June 15, 2012
Managing the Fast Track
Recently The Wall Street Journal had an article on single people getting off the fast track. Their main example was a lawyer whom left a…
April 29, 2012
When Businesses Don’t Prosper
The New York Times small business blog on January 18, 2012 had a case study on franchises. A former International Franchise Association executive, now a franchise owner,…
April 27, 2012
Observations from Antigua
In wrote this while on the island of Antigua in the country of Antigua and Barbuda for our annual Rotary service project. We're working in…
April 26, 2012
Top Three Strategies for Business Growth
The "You're the Boss" blog in the January 18 New York Times featured "How to Diagnose What's Wrong With Your Business" by Jay Goltz. Mr. Goltz said to concentrate…
April 26, 2012
Do You Know Your Customers?
I recently participated in a focus group for a company with which I have a business referral relationship. They received tremendous value from the session…
April 25, 2012
Getting Business is All Attitude
While watching the TV show, "Bar Rescue" the other day the host told the owners of a bar/restaurant (who wanted to increase their business from…
April 20, 2012
Is your Company Fit?
"Keeping Boomers Fit for Work" was the headline of the lead article in theWall Street Journal's Marketplace section on December 28, 2011. The focus company was…
April 19, 2012
Are you “Open for Business”
The January 2012 issue of The Rotarian magazine (sent to Rotary Club members) has an article titled, "Open for business." The focus of the article is about…
April 17, 2012
Passion for a Business
A lot of books on careers and entrepreneurship talk about having a passion for what you do. My advice is to not stress over it…