If you’re like most entrepreneurs, you already know how important networking is to the life of your business. But it’s not just about creating relationships with key individuals, other businesses, customers, and vendors. Your ability to foster and maintain these relationships is what will set you up for the growth and long-term success you crave. So what should you be doing after the initial conversation, elevator speech, business card swap and handshake?

By the time you hire an employee, you have invested many hours and thought deep.  It is more important to a small business owner or entrepreneur because one bad decision can cause rippling chaos from which there may be no escape.

The latest trends for hiring is an indication of what's hot.  The demand for people with IT skills is surging for both smart phone apps and the cloud.  With the increasing demand you can expect there to be opportunities.  If more companies are hiring IT specialists for apps, the cloud and IT security... this may be a sign.  Soon small business owners will look as if they are antique, slow and unflexible.  Without understanding the new technology opportunities, business will decline.  It is not like the old days where someone would just work harder and longer.  The new tools and resources advance a business much too quickly.

"Rich" is a matter of perspective.  "Big Business" is relative  Get dumb, listen and watch.  The power and success of an entrepreneur is directly related to how well the heart and mind of customers is understood.

DuckDuckGo is turning out to be a way to search the Internet with less junk and more direct route. 

After three plus years of listening to Shelly Heyduk and Matt Caton, I find it tough to find a better team for presenting.  TheBrain has evolved over the years and with well over a million downloads, the tool is still very new.  As you listen to the voice of Shelley and Matt, you will find it hard to believe that they have done thousands of presentations.  The energy and care they take to present and answer questions remains high just is if it was their first presentation.

Are you a believer that people will turn on the mini-TV sets they carry in their pocket or purse?  How do you engage with people who are avoiding you and thoroughly involved with a video, movie, music video or "how to" video? Start your own Youtube Channel.  To that end, here is a nice infographic from Brafton to get you thinking BIGGER as you optimize your Youtube Channel.

One more time. Eric Thomas (ET) has over 12 million views on Youtube.  ET is coming to Tacoma on November 9th to an Ignite-U event.  

Eric Thomas (ET) has over 12 million views on Youtube.  ET is coming to Tacoma on November 9th to an Ignite-U event.  

This infographic explains that how mobiles are changing the way we work. A variety of new devices and services are empowering the mobile worker to work, where, when and how he or she choses to work.  Pay attention if you are in business.  Your staff, suppliers and customers pay attention differently now.  The Human Resource is in many places at once.