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Hi! As you may already know, Bruce Firestone, PhD, is a real estate and business coach focused primarily on growing revenues and business modelling plus helping you find your why, identifying the right pathways forward for you (and avoiding the wrong ones), establishing an entrepreneurialist mindset and then assisting you to stay on course and […]

If you’re a business or real estate client looking for transformative guidance and coaching, here’s what Bruce M Firestone, PhD, is truly good at: Business Coaching Expertise Real Estate Strategy & Innovation Affordable Housing & Agricultural Innovation Corporate & Property Advisory I coach energetic, creative people who are committed to making things happen—from startups to […]

By Bruce M Firestone, PhD One suggestion! Start a side hustle or improve an existing business Show a few examples… Black Sheep Wagons Jessica and Josh started building  3-season, off-grid “Prairie Schooners” on their rural property for landowners, farmers, cottagers, shed sellers, glamping resort owners, campground operators, even urban dwellers who want something different for […]

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AIR JORDAN BREAKS THROUGH TO THE OTHER SIDE Bruce M Firestone, PhD I learned recently (mind you from watching an Amazon Prime film, Air, courting a legend starring Matt Damon as Nike sports marketing executive, Sonny Vaccaro, and Viola Davis as Michael Jordan’s mom, Deloris Jordan, a brainiac sports representative) that it was Michael and […]

Any time someone offers you investments with returns of 1000% per year, you are right to be skeptical, but this is what Australian economist “Mr 1000%” Andrew Firestone has been working on for a number of years now. He reckons he will be able to present how households can add an equivalent of $60,000 to […]

This silent angel in downtown Merida (aka Centro) offers you one slip of paper to guide your future. For 20 pesos, mine read (in Spanish), “Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn.” #Excellent message. This young woman dresses up every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday in her angel costume, which she designed and fabbed herself. She […]

Are you familiar with the BBC series From Lark Rise to Candleford? It’s about life in two neighboring places in the late 19th century—one a poor rural village called Lark Rise where life is a struggle, and tother being a more prosperous town called Candleford. They are 8-miles apart with a muddy track the only […]

Theming downtown Belleville Murals are a powerful catalyst in terms of reviving and improving urban areas. For example, Jane Golden started a program in Philadelphia to bring graffiti artists “in from the cold.” The Mural Arts Program (www.muralarts.org) in Philly employs over 300 artists each year and teaches more than 1,000 young people the art […]

The smaller the house you build, the more creative you need to be. One of my daughters is moving into her own home that is just 192 sq ft. She’ll live right next door to a small workshop (about 350 sq ft) where she will design and produce high fashion custom clothing for glamorous women […]

We helped one of my daughters (I have five children) buy a home four years ago for $345,000. We added a basement apartment for $80k so her total cost is about $425,000. We had it appraised last month—after insane pandemic-induced appreciation, it’s now worth $760,000 according to a local appraiser. First thing she said to […]