SJ Barakony is a serial entrepreneur, futurist, & connector.
He lives in Ohio & is the Founder of Service Before Self Leadership: An Educational Solutions Provider.
He offers four highly customizable solutions to encourage families, individuals, faith institutions, & business owners to create & cultivate lifelong learning cultures in our homes & workplaces.
He’s been a guest on an educational podcast; been interviewed for an online small business community; is a guest blogger for Innovate NA; and has been an invited speaker five separate times for HECOA. He believes strongly in youth & social entrepreneurship: He continues to serve two chapters of the YEA program (student mentor, mock judge, ad hoc consultant ) & has co-facilitated a session of the SeaChange Accelerator program.He serves as the TDD for Cleveland & Columbus (Ohio) for the H7 Network.
He also recently became an educational advisor for Tessr.io, a startup in the exciting world of blockchain/cryptocurrencies that will be establishing a cutting edge educational foundation.
by SJ Barakony | Featured Contributor ‘Lean in … it’s growing daily.’ As this blog goes live, we find ourselves on a chronological cusp; it’s not just A New Year’s Eve/Day: it marks an entirely new decade! The 2020’s will bring us untold innovation which’ll make us do double-takes; one trend, though, that […]
The ‘Holidays’ … … offer entrepreneurs a renewed opportunity to serve, solve, & be civil, especially in hyper competitive industries. With this mindset, we can ask ourselves a key question: How can business owners strengthen the pillars of our civil society? Please think & then brainstorm ways to turn thoughts […]
Stages of Success [ ‘S o S’ ] = Leveraging Stages to Earn Something More: Significance Flying @ 35K ft As entrepreneurs, we’ve often heard how important it is to be successful. And, as so many of us also know, success is defined in so many different ways, through lots of […]
So, you’re a mom with a business … … & you want them to understand your why . Aspirations You’re already the CEO, COO, & CFO of your household. Yet, you desire to create a legacy, being remembered as more than just a mom-preneur who provides a product/s, service/s, or specialized knowledge to the […]
Leading from the Front with Four Ground Floor : Leadership & Management It’s nearing mid summer in the northern hemisphere; recently, we celebrated national Ice Cream Day! Many have favorite flavors of this delish dessert; this holds true for leadership, too. Paraphrasing a Supreme Court justice: ‘We know leadership when we see […]
Dissecting the Differences Remember ‘synonyms’ & ‘antonyms’? Let’s revisit 2 words from our common past in a primary (‘K’-’5’) classroom. Our teachers very likely taught us that a synonym’s definition = this ; whereas, an antonym’s = this. Many graduates would admit, being authentic & unguarded, that much of what they learned […]
( A walk in the personality ‘park’ under temperament ‘trees’ & social style ‘leaves’ ) Personalities. We all have one. And we know others do, too. Far from an earth shattering observation, mind you. Yet, why do so many entrepreneurially minded pros, whether in a sales role, running a micro or small business, or […]
( A flyover of all the glorious forms of creating your own asset ) Just as a strong case can be made that entrepreneurship & education are intertwined, so the same can be said for energy & entrepreneurship. How many business owners do you know who live day to day with boundless determination? Joy? A […]
Coworking is a remarkable concept that will enable many additional citizens to pursue their callings in entrepreneurship without the pratfalls of the prior 2 eras, the blue & white collar industrial ages. No longer will the price tag, complexity, or fear of having to sign a multi-year lease, or rent to (eventually) own agreement […]
Stretching your Entrepreneurial Thinking While entrepreneurs will always consume certain resources, no different from our staff, or other citizens,, we shouldn’t think through a consumer lens nor should we spend precious time being one. So, let’s shake things up! While reading, please invest time to ask yourself some questions. As I often advise mentees, […]
