Up in My Business

Shoe Dog is a must read for business owners from all walks of life. It is the story of Phil Knight entrepreneur and founder of Nike and the empire he has built in just 80 short years of life.  Key Takeaways: Overall, Shoe Dog is a page turner! I think I read the whole book in two days! Fear does not have to stop you. During his journey Nike was a crazy idea. Blue Ribbon.. reselling Japanese shoes. Running was anything but popular. People thought you were nuts. You have to been the one to see things through.  You don't always have to have a perfect vision, but you need to be willing to figure it out! You just need to start!  If you're going through hell...keep going... you are going to be so knocked down. So tired that you can barely think strain, but you just keep putting one foot in front of the other.  The use of environmental factors as catalysts for company growth and expansion. Japan with globalization. The internet with Google!  The downside that can come ...

Women in business are still fighting the good fight and making monumental progress for women everywhere. This is especially true for women in industries that are male dominated like construction, science, engineering and technology.  The beauty in these fields is that as they advance, so does the education discipline options. Symbolic Systems has become a new major that was development as the technology field evolved and there was a need for a connection between mind and machine. This study is a hybrid of computer science, linguistics, mathematics, philosophy, psychology and statistics.  Marissa Mayer is exactly that. This Stanford Graduate of Symbolic Systems, took the technology industry by storm by being one of the first influential women in tech--starting her career as a developer at Google . After a short time, she identified that there were others that were more efficient in development than she. Mayer switched to User Experience Design and is the creator of the Google ...

I'd like to start this post off by saying thank you to those of you who read my first introduction post . There is so much more to my story as an entrepreneur and topics to expand on that it's hard to cover in one post, but I will aim to do so over the progression of this blog.  One of the biggest themes that I have seen in entrepreneurs is their curiosity and longing to educate themselves. Often times this is done through reading, watching videos and attending seminars / networking events. These are all beneficial and necessary learning avenues that I will cover individually.  To start, let's talk about the importance of reading. Reading non-fiction books on self-help, business and psychology are a great place to start to expand your knowledge and foster a logical perspective. But, don't rule out fiction writing as it is important to nurture your creative side and allow you brain to take a break from always processing analytical information. More on this mindset balanc...