The Win Without Pitching Blog

Blair Enns blogs about agency business development, free pitching and occasionally, life in Kaslo.

Fun and Money | 16 May 2008

Years ago someone pointed out to me that there are only two reasons to go to work in the morning: Fun and Money. Have some fun, make some money, call it a day. I firmly believe this to be true and have taken it to heart.

When a creative person launches his own creative services firm, it's with these two objectives of fun and money in mind, but in the beginning, it's really about the fun...

Universal Laws of Money | 3 December 2007

I've visited a lot of countries in the last few months, some for the first time, and it doesn't matter where I go, I can expect some form of this reaction to the Win Without Pitching approach: "This is great theory, but it won't work here because of our unique cultural differences from North Americans."

I hear this throughout North America, too. "This won't work in the South..." or "Blair, you don't understand - we can't do this in the Midwest..."

What is it that can't be done? It is speak frankly about money...

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