Tonyt Caldwell's Blog

Insights on entrepreneurship and strategy for the insurance industry.

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The scarcity mentality will hurt your business. Try an abundance mindset.

I’ve written before about the business wisdom of my father who taught me, as...
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Your Greatest Asset

When I was a little boy my grandmother used to tell me the story of the “Little...
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Better Cash Flow for Insurance Agencies

Cash flow is an important concept for insurance agency owners. It's important...
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Scared Spouse

A number of my friends are entrepreneurs or business owners.  As a result, we...
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Persistence

How do you know when you’re going to be successful?
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A fresh approach to insurance agency staffing

In order to be a successful owner of a growing business in the insurance...
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Success? Or Failure?

Our Agency Development team spent some time recently discussing the differences...
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Being an entrepreneur means being familiar with fear

"Are You Skeered?" Is the question the immortal Walter Brennan asks Gary...
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Make the Decision!

As business owners, executives as the popular press calls us, we are counted on...
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Fatherly Advice

Recently a reporter asked me what my hobby was in school. Like many of my...
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As your Business Grows, so will your Capability as an Entrepreneur

I wrote the other day about courage and its role in starting and operating a...
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Have Courage to Grow as an Independent Insurance Agency

It is not easy to start, grow and survive as an independent insurance agency...
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Mission Statements

Do you have a "mission statement" for your business? Recently, we had a very...
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Entrepreneurs Must Face their Fear and Find Courage

In a recent blog post I wrote that confidence is an entrepreneur’s most...
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When dreaming for your business, dream bigger. Build a legacy.

I have a friend in Europe who is a recently semi-retired entrepreneur in...