photo by laffy4k  The weather here in Kansas City can run to extremes, and we’ve seen the rainy, stormy extreme here in the last couple of weeks.  As I’m sure many others have been doing, I ended up needing a plumber…quickly and we luckily found a quality business to help us. Water can be a […]

I’ve had a few conversations recently about failure and it got me to thinking about the nature of failure and the small business owner. The reality is that if you’re human, you are going to fail.  Unfortunately failure has an undeserved bad reputation and most people either want to avoid it like the plague or […]

picture by Fort Photo  Having your own business, being the entrepreneur conjures up imagery of independence, freedom, wide open spaces and a path to prosperity. If that’s the case, how come I keep talking to business owners that are feeling trapped, closed in and overwhelmed with all the stuff they have to do?  They spend […]

Monty Python – The Parrot Sketch: Mr. Praline: I’ll tell you what’s wrong with it, my lad. ‘E’s dead, that’s what’s wrong with it! Owner: No, no, ‘e’s uh,…he’s resting. Mr. Praline: Look, matey, I know a dead parrot when I see one, and I’m looking at one right now. Owner: No no he’s not […]

photo by iLoveButter  Being a small business owner is hard, but if you go into it with the idea that you want to be remarkable, that you want to be the best you can be, then amazing things can happen. There’s Happy Cows in Missouri as well I just had the opportunity to listen to […]

photo by muha….’s  If you’re a small business owner interested in growing your business, there’s a good chance that at some point you’ve been overwhelmed with all of the things you could do with your business. You could create a blog.  You could revamp your website (or create one if you don’t have one).  You […]