Increasing Value

The other day our washing machine started flashing some error codes. Our first reaction was, “oh no” because we had just replaced our dryer and…

Let’s assume you make a product that uses consumables. One of your goals should be to get so popular that Costco comes out with their…

Three diverse occurrences that tie together to show why staying relevant is so important. Last week I spoke to a board member and investor of…

Let me share that I get therapeutic massages  for very tight muscles on my IT bands (outside hamstrings). As prep for nine hours of flights,…

I went to Marquette University and while recently watching one of their basketball games I heard a quote from their coach, Buzz Williams. He said,…

Read the sports page this time of year and, besides the Super Bowl, you'll regularly see articles on college football recruiting because early February is…

The February 2, 2013 New York Times Small Business section had an article titled, "How Much Training Do Sales Representatives Need?" The author gave some…

Matt Thurmond, University of Washington golf coach, spoke to a group of my business owner clients on building the brand of UW golf. The UW…

It's football season and as part of that we're into replays, challenges and a lot of slow motion. I've always found it interesting that when…

My business owner group met recently and one of the topics we discussed was referrals. I thought you'd be interested in the highlights of that…