by Marc Mawhinney | Feb 5, 2023 | Blog
One of the costliest mistakes in modern business history was made by former Blockbuster Video CEO John Antioco. In 2000 Blockbuster was riding high, and a struggling little DVD-by-mail rental service called Netflix desperately wanted a meeting to try to sell to the...
by Marc Mawhinney | Feb 4, 2023 | Blog
During the 2008 Presidential election season, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews let it slip on-air that he had a thrill going up his leg whenever he heard Barack Obama speak. (And who says the media is biased?) I once got a testimonial from one of Secret Coach Club...
by Marc Mawhinney | Feb 3, 2023 | Blog
It takes some time to build a successful coaching business. You can’t expect to do a week of emails, or a few Facebook lives, or release a couple podcast interviews and then suddenly be swamped with clients and swimming in a vault of gold coins like Scrooge...
by Marc Mawhinney | Feb 2, 2023 | Blog
One of my favourite movies is “The Founder”. It’s about Ray Kroc, the man who put McDonald’s on the map and turned it into a global fast food empire. I’ve always been drawn to the story of how a 52 year old milkshake machine salesman...