There are three points I used to help a gourmet chocolatier increase sales 300% in a single month as well as a Midwest city to increase tourism guests 500% in 12 months.

Launching a brand is not for those with thin skin. It takes courage, intelligence and foresight.

Every great brand goes back to a courageous individual who dared to say 'NO' to the status quo.

Brand growth and dominance is created by having the highest brand value, not the lowest price tag.

We've all seen it. A #startup begins with a #dream, a #passion to do something others have missed or overlooked.

Having a me-too brand is a death sentence.

Cookie cutters are for baking, not branding.

Life is made up of dots

The children of the 1960's that you call the 'Manson Family' wanted to stop a war and turn the government and world to peace. They gave their lives when they took lives and they knew it.

Painting is easy when you don't know how but very difficult when you do.

Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes.

Next to a good meal and possibly a long night's sleep the greatest morale builder ... is clothes.

Perhaps selling your children, your future, just happened one bad decision at a time.

I miss something I never even had.

[I] know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind's problems.

Being on the ballot is a lot different than getting in.

and the bananas are overdone.

Can you imagine a world in which the letter O does not exist? My name would be Thm Yrke. Think about that.