Some small businesses go under because owners think that if they just stick to their original business plan, they’ll eventually be rewarded for their persistence. However, sometimes a pivot is in order, as we see in a couple of excellent articles this week. Leadership, management, and productivity Sometimes survival is all about “the pivot.” Dileep […]
There are few things more exciting to me than being in a room full of entrepreneurs sharing ideas and insights. And that is exactly what I recently got to do as I participated an AT&T roundtable recently with celebrity entrepreneur Bill Rancic in Chicago. Over a delicious dinner at RPM Steaks (owned by Bill and […]
Honestly answer these important questions: Can you make each operation in your business one percent more effective and efficient? Can you improve the products and services you deliver by one percent? Can you fine-tune your marketing to reach an additional one percent of prospects? Can you make these one percent improvements today and again tomorrow? […]
A friend recently attended the taping of a TV game show – The Price is Right – and none of the audience members could take their phones into the studio. He and everyone in his group left their phones in their cars and they talked about how they almost felt naked for the three to […]
Dogs go “social” at cage-free daycare Watch Susan Solovic talk to Jeremy King, co-founder of The Watering Bowl, a cage-free doggie daycare and boarding facility. Solovic is a small-business expert, best-selling author, and media personality. She sits down with King to discuss how his business uses social media and other tools to offer exceptional […]