“I run a small advertising agency with about 10 employees. Given the nature of our work, our employees spend much of their time online, especially on the social media websites including Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. We have found these websites a tremendous source of revenue, as all of our clients are looking to develop advertising […]
New Year’s Resolutions are all about habits. Breaking some bad ones (smoking, drinking excessively, binging on fast food), and starting new ones (working out, eating more Brussels sprouts). Businesses, like individuals, develop bad habits over time that need correction, while success in business over the long run usually means adopting good management habits and sticking […]
For most people, the end of December is called “the holidays.” For lawyers, accountants and other financial types, however, it’s called “year-end.” While most of us celebrate with turkey, egg nog, ugly sweaters and football (often all at once), these folks are working late hours trying to save their clients as much money in taxes […]
As my readers know, twice a year I am a judge in the Connecticut Business Plan Competition (www.entrepreneurshipfoundation.org/contest.html), where students from business schools and undergraduate business programs throughout Connecticut compete for cash prizes and mentoring from leading business experts, in a format very similar to the popular “Shark Tank” television show. This fall’s event featured […]
Sometimes in my entrepreneurship classes and coaching sessions, I run across someone who genuinely has no idea what to do with the rest of his or her life. Usually, but not always, they are corporate executives who have been downsized after 20 or more years of loyal service to their employers. All they have ever […]