As we celebrate women’s history month, remember the great women in your life and don’t let their work be for naught. Women have made significant progress in business, but that progress has come on the backs of women who forged ahead, clearing the way. It is our duty to keep improving and widening the path. It’s our turn to carry the torch for future generations.
People can make or break your business. This includes everyone from your professional advisers, suppliers, customers and clients to your employees, business partners, and even your friends and family. Making wrong decisions about any of the people with whom you deal can significantly hurt your business and impede—even destroy—everything you are trying to achieve. When […]
So you want to go into business with someone. Good for you. Maybe your potential partner is a family member, long-time friend, investor or business associate. Whatever the relationship, the start of a partnership is much like the beginning of a romantic relationship. The parties are euphoric and it may seem as though nothing could […]
In one of the worst business pitches ever featured on the ABC reality show, “Shark Tank,” Michael J. Desanti tries to wow the panel with a bird feeder that can be remotely triggered to electrocute ravenous squirrels. The only thing that got zapped was any potential for interest from the prospective investors. Tip: Be sure […]
What is love, really? Is it the magical engagement between two people who want to spendall their lives together? Is it the purposeful marriage of two, symbolically intertwined by the circular notion of a ring. 80’s one hit wonder, Haddaway, answered this question with her breakout single ‘What is Love?’ The answer is, apparently, dancing […]