It was a pleasure to catch up with my old pal, Roli, this week to discuss his decades long journey as an entrepreneur. Roli was born in Israel and emigrated to the US at the age of 21. He initially worked in a gas station in Los Angeles, but made some extra money buying and selling used cars. Soon after, he was able to buy a tanning salon in San Diego. Within a few years, he had enough cash and contacts to start importing items from China. His business exploded with the rise

I finished the table of contents for my new book 'Leveling Up in Entrepreurship": Introduction Level 0: The Personal Entrepreneur Career entrepreneurs Corporate entrepreneurs Level 1: The Nascent Entrepreneur Embryonic entrepreneurs Emerging entrepreneurs Level 2: The Lifestyle Entrepreneur Craft entrepreneurs Virtual entrepreneurs Level 3: The Employer Entrepreneur Family business owners Small business owners Level 4: The Growth Entrepreneur Managed Growth High Growth Level

It was an honor and a pleasure to interview Dr. Brian Kent for my new book, "Leveling Up in Entrepreneurship". Brian is a great example of someone with a true entrepreneurial spirit. After twenty years serving our country in the US Army, he started K3 Enterprises in 2005 to provide consulting and contracting services to the defense industry. K3 Enterprises appeared on the Inc 5000 list in 2011 and its international division was acquired by Fulcrum in 2017. Brian then worked

The introduction for my book is complete and has been signed off by my development editor. Here's the first paragraph... "I’ve been teaching entrepreneurship for 20 years. I’ve also worked (and lived) beside practicing entrepreneurs and dabbled in a few entrepreneurial ventures myself. I’ve known entrepreneurs who have gone broke and some who provided a decent standard of living for their families for 50 years. I’ve known others who have had revenues in the tens of millions o