Mom and pop shops are a big part of our American culture. It’s the picture many of us conjure up when we visualize main street America– very Normal Rockwell. But today technology has dramatically changed the small business landscape to the point where you might think the family-owned business — the corner grocery store so […]
I‘m speaking tonight for the National Association of Women Business Owners in Houston. For lunch I walked over to the Cheesecake Factory next door to my hotel. When the hostess started to seat me, I asked if it would be possible to get a booth. She replied, “It’ll be about 10 minutes.” I looked around […]
My parents were in business for themselves and they wanted nothing more than for me to go to college, get a good job with a big company, and work there until I retired with a gold watch and a nice pension. While I tried to live the life they envisioned for me, two forces came […]
Are you planning for a mild winter, or a long, cold and snowy one? Before we get into the details of what I want to share with you, I’d like to ask one more question: What do you think is the most important word in my first question? If you think it’s one of the […]
When I’m on the road and talking to small business owners, one of the biggest problems they seem to face is a lack of time. Throughout history, the invention of time-saving devices usually ends up creating more work for us. When the time required to complete one task is shortened by a new invention, another […]