Tag Archives: motivation
Passion

Passion

by Ben Saren on Jun Sat, 2009 in Entrepreneurship, Pop Culture, Videos

My first video blog. I think I’m going to start doing this more often. This is also a sort of response to Aaron Irizarry’s video entry, in which he also included me in his wrap up.

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Your Entrepreneurial Spawn

Your Entrepreneurial Spawn

by Ben Saren on Apr Mon, 2009 in Entrepreneurship

Recently I found myself going through a bit of a ‘thing’ – in a good way. Certain forces within the confines of the CitySquares fortress have forced me to think about some exciting opportunities on the road ahead, as well as some challenges that I’ve never had to face before. And just as I’ve had [...]

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Right Now…

Right Now…

by Ben Saren on Mar Thu, 2009 in Entrepreneurship

Right now is the most important moment in your business.
Right now is the only chance you’ll have to have right now again.
Right now is the moment you’ll wish you had in a few minutes, a few days, or a few years.
Go thank a staff member for something they deserve a thanks for, right now.
Call that [...]

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If You Can See It, You Can Get There

by Ben Saren on Sep Sun, 2008 in Entrepreneurship

I believe that if you can see it, you can get there. I was reminded of that notion this morning. I was on my porch early this Sunday morning enjoying the crisp silence of this last day of summer. I looked up and saw a beautiful half moon staring down at me against a sharp [...]

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See you on the other side

by Ben Saren on Dec Mon, 2007 in Entrepreneurship

2007 was a pivotal year for me in so many ways, mostly professionally. But as is the case for an American entrepreneur, my personal life hinges on my professional life. It’s now 7:30 on New Years Eve and Ali and I are settling nicely into our new home. Carmina Burana appropriately just came on the [...]

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My Definition of Entrepreneurship

by Ben Saren on Dec Sun, 2007 in Entrepreneurship

Ali and I are moving to a new home in a few days, so naturally our current place a mess. Boxes everywhere, dust bunnies skating across the hardwood floors, the smell of packing tape is in the air, and the sound of tape guns can be heard from one room to the next.
I was packing [...]

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Update (long overdue)

by Ben Saren on Nov Sat, 2007 in CitySquares, Entrepreneurship

Last weekend I was fighting a nasty cold and decided I’d post an update up here. After typing and editing for what seemed like an hour, I accidentally hit the Backspace key and found myself going backwards in my browser, and when I clicked forward, my blog post was gone. I was pretty pissed off. [...]

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Why I Will Succeed

by Ben Saren on Aug Fri, 2007 in Entrepreneurship

I write this post with a heavy heart. I recently lost a close relative, in tragic fashion. As untimely as death is, this one really was untimely. My wife and I spent the past seven days with family in Florida and NY.
In the midst of all this I had a board meeting, some deadlines, and [...]

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A Taste of Progress

by Ben Saren on Jun Thu, 2007 in CitySquares, Entrepreneurship

Well I have to admit that today was probably the first really great day here at CitySquares. Today just felt like progress was in the air. From early in the morning through this hour things were just happening, all day. Phillip and Zac were just kicking ass today and they took June sales from good [...]

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Update and Apology

by Ben Saren on Jun Fri, 2007 in CitySquares, Entrepreneurship

I must apologize – I’ve been neglecting my blog lately, something I promised to myself that I wouldn’t do. This is meant to be an update of sorts, and a promise to you.
So I’m sitting here in my new office, with my window wide open, looking out over the south end. A couple of residents [...]

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