Editor’s Note: This post is sponsored by Staples. All the comments and opinions are my own. If you’ve been running your small business for almost any length of time, you’ve seen some pretty dramatic ups and downs in the economy. Frankly, I don’t care if you and your team are the best salespeople in the […]
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 and easy […]
Good work ethic, passion for making dreams a reality and tenacity are the stuff entrepreneurs are made of. And it’s never too early to start solving problems. If you can solve an existing problem before your ninth birthday or even before your 16th birthday then you are fantastically driven and motivated. Now, more than ever, […]
How would you like to increase demand for your product virtually overnight? The way to do it is deceptively simple: find another use for your product and get people using it in that way. I remember when Avon’s Skin So Soft started to get used as an insect repellent. At first I was a little […]
In terms of the economy and its outlook there may only be thing that small business owners can agree on: It’s been quite unsettled for a long time. There have certainly been some positive signs, but as often as not, they seem to get offset by bad – or at least mediocre – news. I […]