Collaboration Concepts for Home Business Entrepreneurs

By Richard, on January 31st, 2010

This post was going to be called, “Renegade Live Event in Portland – Second Report.” In my first video report, I focused on Mike Klingler’s opening message on January 16 where, in part, he spoke of the importance of providing value. Later that same day, Ann Sieg spoke about collaboration. I had intended to make a quick video about that as soon as I got home. But I got thinking about so many aspects of collaboration that my mind went out of control…

The Front Cover of the Card I Sent to Friends from the Portland Live Event

I don’t know why, but flying home from Portland, I started thinking about how collaboration jettisoned groups like the Beatles to success. The collaboration produced value! The two ideas became linked in my mind. It excited me! These ideas were powered by (what I call) the hothouse of creative energy that occurred at the Portland Live Event. I sent out a number of cards to people I met at the Live Event sharing that thought. (Side note: Surprisingly few people actually included their mailing address on their business cards. I think it is imperative to provide all contact information on business cards in a well organized fashion – don’t let creative artistry on the card -as great as that can be- get in the way of contact information!).

In my mind, I began to plan on using a visual of the Beatles for the opening of the collaboration video. Then I began thinking of how networking (and all that entails) is a necessary prelude to collaboration.

Networking ====enables====> Collaboration ====enables====> Value!

In any case, my thoughts and notes mushroomed and I finally decided that the whole thing should be subdivided into three videos. So, without further fanfare – here is Collaboration for Home Business Entrepreneurs, Part 1: Collaboration Concepts.

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Incidentally,

networking enables collaboration. It doesn’t guarantee that successful collaboration will follow. There are other important mini-steps left out of that over-simplified formula. However, I am convinced that networking and collaboration fit together closely with networking functioning as a means to the goal of collaboration.
collaboration enables value. It doesn’t guarantee value and quality. Still many home business entrepreneurs, at all points in the growth continuum, have found excellent results from a partnership filled with collaboration.