In today’s Brain Storm!
Business Podcast, we will look at lessons learned from the
autobiography of Steve Martin.

I have a love for biographies, either business or celebrity. I don’t go
after current pop-icons, but older entertainers who have been around the block.
Their lives offer lessons anyone can learn from, and I realized last night, that
they offer great business lessons as well.

Entertainers are Entrepreneurs too.

If you think about it, they are in the business of promoting themselves.
That is what an entrepreneur does as well. We promote our product, service and
ourself (if we’re smart). Well, Steve Martin’s autobiography has some great
lessons in patience, persistence and innovation – the same things that make a
great business person.

These are 5 lessons you can learn, and in the podcast, I go into
details of Martin’s life and how we can apply these lessons to our own
businesses:

1. There are NO overnight successes.
2. Timing is everything.
3. We start by borrowing, but become successful by innovating.
4. Sometimes the best ideas arise out of problems.
5. Sometimes the best ideas need to be dropped.

I’d love to hear feedback from you. I’ve added the podcast
to FriendFeed because it allows commenting, and have posted a place for you to
comment on episodes at http://www.BrainStormBusinessPodcast.com.
Let’s see how it works!

Penny
Haynes, Commercial Creation
Center

P.S. Please remember to change your subscription to http://feeds.feedburner.com/brainstormbusinesspodcast!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download