Garrett Smith

I speak with people every month who just want a chance. They want a chance to learn how to apply their knowledge in the real world. Maybe this is you. These are often people who are early in their career. They all have a four year degree. Most of them hav

It's not every day that you get an opportunity to step up. It's not something you can plan for either. You have to be ready, and willing, to capture the moment when it comes. Want a great example of stepping up and taking on an opportunity? All you have t

How many times are you hearing this each year? I'll bet this weeks salary that if you hear this frequently, you're probably successful. (Or your Mom really, really, loves you.) Why do I know this? It's not who you know, it's who knows you. That's what rea

Starting anything from scratch is no easy task. The odds are stacked against you. While starting companies, divisions, departments and even a new role will always come with a high likelihood of failure, there's more than a few things to be said about putt

Put down your New Year goal sheet for a minute. A client of mine, GradFly CEO Oscar Pedroso, shot me an interesting article yesterday about setting goals. Forget Setting Goals. Focus on This Instead. If you have time, take 10 minutes read it in its entire

Starting your own business is like walking across an invisible bridge a la Indiana Jones in the Temple of Doom. A little bit of faith to know its there, mixed with fearlessness to get you to take the first steps across is what's needed to succeed. Happy N

Last weekend was Startup Weekend Buffalo. It was an impressive and inspiring event. Over 150 attendees formed 16 different teams. The goal? To create a Minimum Viable Product and pitch it to judges in less than 54 hours. Yep, that sounds about right for e

Peter Thiel the "legendary" investor who brought us companies like PayPal has an interesting "thesis" on higher education; it's in a bubble. It's true that college is losing relevancy in many fields and market sectors. And yes it is becoming more and more

Much of what I've learned about the world of business has its roots in my amateur athletics career. Whether you realize it or not sports and business have many parellels (probably because sports are business), especially when it comes to the areas of tale

As I watched the final rounds of the NFL draft this past weekend, I couldn't help but think of the parallels between the NFL and businessess. There's a lot of great things that the NFL does that your business could also do to help bring home a title. The