Leading Business and Life with the Heart of a Champion Watching the FIFA World Cup 2026 has triggered a potent thought in me about how elite soccer teams won their battles playing in tough and competitive environments. In my opinion, definition of a champion means Role modeling your values and beliefs in all facets of
Competing Against Yourself Pele’s famous backward bicycle kick (Credit: AP) “Competing against yourself” is the answer that I received when I once asked an athlete about how she was able to keep with her competitive swimming rivals. It’s funny how this concept can be applied to our business and marketing too! As a business owner
Recently, I led a workshop on “Marketing Fundamentals,” in partnership with the Silicon Valley SBDC, to a cohort of small business owners and executives. The workshop was timely because we’re living in a challenging time for marketers (and business owners), where we have a vast amount of technologies and tools at our disposal, clamoring for
Workshop: Embracing Your Authenticity and Raising Your Human Premium Weds, March 25, 10-11 am PST For founders who are ready to build trust with early adopters and investors…and unsure how steady trust can be built… Embrace your authenticity and raise your human premium For progressive business owners who want to be seen as leaders that
Anchoring Authenticity for My Personal and Business Brands The raw, direct, and less-polished authentic personal brand In the last 4 years, I have lived and breathed authenticity into my personal and business brands like never before. The rush behind it was not by design; it was a choice that I’ve made to expand my personal
Marketing During Uncertain Times “Value-First” and “Human-Centered” Marketing Wins During Uncertain Times During the past few weeks, the heightened chaos and instability happening in Minnesota and around the world woke me up. I was having a hard time deciding on what topic that I want to share this month for my Marketing Tool Box. Given
PC: Mohammadreza Charkhgard from Unsplash A (Secret) Tip to a Successful 2026 A new year is arriving upon us! The quiet time between Christmas and the New year is a good time to reflect deeply on what we can do better next year, in terms of setting ourselves up for abundant success and happiness. I
“A Good Coach Takes Your Players to a Better Place that They Cannot Go Themselves” ~ Dick Gould, Head Coach, Men’s Tennis, Stanford University ~ A Good Coach Takes Your Players to a Better Place that They Cannot Go Themselves This is one of the most heart-felt advice that I had heard from a coach
This September, I was honored to be have been invited to take part as a panel on the Founder Forum Series hosted by San Jose State University (SJSU)’s Office of Innovation and SpartUp Incubator. We had over 50+ student entrepreneurs in attendance. The moderator asked thought-provoking questions that had kept me and other panelists on
Uncovering Importance of Essentialism This past two weeks while I was vacationing with my family in the North Bay, every day, we chose an activity that would get us connected with the outdoor – exploring nature, soaking in the sound of waves, listening to the fog horns, and watching sea birds soared above the water.
