Looking for volunteers.

(Will you help me help the grassroots? I'm
looking for a Catholic priest and volunteers,
a webmaster, board members, exec director.
Any suggestions?)

I just Tweeted this:

I want to find a Catholic priest to bless the organization I've started, the result of over 20 years of work. I also need volunteers to help with our 1st National Convention. Suggestion? Want to volunteer? call (303)861-1447 https://t.co/m9DTvxnH0z #Catholic #Denver @IDEACafe

— John S Wren +++ Start! (@JohnSWren) January 9, 2019

Please share with any Catholic priest who you think might be willing to bless our work, ok? I wish Thomas Merton was still alive, I'd ask him.  Fr. James Martin? Fr. Richard Rohr? Or... ?

John S. Wren, MBA+
Founder and President,
Small Business Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
Watch our Startup Show each morning, it's free:
"Visit Group" on www.Facebook.com/Small.Business.Chamber
Twitter: @JohnSWren or @IDEACafe

More about John Wren on www.JohnWren.com

SBCC Today.

It's Wednesday, January 9, 2019
All times Mountain (Denver) Time.

Startup Show, 10 a.m. members only, it's free and fast to join, check it out. Topic today: Thinking with our Higher Power. Example: Fr. James Martin shares his experience. "Visit Group" on www.Facebook.com/Small.Business.Chamber and join right now if you haven't already.

AFTER YOU JOIN OUR FACEBOOK CLUB BE OUR AMBASSADOR TO YOUR LOCAL CHAMBER AND COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER: 1) Share this now with your Facebook Friends; 2) Meet with a Facebook friend and decide to do this; 3) Get the blessing of the pastor at a local parish; and finally, 4) Call John Wren, request an invitation to the first SBCC Annual Meeting in Denver be sent to you on January 17, and to which local airport we should send your ticket, and any weekend in February you would NOT be able to attend. Questions? Call John Wren (720)495-4949

What's your story?

The original startup story: https://pray-as-you-go.org/player/prayer/2018-12-31

Tell us your startup story on Startup Show, noon Eastern, 9 Pacific for members only, join today while it's still free. Join now, while it's on your mind, it's fast, fun, and free. Check it out:

"Visit Group" on https://Facebook.com/Small.Business.Chamber

After you've joined and introduced yourself to this exclusive group call to schedule a date to tell your startup story from infront of your webcam. Call (303)861-1447 but not until you join and have posted the thumbnail of your story.

BE OUR AMBASSADOR TO YOUR LOCAL CHAMBER AND LOCAL COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER. CALL (303)861-1447

Marketing tip, agree or disagree?

A famous sales trainer used to teach that the only difference between a good sales person and a con artist is that the good sales person delivers what is promised. They both use persuasion.

Someone on Twitter (if it was you, feel free to defend yourself with a comment here and a link to your URL) just suggested it's a good idea to tease with social media, save the "good stuff" for your site.

Yes, this is a powerful technique. But there is a problem. If your social media post is in the slightest misleading or if there is a problem with the connection, you may be creating a new connection on a poor foundation.

Trust is the most important ingredient in marketing. Don't loose trust with the first click.

That's how I see it, what do you think?

John Wren
Founder and President
Small Business Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
Working to strengthen the grassroots, join us!
www.Facebook.com/Small.Business.Chamber 
Questions? Call me (303)861-1447

Does what we do matter?

Today, 10 a.m. MT  John Wren's Good Morning Grassroots:



Colorado Caucus is TONIGHT (Tue, 3/7) list yours on Meetup.com/Socrates-Cafe-Society

How to find a good job fast.

Topic of "Good Morning Grassroots with John Wren" this morning.

For more see Facebook.com/John.S.Wren

Each Friday at noon MDT it's the Startup Show!

Topic for tomorrow (Tue, 7/25)?

I've put discussion of this forward as a suggestion for our Tuesday evening Socrates Cafe here in Denver, we meet each Tuesday evening in Trinity Church, right across Broadway from the Brown Palace, 7 p.m., free and open to everyone, more info and optional rsvp at https://Meetup.com/Socrates-Cafe-Society Join us? Walk-ins welcome.

