A friend once hired a guy who she thought was well qualified to be the COO or her rapidly growing company. Two years later a visit from the IRS revealed that her COO had been embezzling from her and not paying taxes. As are many business owners, my friend was crazy busy and hadn’t taken […]
Have you ever tried to express the difficulty and frustration of getting a tough job done by saying that it was “like herding cats”? The reason cats are difficult to herd – should you ever be in that situation – is because they go all over the place; they won’t organize themselves into one “herdable” […]
I love independently owned restaurants, and I understand how hard it is for them to succeed. The majority of restaurants that close each year, are the neighborhood venues that we love. As in the popular sitcom Cheers — you go where everybody knows your name. Recently, Insureon, the nation’s leading online provider of insurance for […]
It’s a tale of two Teddy bears, one that has had a long career and the other that was merely a flash in the pan. The “one hit wonder” was Beanie Babies and the one with staying power is Build a Bear Workshop. If you or your kids have a closet full of Beanie Babies, […]
Small businesses usually start-off as a one-man show. When you are the owner you do everything from emptying the trash to collecting the cash. As your business grows, however, it can reach a point where the volume of work is overwhelming. That’s not a bad thing in terms of your business success, but it can […]