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Entrepreneurship

The Entrepreneurship core concept of the Virtual Business Lifestyle is one that is an absolute necessity to someone that is wanting to start crushing it on their mission to ‘go virtual’ by creating online businesses, as well as continuing to run brick and mortar businesses at a distance (thanks to the Super Mobility core concept!).

The posts under this category tend to focus more on subjects such as personal branding, tips and tactics to grow your business, blogging how to’s, tips on how to stay productive and much more.

Latest Posts in this Category

5 Answers to Simple Questions That Might Change Your Life. Forever!

Enjoying My Time, Mentoring the Startup Weekend Attendees

Over the weekend, I took part in Cebu's first ever Startup Weekend, and played the role as a Mentor to the many highly talented individuals and teams that came to the event to make a difference. To affect change in their lives, by doing something amazing. It got me thinking myself. So, today I have a very short, simple and direct post for you. Simply look at the five questions below and answer them. When you're done doing that, get to work on making the most out of the answers - even if … [Read More...]

Ask the Readers: What’s the No.1 Trait of a Successful Entrepreneur?

This coming weekend (May 11-13, 2012) I will be surrounded by hard working, existing and wannabe entrepreneurs. I'll be mixing it up with the best that Cebu (along with neighboring islands, and countries for that matter!) has to offer in the tech startup game, as we all celebrate the first ever Startup Weekend in the Queen City of the South! I've also been asked to be a Mentor at the event, and could possibly be doing a little presentation, too (time permitting). I picked up the … [Read More...]

UPDATE: Virtual Business Internship – Announcing the Winner!

That's me... Contemplating my decision! Seriously.

For those of you who might be stumbling on this post and not really 'in the know', about 6 weeks or so ago I started the search for my first ever Virtual Business Intern. After almost 50 applicants and hours and hours of research and contemplation, I announced the Final Five candidates - the guys that I personally connected with, virtually, the most and wanted to interview, formally, for the position. After five highly enthusiastic, enjoying and entertaining interviews, all averaging … [Read More...]

Get Smart – 3 Things Startup Entrepreneurs Should Hand Over to the Experts!

As entrepreneurs we have a thousand ideas a minute and not enough hours in the day to think about 'em! If you're just starting out, bootstrapping, growing - you're no doubt doing long hours and tiring yourself out. That's okay. It's expected. A lot of the time you ARE the only one that can take care of a certain task, or project. However, a lot of the time there are certain tasks that you shouldn't even be thinking about getting involved with (unless you're an expert in that particular … [Read More...]

The Top 5 Things Remarkable Entrepreneurs Should NEVER Do. Ever!

You always hear about the important things that entrepreneurs should 'do' in order to become successful. However, its rare that people talk about the things that business owners should NOT do when it comes to running and growing their businesses, on or offline. In this post I'd like to serve up a few of those tips for you. And, I encourage you to make a list of your own (perhaps even based on your mistakes in the past) and even share a few tips for the VBL Tribe at the bottom of the … [Read More...]

Mr. Business Owner – Suck it Up! You’re a Freakin’ Problem Solver!

Being an entrepreneur, and in the early days of starting a business is much like being a duck on a pond. Everything looks great above the water as the duck's body (the business) glides effortlessly along the surface, with its beak standing out proud - whilst below the surface, the duck's legs (the business owner) are peddling at 180mph to try and make sure that everything looks good above the water. Over the weekend I was having lunch with a few friends at my house. It was the first time … [Read More...]

Ask the Readers: Is Social Media Getting Too Noisy? (Inspired by Facebook / Instagram)

I enjoy my social media action. I have just as much fun enjoying interacting with friends online as I do in real life... And its a great way to get to know my community here better, as well as hopefully help as much as possible, too. Not to mention building brands and marketing businesses, too. Creativity to one side - being active on social media channels has become the 'norm' in our very online world nowadays. Tweeting is my favorite form of social chit chat. It's quick, very mobile … [Read More...]

I Want YOU – Announcing My 1st ‘Virtual Business Internship’. Come Work with Me!

I've not had too much to be excited about recently - after all, I'm in the midst of recovering from spine surgery. However, today, I am super pumped to announce my first ever Virtual Business Internship. If you want to cut the fluff and get the full details, please visit TropicalWorkforce.com - a website run by my good friend Dan Andrews. These are the peeps that are handling all the applications for me. If you want the fluff (???), then read along... Why an Internship? Simple - I just … [Read More...]

5 Secrets to Controlling Technology (and not letting IT control YOU!)

Chris: I'm in the process of preparing for back surgery (thanks to all of you who have sent 'good luck' messages), so today I'd like to hand over the blog to the very capable and informative friend of mine, Phil Montero from The Anywhere Office. In today's guest post, Phil (pictured, left) will provide answers to a few frequently asked questions about common pitfalls of a digital workplace. Something that, as new-age entrepreneurs, we must always pay attention. Over to Phil... . Information … [Read More...]

Inside Look: Behind the Scenes of an International Speaking Gig!

If you'd like to watch the video on YouTube, click here. Late last year I received an invitation to speak at the Annual Business Blueprint Conference in Phuket, Thailand, which took place at the beginning of February. I mentioned it on Facebook and was asked by several people to do a bit of an expose (if you can call it that!), on the subject of traveling for a speaking gig, the preparation I go through to speak in front of an audience, etc. My first cut of today's video was a little … [Read More...]