out: https://www.facebook.com/Colorado.Caucus.News/posts/10152822579832241

Real help from real people.

That's what we promise for our IDEA Startup Workshops. 

If you have had startup experience you'd be willing to share, I'd like to talk with you. We are starting new groups in cooperation with local chambers of commerce, and we need your help.

For all the details call me this morning or any morning from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at (303)861-1447

This life is short, let's get started!

My network is my net worth?

That's what I was told last night. 

But it's true only if I'm making regular deposits to the relationship account, doing meaningful work for them that results in their being delighted and me getting compensated.

In politics, where networks are sand castles, the question voters, volunteers and contributors ask is "what have you done for me lately?" 

In business, even more so that politics, it's the same question with a sharper focus. Having a name, contacting the name and staying in touch has no impact on my net worth unless I've received pay from the customer for doing work that delighted him or her, and who as a result has become a good client who gives my repeat sales and referrals to qualified prospects, people who have good potential of going through this cycle with me.

Of course none of this applies to my family, nor to a handful of my very close friends, nor to work I'm called to do by God when the order is to burn the bridge and give it my all, whether that is sponsoring/mentoring one person or fighting for some cause. In this realm my network is my negative net worth, and it is in this realm that I've labored for the last 23+ years. What I've learned from these thankless days, especially the extraordinary time spent with my father, is that it really is true, if you want gratitude, get a dog.