Startup Show on Facebook Today, Fri 5/4/17

Is this why 80% of people now say they hate their job?

According to Nobel Prize winning economist Edmund Phelps the lack of dynamism and vitalism that had previously driven the economic growth of the USA started a sharp decline in the late 60s and early 70s. How much of that decline was because of an increased focus on startup in the media with a mistaken view of the importance of business planning?

Startup Show, live each Friday at noon mst.
This week:  SBCC Startup Method.
To be on the show call John at (303)861-1447

Help to Start, Grow, Flourish. Free meetings, or call us!

Want startup help? The 7 days ahead:

Friday:
Noon  Startup Show To be a guest on the show call (303)861-1447 click
4:30 p.m. IDEA Cafe/ Caucus Clubs joint meeting click
6:00 p.m. LoDo Denver Socrates Cafe click

Saturday:
6:30 p.m. Socrates Cafe @ University of Denver click

Monday:
4:30 p.m. Root & Branch Open Discussion Meeting click

Tuesday:
7 p.m. Socrates Cafe, Trinity Church click

For help now call (303)861-1447. Ask about our new Startup Weekend.

SBCC Startup Method-- The practices of Recover, Imagine, Think, Learn; to
Start, Grow, and Flourish. 

This life is short, let's start now!

Startup Show: SBCC Startup Method. Best networking event in Colorado.

Now is the time if you want to get ready for 2018 networking event. It could start for you right now by sharing this with your social media friends, emailing it to a few people in your neighborhood or where you work. They will thank you, so will we if you'll let us know!





Want to discuss anything talked about here? Join us for the LoDo Denver
IDEA Cafe, see comment below for more about it. Rerun, but still relevant.

Startup Show today posted on http://www.COCaucus.org

Today we talk about Colorado primary election, new effort to strengthen Colorado neighborhoods. Check it out, top post right now at https://www.COCaucus.org

New motto

"Globalization of fraternity and hope, one neighborhood at a time." 

Live here at noon today! Startup Show: Be a Good Citizen! -- Action Class in Practical Politics.

CARE ENOUGH TO SHARE THIS WITH YOUR FRIENDS, OK? THANKS!

You can make a difference!

Nearly everyone is unhappy with the US political leadership today. That's the bad news.

The good news is that we live in a country where just one person can make a big, big difference.

Today we will talk about how you can be an effective citizen and either serve in elected public office yourself or help other good people get elected.

Startup Show: Start a Political Career-- Action Class in Practical Politics.



From your Small Business Chamber of Commerce, Inc. We cooperate with local chambers, service clubs, and others to give more real help to people starting in a new direction with their work.

For more about how we can help you see www.SmallBizChamber.org 

To join us (it's free) just: 1) post an introduction of yourself and/or your business on our Facebook Page www.Facebook.com/Small.Business.Chamber, 2) Like and Share the page along with your personal note announcing you are a new member and encouraging your Facebook friends to take a look at the introduction you just posted, and then 3) call us so we know what you've done and we will share what you've posted with our thousands of current members, so right now, post, share and then call our New Member Department, call (303)861-1447, ask for New Member Department. Also let us know when you call if you'd be willing to be a guest on the Startup Show some Friday.

Who are your precinct committee people?

Want to make a difference in 2016? Start now. Call your county or state party headquarters, find out the names and addresses of your precinct leaders and district captain, then go and knock on the doors, offer to help on your block or in your building. For more see http://COCaucus.org. 

Start faster, cheaper, better! Join a Go+Group, or start one of your own.

Not just a master mind group, based on what Ben Franklin did with his friends in 1727, what we think Ben would do with today's technology! Free info session each Wednesday for 45 minutes 11:45a Mountain time. More info, RSVP to be one of 3 on the show at video Roundtable, or just watch, see http://Meetup.com/Small-Biz-Chamber. Start a Go+Group with your neighbors for free, we'll help you for free. Our mission: a healthy group in every neighborhood world-wide, in cooperation with local chambers and other groups.