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In the construction and mechanical industries workers compensation insurance (workers comp) can be a severe expense. Read More

On Monday I wrote a post about reviewing business performance, and I got lots of great responses in the LinkedIn groups where I posted it as a discussion topic. There were many different ideas about what metrics are most important, including customer retention, employee satisfaction, and marketing effectiveness.

Each of these measures are helpful, as are countless others. However... Read More

Try to recall how it was, when you had to do homework. When did you start to do this? One night before? Two nights? Probably not earlier. Read More

While LinkedIn is still used by most for recruiting and job search, Twitter is really emerging as a social media site to start career conversations. From my vantage point, the advantage of Twitter is the speed with which you can begin engaging others. Its casual nature breaks down some conversational barriers that might exist otherwise. Read More

Are you willing to be the first one, the guy who takes all the risk? You'll get most of the reward too. Read More

Who do you go to bounce ideas off in regards to your Vision, Goals, and Strategies for your business? Is it a Mentor, Business Coach, or Mastermind Group? Read More

Most of us plan all the time. Not just the whole big plan for our business, called “the business plan,” as in capital letters, scary, THE BUSINESS PLAN; but also, all the time, the pieces of business that make it work. We plan the product launch, the trade show, the marketing programs, sales events, new product development, channel management, and so forth. Planning your marketing, your product o Read More

There are now over 23 million sole proprietors filing tax returns in the U.S. Given the low overheads and other business and lifestyle benefits, a significant number of sole proprietors also choose to operate out of their home and are generating $102 billion in annual revenue in the process. Numbers aside, sole proprietors and other home-based businesses succeed because they are able to manage Read More

Aside from the economy and your knowledge and operational skills as a business owner, certain outside factors will affect your business’s success – some of which are based purely on your business’s location. Each state has different laws that regulate the types and amount of business taxes you pay, the regulatory cost of business operations, employer health insurance requirements, and other stat Read More