Adam Carroll

There is nothing quite so rewarding as being a father on Father’s Day. It’s the one day of the year where Dads are celebrated with new ties, handmade clay ashtrays, breakfast in bed, and the occasional “useful” gift like a new set of barbeque tools. Our offspring look to us

Marshmallow wars with Grandpa (how he taught me to remember names)

June 13, 2013

My grandfather was… check that… IS an icon. And by icon I mean he’s an iconic figure. He’s larger than life, made my childhood super memorable, and knows everyone. (Okay, everyone is relative, but he knows a TON of people.) While I and my cousins were grow

My Advice To An Entrepreneur

June 01, 2013

by ACarroll

“What advice would you give to a young entrepreneur?” I was posed this question on Twitter by a follower named David Kopelman and 140 characters just wouldn’t do the advice justice, so this post is his answer (with a twist). While I believe that all entrepreneurs have things

Credit Union Jobs

February 25, 2013

For Business, Marketing, and Communication Majors The question usually comes up about the junior or senior year in college — how am I supposed to get experience when no one will give me a job? I’m happy to tell you that there is some low-hanging fruit that’s been in your bac

Investing in Yourself

February 22, 2013

One of the things that has separated me from a number of my peers is the sheer amount of professional development that I’ve done over the past 10 years. I’ve spent $30-40,000 in courses, weekends, boot camps, books, CD’s, and webinars. And to be quite honest, that is a drop

The Dentist’s Chair

February 19, 2013

My cousin and I have a standing call once a week on Monday mornings. He is usually driving to his dental practice office that is about 30 minutes away and I’m usually at Starbucks or Panera having coffee and planning out my week. Technically, we’re both entrepreneurs. From a v

The First Six Months

February 17, 2013

Some of the best advice I ever got was from a crusty old manager at one of the first jobs I had out of college. Being a recent college graduate (and highly educated!) I was anxious to give my advice to fellow workers, in meetings, around the break room, etc. This gentleman, let’s

3 Components

February 14, 2013

I have this calendar on my desk from www.tut.com. It gets me thinking every morning when I read the “note from the Universe”. Today’s was: The trick is remembering that at all times far more in happening on your behalf than your physical senses will ever reveal. Like righ

Death By Meeting

February 11, 2013

Ever sit in a meeting and wonder how much it’s costing your company to have all of those people in attendance? It’s staggering… yet most companies hold regular meetings where all of their salaried people get together to cover things that could be relayed through an email,

Uncle Sam Got Your Money?

February 07, 2013

Remember graduating and thinking, “now I’m going to make the big bucks”? Only to get your first paycheck and realize that Uncle Sam (or Uncle Scam as I like to call him) has taken 1/3 of your hard-earned money. Of the two greatest expenses we have in life — taxes and the