Tips for Managing Information Consumption
How do you take your information? A spot of cream? A lump of sugar? Sometimes those additions might make it easier to swallow but still do nothing for comprehension...
Three Character Traits of Successful Small Business Owners
What commonalities do you notice about the small businesses that stand out from the crowd? What makes them different than their competitors?
Tips for Surveying Customer Perceived Value
This is the third in a series devoted to building business on value and redesigning your business to maximize customer perceived value.
Tips for Hiring Based on Behavior
Would you agree that past behavior is a good predictor of future behavior? And if so, how do we as small business employers…
Tips for Securing Government Contracts
Becoming a Federal government contractor - while not always simple - often results in contracts that are lucrative and long lasting.
Hire Heroes for Small Business Needs
Despite the resources we have gathered here, our American Heroes - service men and women - often find it difficult to find placement upon their return (in fact, NBC reports 12% unemployment in this group).
Tips on Writing Your Business Plan
Before the Business Plan: For those of you that know me, you know that I'm a firm believer in making sure you have a marketable product or service long before you start your business plan.
Laying the Foundation for Value, Part 3
This is the third in a series devoted to building business on value and redesigning your business to maximize customer perceived value. Value is not just in the eye of the beholder. It has a feel to it.
Tips for Interviewing for Customer Service
We make big mistakes when we confuse customer service with friendliness, goodwill, and personal warmth.
Writing Business Letters, Emails, and Proposals
Whether you are writing business letters, emails or proposals, always remember that they are marketing pieces.
The World of Franchise: Is it for You?
Franchise opportunities bring many entrepreneurs into the world of small business. Many people hunger for the success of many franchise owners - and overlook the failure of many who try.
Entrepreneurship: Three Truths They Don't Tell You in Business School
No graduate business school fully prepares you for the real work of entrepreneurship and small business ownership.
The Future of Employee Medical Benefits
Employee medical insurance benefits often complicate things for small business owners, and that fact is unlikely to change.
Family Business: Tips for Success
Family businesses often happen by accident. The entrepreneur drives the start-up while the spouse and family chip in.
Writing a Simple Business Plan
A simple business plan is more likely to be read, more likely to be used, more likely to be successful. Here we will look at some of the keys to a great business plan!
Wage Slave... Who Me?
A wage slave can be freed and find financial security. Most though, will never choose freedom. Most don't even know they are slaves.
Recruiting Employees
Recruiting employees is not that hard. Finding the absolute best employees, well that is another story. Seems the old standards of character are hard to find in our culture today.
Small Business Marketing Ideas
In any economy small business marketing ideas are critical to your success. As a business owner you face a daunting challenge, creating awareness for your product or service.
Selecting Profitable Business Ideas
It’s not enough to know how to start a business. You must select amongst the profitable business ideas and choose the right one for you. It’s always best to critically evaluate your business idea…
Making a Business Plan
Making a business plan is one of the most important and most neglected tasks in starting a business.