Articles on: Small Business Strategy

10 Great Ways to Sink your business!

  photo by rs-foto  Not everyone wants to build a business that will grow.  There are people that absolutely love to work really long hours, prefer doing things the hard way and have no plans to ever sell their business or leave it in any shape for anyone else. There are business owners that enjoy […]

Are you leaving your business plans out in the cold?

Your business can make you feel pretty cold when you don’t where it’s going. If you’re like most business owners, you probably have an annual sales goal for the year (maybe it’s even been written down and translated to something measurable).  You may even have a longer term vision of where you’re taking your business […]

How to scientifically make change happen!

  photo by xcode  If you’re like most business owners (or people for that matter), you’d like to make more money, work fewer hours and enjoy what you do – that combination is the updated version of the American dream.  However for most of us, reaching that kind of outcome requires significant changes to what […]

Solving the job creation issue…?

We’re hearing a lot about the incoming government’s plan for job creation.  From a macro economic perspective, jobs are the foundation that has to be in place for all the other stuff to matter.  (And small businesses account for the lion’s share of jobs, so small business relief should be front and center).  Unfortunately, it’s […]

10 Things to drive business success in a new year

photo by wili hybrid  It’s the dawn of a new year – new opportunities, new challenges.  2008 is (thankfully) in the history books and 2009 is going to be a big improvement.  Now is the time to pull together your plans for you and your business and layout the roadmap for a successful year and […]

Oprah's tips to Live Long and Prosper…

photo by nattu  I try to make it to the gym most weekdays and it seems my schedule works out best generally late in the afternoon. It turns out that Oprah is on from 4 to 5 and although I generally watch something like CNN or MSNBC, there are some days when Oprah has some […]