For a business to grow, repeatable systems and processes are a foundational component for creating a scalable business. The business of franchising businesses would not exist without this model.  It’s not an accident that a Big Mac tastes the same no matter where you order it. Healthy or not, building a Big Mac is a […]

The ability to scale in any business hinges on the ability to create systems and procedures that are teachable and repeatable.   It is the key to delivering a consistent product or service.  When it is truly dialed in, it creates a level of autonomy that frees employees to literally and figuratively excel in their roles.  […]

Mistakes are part of life and part of business.   Some of the biggest lessons learned come from mistakes. We can all agree on that.   However, in business, excessive mistakes can not only be costly, they can potentially destroy the company.    We have to learn from our mistakes…or run the risk of repeating them. In many […]

This is a guest post from Stephen Heiner – in addition to living out his dream of being an entrepreneur in Paris, Stephen also has the experience of starting (and selling) multiple businesses here in the US. Time is the perhaps the most precious commodity for small business owners. There’s that pile somewhere on your […]

I saw an interesting interview recently with Bert Jacobs, one of the two brothers who founded Life Is Good…the T-Shirt company whose business model is built around the idea of sharing optimism. Considering that they literally started with nothing (selling their first shirts out of the van they were living in…) they have had amazing […]

Prefer to listen to this post? Just click the start button below:   This past month an area high school teacher was honored with an Educating Excellence Award.  (The award is sponsored by Perceptive Software and KU’s school of Engineering.)   She is part of growing trend of teachers who have adopted the “flipped classroom concept” […]