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David Finkel, best-selling author of The Maui Millionaires for Business, offers his commntary and insight on the companies selected to participate in the Big Business Contest.
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Getting Your Branding Right: How One Business Owner Nailed Her Branding
October 12, 2009, 1:25 PM
Business owners take a look at your branding. Do you really speak straight to the hearts of your customers? Check out this short video of how one business I spotted while camping with my family really nailed their branding. Their ...

The 4 Business Owner Myths
September 25, 2009, 4:35 PM
The 4 business owners myths................. The bottom-line is that you must build a business, not a job. This will be consuming early on, but over time you can transition your business away from needing you on a daily business. This ...

What Matters Most to You? Business Owners Must Ask this Question
August 07, 2009, 8:25 AM
SOmetimes it's easy to forget WHY you do what you do... For me it's three things: To have a positive impact on the lives of small business owners -- and through them on millions of other people's lives. To have ...

What's on Mind of High Net Worth and High Income Earners?
July 30, 2009, 11:00 AM
As they step higher and higher up the success ladder in business they risk not a lack of opportunities but an overabundance.

I.T. Business Owner Shares Expensive Lesson He Learned on Optimum Staffing Level for His Business
July 27, 2009, 11:00 AM
Business Owners! When does it make sense to staff up? When does it hurt you to try to do it all yourself? Listen to one I.T. business owner share about his lesson as to when to hire on more techs ...

Business Owners Review Your Business Now!
July 22, 2009, 11:00 AM
We just hosted a weekend mastermind session for our clients, focussing for much of that time on reviewing their businesses for the first half of 2009 and creating a strategic plan for Q3 and 4.

The Key to Gain Control AND Freedom
June 18, 2009, 3:15 PM
About 5 weeks ago, Bonnie, one of our Level Three Business Consulting Program clients asked me a question about her private practice. The quick context to the question before I share it with you is that Bonnie had built up ...

4 Insights to Invest Smarter in Current Economy
June 13, 2009, 2:05 PM
Here’s a couple of the gems that Bill shared with me that I’ll ask him more about on the webinar: ...

5 Best Insights from Investing Workshop Last Weekend
June 12, 2009, 2:00 PM
I want to share my own personal biggest “aha’s” and insights from the event with you. The guest advisors were amazing. The single biggest “liked best” that our attendees shared was how good they were.

Spend Three Days With Me and Stephen at Charity Business Workshop
May 16, 2009, 8:25 AM
On June 26-27-28th Stephen and I are participating in a special 3 day business and financial workshop to raise $50,000 or more for charity. The event is being co-host by my friend and Maui Advisor Bill Shopoff (www.shopoff.com) in Orange ...



Latest Comments in Maui Millionaires posts

Hi Michel John,

Just saw your comment and wanted to answer your question but I'm unclear as to what you are asking.

I'll check back and see.

If you're asking what was the business strategy from my May 12th post, there wasn't any... focus of post was on investing mistakes and lessons I drew from them from prior year.

I believe strongly that every business owner needs to ultimately cultivate the skill of how to be a savvy investor.

Three reasons:
1) If you ever sell your business, knowing how to invest your windfall is essential (I've sold companies and had some real challenges switching gears... hence why I also focus on business owners as investors.)

2) Every business owner needs to learn to build wealth independent of their main business--not just because of point one above, but what if there comes a day that a business fails, I want you to have real independence fiancially because you've invested intelligently and built wealth independent of your business along the way. (That said your #1 investment will be your own business, just make sure it's not your ONE and ONLY investment!)

3) If you want to go big with your business and need investor capital, you being a smart investor will help you understand better how to work with investors to attract capital and interact with your investors.
By: David Finkel on 6/17/09 at 8:36 AM
Level Three Investing Lessons Updated
hello,
this is michel,i have read all comments, that,s very nice but i confuse because i weant know business sturgey.
thanks for information.

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By: michel john on 5/12/09 at 12:45 PM
Level Three Investing Lessons Updated
hello,
this is michel,i have read all comments, that,s very nice but i confuse because i weant know business sturgey.
thanks for information.

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By: michel john on 5/12/09 at 12:42 PM
Level Three Investing Lessons Updated
"For the past decade I?ve worked with hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs and businesspeople"

Let's say it's just 200,000 in 10 years; which means you've worked with 1,923 a week ... wow that's amazing!
By: Chris Miller on 8/27/08 at 3:21 PM
The Three Greatest Challenges That Entrepreneurs and Businesspeople Face
David: Here is my most recent hiccup. I agree that if we do not make mistakes, we never learn. I developed web-based software (http://mybuisness401k.com) as a service (saas) for CPAs and financial planners. I did not anticipate the long lead time for completing the sales cycle. CPAs, especially, have a hard time adopting a new revenue source.
By: Gary Anderson on 5/28/08 at 5:11 PM
Profiting from Your Past Mistakes (In Life, Business, and Investing)

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