We're working in a Petri dish - no kidding!

It's 5:30am, I've been up since 3am... can't sleep. Part of what's keeping me up is the realization that we're (small biz owners as a community) living in a Petri dish.

We keep bumping into each other, trying to sell ourselves to one another, going around in circles, no real connection and unfortunately no progress or forward momentum.

This isn't new... this has been going on for hundreds of years - started back in the late 1800 with the likes of Edison and Bell. As our numbers grew, and more visionaries started to bring their dreams to life, we failed to plan for the future. We forgot to build an infrastructure where we protect and nurture our own.

Maybe it's our nature to be independent, proprietary, protective, but we've go to change. We've completely missed out!

If we don't look after each other, who WILL look out for us? Better question... who HAS looked out for our best interests? CASE IN POINT!

I should stop. But really!??? What's it going to take??? We need to get organized as a community - imagine what we could accomplish! Maybe now I can sleep? Why the heck does this keep me up at night!!!