If you’re a business owner, there are a lot of tangible things you have to think about if you want to be successful. You need to be profitable – which means you have a handle on your costs and that you have a pretty good idea of how to sell. You need to be able […]

This is a guest post from Jill Goodwin (see her info at the end…) – thanks Jill…! “Micromanagement is the destroyer of momentum.”—Miles Anthony Smith Many business leaders are so dedicated to reaching their goals that they micromanage their teams to ensure tasks are carried out optimally. And while this does seem like an effective […]

This is a guest post from Jill Goodwin – thanks Jill. “The more you tell, the more you sell”—David Ogilvy Branding plays a crucial role in the process of marketing your business. Small businesses in particular need to cultivate broad-reaching brand awareness in order to gain the public’s trust and establish themselves as contenders in […]

I’ve been reading an interesting book – From Strength to Strength by Arthur Brooks and he brought up a perspective that I hadn’t thought about before. In the book, the context is around the idea of how we (collectively) look at creating our life. His take – based on research and personal experience – is […]

This is a guest post from Will Cotter (see short bio at the end) – thanks Will! It is every entrepreneur’s dream to grow their business. Growth means that the public trusts the service or product you are providing and that what you offer is a highly sought-out solution to an existing problem. That said, expansion […]

You’re probably familiar with the statistics on small business failure rates – based on a recent study, about 50% of small businesses (with employees) will fail within the first 5 years. It’s an interesting data point, but I think it’s also misleading. I think the problematic word is failure – it’s not that most of […]