Michael Dermer of The Lonely Entrepreneur – Determining Destiny

Coaching, knowledge, community, support and tools entrepreneurs need to thrive…

Michael Dermer, the founder of The Lonely Entrepreneur (a learning community for entrepreneurs), joins host Dale Moss in the MouthMedia Network studios powered by Sennheiser.

In this Game Plan:

Michael as an entrepreneur, speaker, lawyer

The biggest issue facing entrepreneurs today, passion and grit and a good idea used to be enough

Finding a playground where no one else is playing

Win by defining a space where you are going to win

Starting the first business in the US to reward people for being healthy

How his company almost destroyed overnight due to the financial crisis, cut in half over night

Resources that brought success again, and then got acquired after weathering the storm

Specific things to do that can make you a more effective entrepreneur and that give you a better chance of success

Michael on writing a book

The power of having a community as an entrepreneur

Skill and business acumen is not both in the majority of people

The necessity of both ego and humility

Knowing what you need and being creative in going to get it

Most athletes have zero job experience other than their sport

Why a controlling style is bad leadership, and knowing what it is supposed to look like

Leading yourself and riding an emotional rollercoaster

Empowering groups with skills too live a more posotive life

The days of determining your own destiny is here

Enabling corporate America to empower entrepreneurs and stay close to the ground with the best new entrepreneurs

40k+ entrepreneurs

Picking a spot where you know you can win, more important than trying to win