For many – if not most – small business owners, the biggest “chunk” of value they have is their business. Often small business owners look forward to cashing out someday with hopes to retire or perhaps start another venture. However, it’s easy for small business owners – who have been so intimately involved in the […]
Almost every small business and startup faces a single problem and it’s one that gets very little attention in articles like these: How can you compete against bigger or more established businesses? If you only pay attention to the conventional wisdom that is most often articulated in advice articles, it will make marketing or […]
This post is sponsored by Samsung. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Although none of the big greeting card companies have yet to market a card for Cyber Monday, it’s one of those special “named days” that virtually everyone knows about today. In fact, online shopping for holiday gifts has grown so much over […]
Editor’s Note: This post is sponsored by Staples. All thoughts and opinions are my own. What’s the last interaction or communication you usually have with your best clients or customers? More often than not it’s giving them a bill, right? Compare that to your first contacts with these folks when you were trying to bring […]
Has your business dream turned into a nightmare? Sadly too many small business owners confess to me that they are struggling to stay afloat. They are working hard but it simply isn’t working for them. Did you know the average non-employer small business grosses $44,000 and the owner works an average of 52 hours a […]