Countless business articles and journals discuss common mistakes business owners make when starting their businesses. I’ve also learned a thing or two (or 10) about these types of mistakes from successful entrepreneurs and a variety of news sources for small businesses. Read on to learn about these 10 common mistakes…

In one of my previous posts, I wrote about what has been happening over the past three months at PICR (now Bloom.io). I also promised to write another post and share what’s going to happen to PICR in the coming weeks and months. I was hoping I will have something…

Why do people find it important to capture moments in their lives with photography? Is it simply to document a moment in time? Or is there more to it? I decided to look at some recent data, reports and articles from a variety of sources to answer those questions. As…

Calling all Portlanders (in Oregon). Have you been thinking about hiring a professional photographer? Maybe for a wedding, a family photo, a professional headshot, or to sell a home for your real estate client? If so, read on… We recently launched PICR in the Portland, Oregon area. PICR offers a…

A couple of posts back, I recounted the story of how PICR was born just eight months ago. Since then, time has flown by like we were aboard a rocket ship. In today’s post, I want to share with you everything that happened during that rocket ship ride. Since early…

Every week I receive two or three requests from local entrepreneurs/wantrepreneurs. They usually ask me if they can pitch their business idea over coffee or lunch. Over the last year, I probably met with around 20 of these individuals. …

Last summer, my family and I attended the wedding of one of my sisters in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. All of my siblings and their families came to celebrate the event. Just a few months later, when my sister and her new husband received their wedding pictures, they realized…

Many people believe that they can create and launch a successful startup online. They think that they can magically make money just like Mark Zuckerberg did with Facebook. They see the Internet — web sites, social media sites, and mobile apps — as a place where all they have to…

Lately, a lot of people, including my wife, have been asking me if I consider myself successful. This prompted me to look up the term “success” on Wikipedia, which describes it as: Attainment of higher social status Achievement of a goal, for example, academic success The opposite of failure Sharing…