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6 Success Factors to Get Your Small Business Started
If you’re reading this today, you’re probably thinking about starting a business, or know someone who is. Maybe you’ve already started a business and have run into some snags that got you thinking about giving up on your dream and going back to work for someone else…
Passion as a Secret Weapon for Small Business Success – Lessons From My Customers
When you’ve been around for as long as I have (nearly 30 years!) you’re delighted with any opportunity to be [...]
The White Elephant in the Room – Collections
Today I want to cover a subject that is the Rodney Dangerfield of small businesses and their owners. No, I’m [...]
Why Poet Robert Frost Was Also a Brilliant Marketing Expert
The Road Not Taken, by American poet Robert Frost: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the [...]
What I’ve Learned in 3 Years as a Business Owner
Twenty-seven years in corporate America working at such household brand name companies like GE, Whirlpool, Philips, and Oster provided a [...]
‘Bility Number 4 – Profitability
As a kid growing up in the Midwest I remember seeing t-shirts that said "life begins at forty". Today, with [...]
‘Bility Number 3 – Sustainability
We are in the middle of my blog series describing the five items critical to a company’s potential for real [...]
‘Bility Number 2 – Replicability
Your business model ultimately determines how your company will profit from the products you make or the services you provide, [...]
‘Bility Number 1 – Scalability
Your business model ultimately determines how your company will profit from the products you make or the services you provide, [...]
What Robert Frost’s Poetry and Factors Have in Common
What do Factors have in common with famous American poet Robert Frost? Well actually, quite a bit – and I’ll [...]
6 Questions You Need to Ask Yourself Before Starting a Business
Thinking about starting your own business, or know someone who has? Well, before you quit your day job, let’s go [...]
Money Can’t Buy Me Love – Is It Time To Fire Your Customer?
In today’s world of business, it’s no longer that “the Customer comes first”, but also that you’re really only as [...]
Reason No 3 – COD Cash on Delivery
Reason #3: C.O.D. – Cash on Delivery We’ve already discussed Fuel Advances and Fuel Cards, and today’s topic, the 3rd [...]