“The horse is here to stay, but the automobile is only a novelty… a fad.” If you’re not familiar with this quote, it was a well-respected banker who was advising Henry Ford’s lawyer, Horace Rackham, back in 1903 when the automobile was an emerging technology. The lawyer was considering investing, and the “expert” advised against it. Rackham …
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The idea of a business pivot is very popular in entrepreneurial subculture. The business pivot in normal nomenclature is the art of shifting gears during your business based on user feedback and data analysis. However, what if the the most important business pivot was the one you made before even starting? My stepson was a …
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Imagine having a map to buried treasure, a journey that can change your life in unimaginable magnitude. And yet, after close examination of the map, you decide to sit home and do nothing because the journey looks difficult, or the journey doesn’t come with a mentor that will hold your hand.’ This scenario best describes …
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Introducing—Grade My Business Idea—a website tool that will instantly grade and rate your business ideas in accordance to a weighted CENTS Framework whereas NEED and SCALE is most important, plus a MARKET ACCESS variable. (If you can’t reach a market with a message, do you have a market??) Grade My Business Idea: Business Ideas and …
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NOTICE #1: I, MJ DeMarco, DO NOT offer any type of coaching programs at any price. I DO NOT send unsolicited emails/DMs to people on social media. If you received a solicitation on Facebook or another social media platform from someone appearing to me, you are being scammed by an impersonator. Facebook and other social media platforms are proliferated with MJ DeMarco impersonators who are illegally using my name and reputation to sell you crypto, coaching, and other nefarious schemes.
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