Money’s Suitability For Use: What Flavor Today?
Money seems like such a straightforward concept. It’s a store of value and a medium of exchange. Every business balance sheet is simply an allocation [...]
Weaving Webs: Multi-Level Networking for Small Business
Networking has dominated my thoughts this week. I participated in several virtual networking experiences, inspired by the persistence and resourcefulness of small business owners. It takes a special commitment to remain “in [...]
The Selling System of Madam C. J. Walker: Is the Process the Product?
If you are interested in generating higher sales than you ever have before, I have a great take for you. The four-segment Self-Made: Inspired by the [...]
Tinkering Time: Constantly Working On Your Business
My friend and serial entrepreneur Bobby Martin wrote a book a few years back entitled Hockey Stick Principles, which parlays Bobby’s business acumen and [...]
Realizing Potential: What Could Your Business Really Be?
Count me among the millions engrossed in “The Last Dance” for the past several weeks – the account of the ‘97-’98 Chicago Bulls championship [...]
Worst of Times, Best of Times: Don’t You Forget About Small Business!
Pain, misery, and uncertainty. From where I sit, that is what I see in the small business landscape. As my kids might put it, [...]
Small Business Comeback: Getting Energy Back In The System
Cash inflows from PPP, EIDL and other grant programs have alleviated immediate survival concerns for many Small Business owners. We are quickly turning our [...]
Big Business and Small Business: Five and Five
Like many, I was surprised this past week to learn of some of the recipients of PPP funds, many of them publicly traded companies. [...]
Four Business Growth Ideas From My Back Yard
“Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.” - John C. Maxwell I have felt some frustration this week as various reports have been published on [...]
A Little Something For The Effort: SBA Lending
“How about...you know.... a little something for the effort.... you know ....” Groundskeeper Carl Spackler to the Dalai Lama– Caddyshack Thinking about SBA lending [...]
