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What
Really
Why We
Need to
Makes Friends
a Great
Make
Business
Leader?
with a Mentor
Business
owners
invest
a lot of time and
a lot of
A lot of our
success
as entrepreneurs
is gonna
hard
work
into
making
their
ventures
succeed.
But
come down to the quality of our leadership style!
did
you
know a there’s
one type leader?
of investment
What
makes
great business
First let that
me
too you
many
entrepreneurs
tell
what
DOESN’T: a overlook?
fancy label. Titles don’t
make the
trailblazers,
so let’s take
brief a look
at
We’re
talking
about spending
time a with
successful
what does.
business
mentor. Connecting with the right coach
as
an entrepreneur
can ramp
of for
Paying
Our Dues: Learning
as up
we our
go is chances
essential
winning!
Especially
since
mentors
have
usually
gaining self-confidence. Skip any of the rungs on
gone
through
the
very same
challenges
we may
be
our way
up that
business
ladder
and we risk
missing
struggling
with
today.
out on some integral piece of working knowledge
that
make key
or ways
break that
our making
leadership
skills. with a
Here could
are three
friends
State Quarantine Stings
Urban Farmers
by Joan Cusick
Sarah McCamman and Randy Stannard never dreamed their most lucrative
time of year — heirloom tomato season — would go from boom to bust.
But then the California Department of Food and Agriculture discovered 15
Oriental fruit flies in Sacramento, about two miles away from McCamman
and Stannard’s Root 64 farm.
mentor
can Our
make
a difference
to the success
of our
Managing
Time:
The importance
of figuring
business:
out how to allocate our time effectively as an
1. They help can’t
us commit
to the RIGHT
STUFF
entrepreneur
be overstated.
If we never
learn
how
to lead
ourselves, have
how will
we ever lead
A lot
of us
entrepreneurs
trouble
anyone
else? our many goals and tasks. Instead
prioritizing
of forging ahead with the committed focus
Delegating: The best leaders rely on others to
we’re capable of, we scatter ourselves in too
help drive their success! Staying open to different
many directions! Mentors help keep businesses
viewpoints is key. So is bringing on good people
on track by offering insight into the effective
— and letting them run with the talents we hired
allocation of our time, cash and energy.
them for.
2. They remind us we’re GIFTED
Finding a Role Model: Even the most successful
The best coaches help us find and make use of the
entrepreneurs continue to look for and find
gifts we all have! By providing a sounding board —
inspiration in others - and there’s nothing more
and a real-life example of overcoming hard times
motivating than emulating a leader we respect.
— business mentors guide us, inspire us, and
Especially if they happen to be someone who
remind us every day why we do what we do.
worked hard to come back when the odds were all
3. They
give us
PERSPECTIVE
stacked
against
them!
One of the most valuable mentor traits is
None of us really knows for sure what kind of
objectivity. Mentors are seasoned entrepreneurs
leader we’re going to make until our time comes
— but we’re also on the outside of our business,
to shine. But we’re far more likely to be happy
looking in. That gives them a unique view of
with who we see in the mirror if we practice
everything from our sales processes to our
getting in the game, finishing what we start, and
marketing budget. And it means we’re likely to
remembering to have fun along the way.
unveil aspects of our business we hadn’t even
noticed before!
Infill Development Near Record
Levels on the Sacramento Grid
by Graham Womack
Much of the developable land around the central city has a project on it at
the moment, from Blvd Park Place on F Street to newly-built loft apartments
at 19th and Q streets. With the economy bustling and housing in short supply
throughout the Sacramento region, the rate of vacant lot development on the
grid is noticeably high.
Mark Haney | CEO
www.HaneyBiz.com
HaneyBiz is a Comstock’s strategic partner
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