Wife of entrepreneur Stonyfield Farm’s Gary Hirshberg chimes in on the “Bond girl” with whom she must compete for attention. How did it go? How far would she let the “other woman” invade? Funny yet scary. My wife got a laugh out of it yet recognized many of the same traits with my Blackberry usage. I’m working on curing that addiction! See the article here

Many of my clients have asked me for resources and ideas of how to (quickly and cheaply) create their own custom products to sell. For a while, it’s been a tricky process with widely varying results. Now there are at least 15 companies that do a good job helping you create and sell your custom product. Check out the list here.

Great ideas are everywhere. As I said in previous posts, true results flow from execution. If your ideas are great and you fail to execute then you have wasted time and effort. Here are some fairly basic (my term I coined here) “1 foot hurdles” you can copy and execute Good luck! Mark

Focus, focus, focus. How many times have you heard that mantra? Well if you are a CEO, its mission critical to your success. As an entrepreneur who has built 3 businesses and been an executive in 2 large corporations I have seen what LACK of focus brings – utter chaos, missed goals and often failure.

What do President Barack Obama to CEOs of Pfizer, ConAgra and GE in common? They hone their agendas to keep on message. This is a great article from the Harvard Business Review

I have advised several of my CEO clients that REDUCING things you do will sharpen your focus. Find the top 3 goals, write them down then make a plan to stay accountable. (Hint: that’s where the coach is very valuable)  I am happy to work on that with you – that is if you can just put down the iPhone or Blackberry first!