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Are you a Tech Business owner in Los Angeles, Houston or Seattle? If so, I've love to connect! Check out what we're doing to keep our peer group(s) engaged and referrals coming our way: buff.ly/2BwQcKC

I stumbled on this quote today and felt that it resonated for 2020. We, and our businesses may be changed but what's happening in the world today, but I challenge all of us to not be reduced, but re-juiced. Take this time to find out what excites you!

The world is changing at a rapid pace. As a tech business owner it is both daunting and exciting, but we must ALWAYS keep learning. #consortiumpartners

What's the best real-world advice you've ever received?

COVID has caused uncertainty about my business, so I ask myself these questions daily to give me clarity.  What business are you in? What's your "why"? What problems do you solve? What STORIES tell clients what problems you solve?  Target customer ? Outreach to target market?

Anyone else feeling the same?

We achieve more together than we do working alone! Cheers to your 2020 achievements to come!

Tuesday we had our annual Houston Consortium Holiday Party where a like-minded business group got a chance to be funnier than usual with their ugly sweaters while still sharing Damn Interesting stories.

What’s the difference between Customer Support vs Customer Success? -Support is about internal processes: expense. Success ensures customer value: income. -Support answers questions. Success listens for how to help. -Support has the last word. With Success, the customer does.

Networking is a pain. You’ve been at those networking meetings where you are the odd one out. It’s uncomfortable, artificial, even inauthentic striking up a conversation where you are the new one in the group.

Digital marketing doesn't work with B2B clients. It's hard to get busy people's attention. The path to earning your client's attention is to help them. Help frequently over time, and you build trust. And with time you have their attention. Help someone at Consortium.Partners

Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon buff.ly/2X0pa3K happens to me all the time. I got an intro by Matt Kowalczyk, Seattle Consortium President, to meet a guy in NYC interested in forming a chapter in NYC. Not unusual except that Matt didn’t know I was going to be in NYC!!!

Record attendance at the Houston Vistage Executive Summit #VistageExecSummit

What Value does the Consortium bring? Here's a link that explains buff.ly/2UXROWo

The Consortium works as a Trojan Horse to very comfortably get you through gatekeepers by offering a gift to a person you want to meet. Here's how it works: buff.ly/2W9hc8k

Here are 6 tough questions to master your market message. The hard part is to put yourself in your customer’s perspective. What do you do to solve their problem, improve their life and how you help them. buff.ly/2PzZ1Gp #bd #businesdsevelopment #Marketing #bdMastery

We build deep relationships among a #damninteresting group of business-savvy people with great stories, creative ideas & events where doing business together is the cherry on top. We're a social group that believes in abundance because there’s plenty to share in the universe

One way to build relationships is to do interesting activities together.Go for a hike, do a hobby or sport such as squash, hiking, flying a drone. Here’s a list 40+ 1-on-1 ideas curated by me and my referral partners. buff.ly/2IPIEUI

In 2018 Costco’s revenue from membership fees was 102% of their net income. Costco is in the membership business, not in retail. What business are you in?

Weekly a Consortium members tells me, “The people are amazing. I always learn something. It's a great sounding board for ideas. The #damnintersting-ness of everyone is the best part. New business is extra credit. ” You think I exaggerate? Chime in Consortium.