Monday, June 28, 2010

394 One-On-Ones with Phoenix Entrepreneurs and Counting...



Like the A-Team character, Hannibel Smith, played by the late, great George Peppard, used to exclaim at a mission's successful completion..."I love it when a plan comes together!"...I feel the same exhilaration about my "One-On-Ones" with Club E members and referrals.

I finished week 14 last Friday, having spent an hour with 394 individual entrepreneurs since March 17th during business hours, Monday-Friday from 8 AM until about 3 PM. This has not been a sprint, it feels much more like a marathon...and it's one race I never want to see end.

I have learned so much and feel such a kindred spirit with my fellow entrepreneurs. These meetings make me even more committed to complete my own mission of trying to help as many people as possible realize their dreams of business ownership and self reliance. Having the benefit of knowing and touching hundreds, if not thousands of local entrepreneurs, it is my gift to be able to connect the dots with introductions to others that can help the one-on-one participant in literally any field and acting on that very, very quickly. For example, in one email sent while I was speaking with a recent attendee with one email request, I was able to connect this very nice and bright lady with various people to provide: advice on incorporating and the bookkeeping she needs to accommodate her new enterprise; a business plan and marketing plan; assistance with transitioning her hard won non-profit skill sets into the realm of profits; access to the money she needs for her new business; and an introduction to Paul Hass to learn about the Spectrum opportunity.

The list of connections that can be formulated and business conducted between members who can drive business to each other through these personal meetings is unprecedented in my experience...and I've been actively involved in entrepreneurship for nearly three and a half decades. Truly, this is a business model that I am not only going to make a permanent component of my Club Entrepreneur operation here in Phoenix but I also intend to replicate this activity in any future market that Club E expands into.

My call to action is this, fellow entrepreneurs and those of you that want a piece of the American Dream....come see me for your own one-on-one session. Explore the possibilities and let me try to help you. Your own skill set and subject matter expertise, once I learn about it through our conversation together, may well be the missing piece that can make another Club E member's dream come true.

Please join me by scheduling your one-on-one with me now by reaching out to Sonia at sgraham@clubeoffice.com. We can really make a difference by working together, my friends.

Best always,

Peter J. Burns, III
Founder