Legacy Connection is: A Community with a Cause!
Legacy Connection is: A Community with a Cause!
(This is content that was formerly posted on our home page and is now archived as a blog and awaiting your comments!)
FACT:
Our country's leaders tell us that we'll come out of economic turmoil because of our entrepreneurial spirit. They are frequently quoted as saying that the heart, backbone and engine of America is our small business base.
FACT:
Depending on which report you read, it is conservatively estimated that 50+% of businesses start-ups WILL NOT see their fifth anniversary. (We've seen it reported as up to 95% depending on industry segment!)
QUESTIONS:
How do we transform the 50-95% failure rate into a 95% SUCCESS rate? How can we help individual entrepreneurs mitigate (minimize) risk when starting and growing?
ANSWER:
Dealing with the 2nd question solves the first: By focusing on success, one business owner at a time, we will ALL prosper!
REVOLUTIONARY OPPORTUNITY:
To create a system that overcomes this staggering failure rate AND to communicate it's importance to the world.
OUR CAUSE:
1. To create awareness and sense of urgency around the importance of entrepreneurial thought and action.
2. To structure a proven system of entrepreneurial success that works for nearly any business.
3. To fully support our members as they PROACTIVELY strive for sustainable success.
Changing it up!
Hello!
We're working on our website in order to reflect a new approach to our message. You're going to see me talking about a Community with a Cause much more frequently. Before I do though, I wanted to capture the text from the home page that we currently have posted. I think it's important information and is background for our "cause". Here's what I'm taking down:
As individual business owners, can we positively affect our economy? We say YES! AND-we're not alone. Carl Schramm, CEO of the Kauffman Foundation, in an address to the National Business Incubation Association, says that "there's no other answer than "entrepreneurship" to dig us out of our current economic crisis AND begin the climb to economic GROWTH. He goes on to say that most economists and politicians don't think this way, are vehemently opposed to such thinking and only believe in the old way of building an economy. Is this as frightening to you as it is to us?
We believe in the power of the individual entrepreneur. We believe in YOU!
Each entrepreneur’s journey is unique, a reflection of our drive, ambition, willingness to risk and the creative energy that moves us forward. From the day we begin considering the possibility of owning our own business through start-up, growth, innovation and exit, many of us rely solely on ourselves to take the steps necessary to reach our goals.
Small business failure rate statistics show that this is a dangerous tact. We believe that, just as "it takes a village to raise a child”, it takes a connected, purposeful community to support and grow a business to it fullest potential. You might wonder what "purposeful community" means. Very simply, we are a community with a strong sense of "purpose" around small business success. Our purpose is centered on raising awareness of what it takes to succeed. Think about it-ALL FAILURE IS ULTIMATELY DUE TO LACK OF AWARENESS, is it not?
I hope you'll continue to support our cause by reading, participating in discussion and thinking about joining our community (with a cause!).
To YOUR success!
Peg