Month of June, 2007

The sub-title of Part I of this blog series might very well be “How We Started Out By Doing Good and Made the Best Business Decisions Ever.” Isn’t it interesting how often you can start out doing one thing, with high integrity and intent, and accidentally get results you never intended? This is the story of how we started a business started from a complaint at a mastermind session, morphed when a community made a heartfelt plea for help and somehow along the way we made a lot of money and helped a lot of people.

The sub-title of Part 2 of this blog series might very well be “Sometimes Doing Good Helps Your Business More Than You Can Imagine.” A complaint I made to my personal mastermind group led to the formation of MMG and eventually fulfilled a long held dream of a family for me. You’d think the story would end there, but it didn’t! The business model got turned inside out by a simple question one Sunday morning.

There is a new online workshop every week as part of the First Class Lounge. Remember, these are all part of your membership which costs less than $10/month. And, the first 30 days are free.

Want to pay less tax? The two biggest leverage points for most business owners are (1) picking the right business structure and (2) finding all the deductions you can legally take. Since it’s summer, let’s take a look at an expense a lot of people are facing right now - travel! When is it deductible? What can you do to make it deductible?

Diane, Buddy and David: Diane, Buddy and David get ready to hit the road this summer!