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Vision or Strategy – Which is Better?
- April 15, 2015
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog
No CommentsSteve Case, co-founder of AOL (American OnLine) said, “In the end, a vision without the ability to execute it is probably a hallucination.” What do you call someone who sees things that aren’t there? Well, until they prove what they see is real they are called, DELUSIONAL. Once their vision becomes real they are called,
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Is Your Business Controlled by Your Fear?
- April 13, 2015
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog
Each entrepreneur has their own fears, and for most, it seems implementing their ideas that are in direct opposition to those fears is the most difficult step. If you can accept the possibility of failure knowing that everyone fails at something, then that fear become insignificant. If you can’t, then that fear will control your
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The Most Expensive Blog I’ve Ever Written
- April 10, 2015
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog
I’ve said many times that every big idea an entrepreneur has for their business is either a million-dollar winner that they will be able to live out the rest of their lives from the rewards, or a total flop that will cost them money until they finally let it go. Either way, it’s your job
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Is it time to put the rules aside?
- April 9, 2015
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog
It is alway good to remember that all great business ventures are really just ideas that someone turned into companies. But that didn’t happen magically. It happened by them realizing an idea is worthless without action. And when it comes to what type of actions you should take? There are no rules – outside the
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Tampa Riverwalk – Collaboration at it’s Finest
- March 27, 2015
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog
Today is a landmark day for not just Bob Buckhorn, Tampa’s greatest mayor. But it’s a great day for Pam Iorio, Dick Greco, Sandy Freedman and Bob Martinez who were also honored to share the credit and the applause during this evening’s ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open the Tampa Riverwalk. This monumental task took
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Welcome to the Collaboration Age – Please Work for Free
- March 26, 2015
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog
As I walk into my favorite urban grocery – Duckweed, to get my dinner for the night, I see at the checkout counter, a clear sign that we are now full-on into the Collaboration Age, and no longer in the information age. Not a metaphorical sign. A literal sign… Duckweed was celebrating their anniversary and
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The BIGGEST Mistake in the World??? Perhaps…
- March 19, 2015
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog, Business Tips, Speaker Tips
You can google, “Biggest mistake business owners make” and you will find over 2.8 million opinions. And my guess is they all have a different “biggest mistake”. I’ll start by saying that this is just one damn big, ugly, hairy mistake that a lot of business owners make and I see it happening all the
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What Makes Up a Perfect Pitch?
- March 17, 2015
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog, Business Tips, Speaker Tips
There are 6 basic questions someone will always be asking in their mind before they either work with you or refer you to someone else. So if you include these components into your social pitch, you’ll hit the mark every time. 1. Clarity – Do people really get what you do when you tell them?
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Why is your SOCIAL PITCH the most important pitch?
- March 13, 2015
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog, Business Tips, Speaker Tips
For that matter, what the heck is a social pitch and why do you even need one? Every business owner knows the importance of having an elevator pitch and a sales pitch. The sophisticated business owner also has an investor pitch. But there’s another pitch you need in your arsenal and most business owners
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Women’s Empowerment Groups have Got it All Wrong [Actually, I got it all wrong]
- November 21, 2014
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog
UPDATE: It’s amazing how 4 years can change a person’s perspective on life. I’m creating an amendment to this post, as of December 31, 2018 but leaving the original writing as is, because I feel it will help add context, and hopefully show the evolution in my thinking. Context, but not justification: When I wrote