Business Exits: No Time For Spontaneity
Very early in our marriage, over three decades ago, my wife and I found ourselves in a young couples’ discussion about spontaneity. Fairly typical for our [...]
Direction, Momentum and Maps: Small Business
Sometimes I miss the old paper map days. Long family trips in my childhood had special status when Dad would ask for navigation help. [...]
Cowboys and Horseshoes: A Client Connection Story
Some people point horseshoes up to keep the luck in. Others point them down to shower good luck on others. Everyone has a choice to make. Either way, good things are going to happen [...]
Pricing For Profits: My Two Scoops’ Worth
“And you know, I’ll be home, sitting with my friends, we’ll be sitting around and someone will say, ‘Hey, let’s get small.......’ “ - Steve Martin [...]
The Right Kind of Parking Lot: Getting Started
"Some have given up, some have given in. Looks like everybody's looking for a friend. Out in the parking lot." - Guy Clark, "Out [...]
Piqued Demand
I was happy for them at first, before I saw it with my own two eyes. Christmas eve had gotten away from us. Still [...]
How Convenient!
A few weeks ago, I had a surprise opportunity to attend a Nashville Predators home game at Bridgestone Arena in downtown Nashville. In the [...]
Set Your Direction – Lean Canvas
Lean canvas – a new way to do business planning Your business is not going anywhere if you do not tell it where to [...]
Coaching, Mentoring, and Consulting – Part 2
We left Part 1 of this blog sequence with some definitions of what coaches, mentors, and consultants do, acknowledging that at any point in [...]
Coaching, Mentoring, and Consulting – Part 1
If there is a constant in business, it is that there is always SOMETHING that needs to be worked on. Running in the background as [...]
