At year end, most business owners spend a great amount of time preparing an extensive plan that will carry them into the New Year in a big way. Sometimes the plans play out, but for many entrepreneurs, things don’t always turn out the way they planned. They had vision, passion, and what seemed li Read More
For some great leadership advice, see “Leadership Lessons of the White House Fellows: Learn How to Inspire Others, Achieve Greatness, and Find Success in Any Organization”, by Charles P. Garcia. He says, “Too often businesses assume that offering more money is the only way to motivate employees. Th Read More
No matter how old you are, it’s nice to dream about the things that you wish Santa would bring for Christmas, even when it comes to your business. My Christmas wish list this year was full of hopes and dreams for the future of my business, as well as some practical items. But I wanted to know what Read More
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One of the toughest decisions for a startup is how to price their product or service. The alternatives range from giving it away for free (like Twitter), to pricing based on costs, to charging what the market will bear (premium pricing). The implications of the decision you make are huge, defining Read More
There are entrepreneurs everywhere wondering why all their hard work never quite paid off the way they planned.

They had passion.
They had a solid plan of action.
They had vision.

But too often entrepreneurs forget that success starts from within. In the celebrated book, The Art of War, C Read More
It’s been a tough business year, but I hope you are all taking some time off this holiday weekend, to celebrate with the family. Even those of you who are not Christian and see Christmas as just another day should still enjoy the holiday spirit, take a break from work, and count your blessings.
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This week we continue on with our examination of the trademark clearance and registration process, and pick up where last week’s article left off. Assuming that your trademark is available for use, the next step is to apply for registration of your trademark with the United States Patent and Tradem Read More
Entrepreneurs have to know when and how to say ‘no,’ and be good at delivering the message. All startup leaders are besieged with requests for their time, attention, talent, money, or influence, and sometimes even good requests won’t fit into the time and energy you have available.

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Merry Christmas Eve! I can’t believe that Santa will begin his journey around the world tonight, making Christmas wishes come true, far and wide. Delivery has probably been much easier since the invention of GPS navigation.

Father Christmas has become the entrepreneur of note this season. This j Read More
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