Some folks love math. Others love great books, making movies or painting. I happen to love the subject of business. In that way I consider myself lucky. I get as much pleasure from my work as I do from reading classical history, studying philosophy or any other hobby I have.
I own small pieces of a lot of different companies and some large pieces of a few. But one company I co-founded a few years ago, www.TheTycoonReport.com, has brought out a new enjoyment in my life - a passion for writing. Each week I write an article that's published in our free daily market letter that reaches hundreds of thousands of people each and every single day. Far greater then the qualitative reward I get from writing for The Tycoon Report each week is the qualitative reward. The dozens of letters I receive each month from people who say they've benefited a bit or may have learned something from my writing is intensely gratifying.
I am also fortunate in that I have many friends in my "network" who also own and operate both small and large businesses or who are investors in many asset classes. As you can probably imagine, the past year we've been speaking quite a bit about how to do more then just "survive" this "crisis" but to THRIVE in it.
As a self-styled student of business that means this is THE most exciting time in my professional career. Not only are the opportunities in front of me exciting but many of my friends either own and/or operate business with exciting opportunities in front of them also.
As you can imagine, that means I've spent quite a few hours on the phone these days strategizing with an ever-expanding list of people who I can trade knowledge with. And while many of those conversations are confidential I do believe much of what's discussed can be shared on this blog.
So here's why I'm writing this blog:
1. To share and learn from some of my experience with my existing network of business friends and investors at a time and place convenient for all of us. Not only will this save all of us time, but we won't have to miss half of all our phone calls.
2. To invite other business owners and/or investors to join in the conversation with us and share their experiences.
3. To (hopefully) help younger business owners navigate their way through this.
At first I was going to make this a private community.
Or I considered doing it on a network like LinkedIn or something like that. But I don't want to become a "target" for someone who wants something from me and those networks have a way of making me feel that way sometimes. Supplicants do nothing for my ego.
It wasn't until I reminded myself of what a friend said to me some time ago that I decided to actually set up this blog. He said, "Game always recognizes game."
In other words, this blog will attract the audience that best reflects the level its participants exchange on. And since I'm not doing this for the money and have no intention of marketing it that means our "audience" will never be big. Nor will it grow quickly.
And that's exactly what I'm hoping for...
