Managing fuel costs may not be quite the high-stakes proposition in your small business that it is in the airline industry, but you can learn a few things from how various air carriers have dealt with rising – and falling – fuel costs. Right now, Americans are enjoying very low fuel costs. However, we all […]
Why do Internet startups that aren’t showing a profit wind up with astronomical valuations? Scalability. The idea is that the startup will eventually find a system to make some money and by virtue of being Internet-based, that system will lend itself to being cost-effectively scaled up. And by “cost-effectively” I mean that it can produce […]
Editor’s Note: This post is sponsored by Staples. All the comments and opinions are my own. Let me give you some bedrock business principles and share a couple of corollaries: * If you can’t measure it you can’t control it, and * If you can’t control it, you can’t grow it. Those are simple enough […]
It’s about time to rummage through my spice rack and see what I need to throw away and what I need to replace. I’m sure I’ll find several little jars that have only a small bit of the original herb or spice left. In addition to those, there are probably some very old spices that […]
Among this week’s collection of excellent curated content are articles that will help you steer clear of some costly marketing and management mistakes. You won’t be able to say that you hadn’t been warned! Leadership, management and productivity If yours is a retail small business, the seven growth tips here will come in very handy […]