YES Newsletter December 28th, 2014 NO YES MEETING 12/30/14 This week there will not be a YES meeting, but stay alert for news of next weeks speaker! We would like to give thanks to our previous weeks speaker, Shauna VanderHoek. Her entrepreneurial spirit and knowledge of business consulting made for a great presentation. Thank you, Shauna! What is Y.E.S.? - Young Entrepreneurs of Sarasota Young Entrepreneurs of Sarasota (YES) share success strategies every Tuesday at Super Buffet (Address: 5471 Fruitville Rd, Sarasota, FL 34232) . All ages welcome (100 years or younger), no membership applications, no dues. YES is a positive oriented volunteer educational support group for entrepreneurs. Relationship building starts 11:30; lunch 11:45; YES workshop is from 12:00-1:00 PM. Check it out - Please reply on Meetup. Everyone is taking care of their own bill by paying the cashier on the way in. The price for the buffet lunch & a drink is $9.25. Please keep your receipt, so the waiter knows you paid. Also, if you dont eat, there is a $2.00 cover charge. You can eat before noon, or stay and have lunch after the meeting. John Greer Says...Be a Deal Maker “People get caught up in wonderful, eye-catching pitches, but they don’t do enough to close the deal. It’s no good if you don’t make the sale. Even if your foot is in the door or you bring someone into a conference room, you don’t win the deal unless you actually get them to sign on the dotted line.” – Donald Trump Many people think of Gates as a computer super-nerd who made good because of his awesome techno-skills. But Gates is much more than a computer maven. The real roots of his success lie in his incredible deal making skills. As pretty much everyone knows by now, Bill Gates did not invent the DOS operating system that launched Microsoft into the stratosphere. What he did do, however, was make the deal of the century when he negotiated the purchase of DOS (referred to at that time as “86-DOS”) – for a mere $50,000! Funny how life works. I’ll bet you don’t even know the name of the guy who actually wrote the DOS program (for a now-defunct company called Seattle Computer Products). It was a 20-something programmer by the name of Tim Paterson, and he accomplished the feat in – get this – four months. Paterson got paid pocket change for his efforts, while Gates parlayed the acquisition of Paterson’s creation into becoming the richest human being on the planet. I guess I could say that life isn’t fair – but if you’re over 21 years of age, you already know that. What deals have you put together? Share your deal making skills at YES. earlytorise/dealmaking-empire-builders/ 5 New Year’s Business Resolutions Do a risk management assessment. While you’re taking all these steps to improve your business, make sure you don’t lose your business! Sometimes one disaster (like a fire in your building) or lawsuit from a customer is all it takes to destroy what you have built. Don’t let that happen to you. Make an appointment with your insurance agent to do a risk management assessment and make sure your business has the right insurance coverage to protect it. Read the rest of the 5 New Year’s Business Resolutions Notes of the meeting & Newsletter issues contributed by Miles Jennings Click here to view John Greer Auto Sales-US Credit Yes, the answer is always Yes!!
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