It’s true for things as well as people. Everything and everyone’s for sale. That’s true in both good and bad ways. But for today’s purpose, I’m referring to the sale of your business. Anita Campbell over at Small Business Trends blog answered a question from a reader regarding how to go about selling the family [...]
An orchestra hires the very best musicians it can afford. Each of those people is at the top of their game. A great orchestra can become an entire team of prima donas. The role of the imressario is to keep each of those world-class musicians happy, healthy, comfortable and functioning to the full level of their [...]
My son is a successful web developer. He’s written numerous web-based applications you would have heard of. In fact, if you’re less than 30 years old, chances are you’re using some of them right now. He’s an entrepreneur in the best and most complete sense of the word. And like many entrepreneurs, his mind never [...]
10 Apr
Posted by awebb as Leadership, Management, Marketing
I just finished reading John Jantch’s Duct Tape Marketing post entitled Go Ahead, Dream Small, where he makes the following statement: But when it comes to marketing your small business I would trade big dreams and pages of killer ideas for one little strategy brilliantly and consistently executed. Small business owners get so caught up [...]
A number of years ago, my wife and I took a cruise in th southern Caribbean. For ten days we plied the beautiful waters and visited a number of exotic islands. And if we’re telling the truth here, I was miserable the whole time. It makes me crazy to always be “going” somewhere and never [...]
I just finished a conversation with a very nice lady who has a puppy I’m interested in buying. I say “conversation,” but it was really more of an interview. This lady sells Black Russian Terriers, a Russian guard dog of some renown in Europe. The price on the puppies (if you just want a “companion” [...]
Over the years I’ve had countless employees sit down with me and ask for more money. Some of those people got raises and some didn’t. Often, the difference was the attitude (which influences the work ethic) and the paradigm of the person. My dad always used to say if you’re not part of the solution, [...]
I have been watching the news channels all day with their discussion of the work of Dr. Martin Luther king. I have to say I respect anyone who’s willing to give their life for what they believe. MLK worked tirelessly for years in a cause he believed in his heart was right (and history has [...]
I had an experience with a friend the other day I just needed to share. This friend is a successful real estate agent who spends a lot of time analyzing the market. Probably better than anyone else around, he understands what’s going on in our market. So I was surprised when he told me (and [...]
While I was in college I spent many weekends each winter teaching survival in Utah’s rugged wasatch mountains. We would cross country ski deep into the mountains for three days and two nights in below zero temperatures. All we carried with us was what would fit in a small fanny pack. We had no tents, [...]