Author: Danielle Putnam

Years ago, when my sweet husband and I were first married, our first home was a charming little bungalow tucked into the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains on

Thinking Time:  Your Most Important Appointment of the Week As a Shark Tank TV show fan, I just finished reading Robert Herjavec's best seller, The Will to Win. Throughout

For nine months, our new company had been bringing in $8 to $10,000 each week from one customer. Have you ever had a customer like that? If so,

You must earn your ending. The eulogy, the bonus, the Pulitzer prize. The day your business sells, and you retire on an island. The day you graduate from

Uber is brilliant. I’ve listened to every podcast I can find by the founders and I’ve also done the same with Lyft. Watching the two companies go neck and

Sheryl Sandberg. All throughout last year, key women in leadership kept mentioning the book ‘Lean In’ by Sheryl Sandberg. Well, naturally I knew who Sheryl was, not that

We started a book club. A company book club. At first, I thought, “Is this really going to work? Can I really get my team to read one

A friend of mine is about to open her first restaurant. Well, not really. She’s a long way from being ready to open the doors. But the framing

Way back when, I loved to play basketball. As a kid I would stand under the basket and rebound for hours as my older brother took shot after

Terrell Owens, a former American wide receiver who holds the 2nd most receiving yards in NFL history said, “If you align expectations with reality, you will never be