Tell me which of these scenarios is more likely: Small business gets a call out of the blue and is offered a huge distribution deal – instantly growing their top line (assuming they can deliver) by 10X what it was before. Small business focuses on getting the little things right, gets a little better every […]

We all have tasks, to-do’s, duties, and responsibilities that fill our daily schedule.  If you own or manage a business, that daily list can be long before you start and multiply without blinking by mid-day.   Effectively managing it is not always easy, but there is a better way.  Read below for 6 simple questions you […]

Did you feel it this past Sunday morning at 2AM, that magical moment where we spontaneously transport ourselves one hour into the future, yet nothing else around us has changed?   It may be the closest thing we have to time travel; even it is only an hour. Who knows, maybe that was George Vernon Hudson’s […]

If you were in the Kansas City metro area on Feb. 21, 2013, you now know what snow falling at 3 inches (+) per hour looks like.   If your business requires using any mode of transportation you also know what snow at that rate does to the expression “Business as Usual”. Businesses that regularly rely […]

  As with most traditional holidays, Mardi Gras has religious roots that date back over a thousand years, long before north America was even on a map.    It marks the start of Christian Lenten season in preparation of Easter Sunday.   In America, most historians trace the first Mardi Gras back to a couple French explorers, […]

It’s a new year and if you’re like most people, you’ve got a plan (or at least a hope or a dream) that 2013 will be better than last year.  Of course the only way it’s going to be better is if you actively do something different – in other words you have to change […]