Cory Miller | Entrepreneur, Blogger

6 Reasons to Use Mind Maps for Your Next Blog Post or Presentation

Cory Miller — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:53:06 +0000

I’ve been writing for publications since I was 15 years old and spent a large part of my career working for newspapers and magazines, in addition to the blogging I’ve done. And in the last year, my approach to writing has been revolutionized by mind maps. In fact, my entire creative thought process has increasingly been [...]

My New Custom WordPress Theme

Cory Miller — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:14:05 +0000

It’s been well over a year since I had our chief designer, Ty Carlson, for our Creative Services team redesign my website … but recently asked him to put on a new coat of paint. Ty is one of the most talented web designers I’ve known, redesigning some of Oklahoma’s largest blog sites this year [...]

The Ever-Present Insecurity of Entrepreneurship

Cory Miller — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:33:51 +0000

I readily admit it … I’ve been an entrepreneur full-time for 5+ years now, having enjoyed a measure of success I never dreamed of … and I still wrestle with insecurity on a regular basis. It’s just part of the job. And those who overcompensate for it are typically the most arrogant ones that fall [...]

How to Find Purposeful Paychecks: My New Book Is Here

Cory Miller — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:46:27 +0000

Too many times in my life I’ve met people who were miserable in their work. They either hated the work they did or couldn’t stand the people they worked with … and with each day they gave something of themselves to that 9-to-5 prison cell that they couldn’t ever get back. Too many people are [...]

Why You Should Welcome Competition As A Secret Ally For Success

Cory Miller — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:28:13 +0000

I’m resetting my attitude and approach to competition somewhat. I’ve said before that although I hate competition, like we all do if we’re honest, it’s a fact of life in business. My previous thoughts and attitudes about competition in business have indicated that I’d rather obliterate ALL competition, or that’d I’d prefer not to have [...]

On Competition in Business

Cory Miller — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:49:32 +0000

I have a feeling I’m going to be stepping on some toes this year. In fact, I know I will. So I’m writing this NOW as it’ll be a point of reference for me LATER. This is an overdue post, by the way. I posted this last week for our team as a reminder when [...]

Why Risk Having One of These Regrets About Your Career?

Cory Miller — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 17:18:26 +0000

People talk about the “risk” of entrepreneurships way too much as well as the fear of failure. But the biggest risk I see in life is … REGRET. I’ve posted about “regret” several times here at the EntreLab and even given talks mentioning my fear of regret that one person referred to as my “demon [...]

5 Business Books for Holiday Reading

Cory Miller — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:43:17 +0000

Here are five books I’ve read recently and found great value in for entrepreneurs … so if you’re looking for a book to read over the holiday break, here are some ideas: The Commitment Engine: Making Work Worth It by John Jantsch Admired: 21 Ways to Double Your Value by Mark Thompson, Bonita S. Thompson [...]

Living Life In The Arena

Cory Miller — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:33:34 +0000

“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs [...]

11 Striking Traits of Sexy, Sacred Software

Cory Miller — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 23:16:10 +0000

As Marc Andreesen so perfectly stated it: Software is eating the world. And as I’ve been thinking about our company’s future and where software in general is heading, I started to see a good ole preacher alliteration coming out in the hottest, most innovative software changing our world. S is for Software. I came up with 11 [...]