For over 25 years, I’ve been working with business owners who want to consistently improve the performance of their business. In that time frame, there have been some pretty amazing success stories: companies seeing 30% compounded revenue growth, profit dramatically improving, and the owners taking home real money. In looking back at the results, 19 [...]
Our personality type is a function of both our genetics and our environment. A great deal of whom we are comes from our parents. We are “encoded” to be a certain way through their DNA. We also develop due to the influences of our environment; our family as well as our friends and even strangers [...]
Mr. Obama went to Toronto last month to the G-20 meeting. The G-20 is the premier forum for international economic development that promotes open and constructive discussion between industrial and emerging-market countries on key issues related to global economic stability. Mr. Obama’s purpose at the meeting was to urge other nations to expand government spending [...]
Last week I spoke at a conference for business owners. Several issues came out in the Q&A session, but one was particularly interesting, “how do I not struggle every year to make ends meet?” Since so many business owners struggle with this issue, it seemed like a good item to discuss.
This is a money/cash flow [...]
It was early spring; the temperatures were much warmer than normal as the banker walked down the sidewalk to talk to see his customer. Harold knew his banker was coming, he just could not figure out why. His line of credit was in good shape and he had not missed a loan payment in years. [...]
Every business I know is scrambling to maintain profitability and cash flow. The lenders seem to be more critical of performance in this economic down turn. So the question becomes how to maintain adequate profitability and cash flow to keep the lenders happy with your performance. Businesses fear that their bank will show them the [...]
According to a recent release from CNNMoney.com, the passed Obama health care bill includes a BIG surprise for small business in Indiana and across the United States.
Buried in section 9006 of the health care bill, there are just a few lines that are going to create havoc for small businesses. Beginning in January 1, 2012 [...]
During the bleak days of the Depression, an aggressive politician from New York named Franklin Roosevelt make a bold promise that his administration would put “two chickens in every pot and a car in every garage.” As it turned out, this was one of the few times in history when a political exaggeration was actually an [...]
I posted this blog a while back but thought it was worth posting again. Mainly because I’ve had many people say it was helpful.
Getting the top dollar for your business is something that you should start immediately if you want to sell within the next two to five years. In other words, it is never [...]
A while back, I did this interview with Tony Scelzo, CEO of Rainmakers Marketing Group. I wanted to share this because Tony does a great job of helping people define who their target market is. I find it interesting that it’s sometimes easier to coach clients in this area and know exactly what it is [...]
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