ShawnHessinger commented on the following stories on BizSugar
The Entrepreneur and the Shopkeeper | Richmond Blogs
"It's a difficult balance for every entrepreneur. Often it seems as though doing the day to day business operations should take precedence over growth. It's hard to drop what you're doing and take the time necessary to meet with that new client or try to build a new and more profitable relationship with an existing one. Don't succumb to the temptation of acting like your own employee! Remember, your business is more than just a job and at the end of the day there is no one else looking out for bringing in more business but you. You don't have the luxury of dealing with only existing clients to be sure they are satisfied while someone else sees to it that more things are in the pipeline for the future. Unless you're sure your current clients will be with you forever, be sure to always look to the future. "The Reluctant CEO's Guide to Becoming More Popular
"I think part of the problem is that too many of the execs in big business have moved into the realm of politics instead of...well...business. It's hard to imagine why anyone really concerned with the job of growing a company, creating visionary products or creating outstanding service for customers would care about such nonsense."Can We Innovate Our Way Out Of Recession?
"As the article suggests, this has been a longer trend than most people realize. The difference is that today these innovation networks have become more visible than ever before and more able to widely influence thought both globally and at the highest levels at a greatly accelerated pace."How Technology Can Help Your Business Weather The Great Recession
"In the end, often newer smaller companies seem more willing to use technology to streamline their operations than larger older ones. This may be in part because of an established corporate culture that resists change or because of an unwillingness to abandon established infrastructure until its value has been depreciated. Either way, this approach has had the effect, especially recently, of making larger more established companies unable to respond to rapid economic shifts giving small companies the advantage."Subscribe
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Starting A Gym - How To Profit By Offering Free Gym Membership
"I think the idea of offering radical pricing (including freebies) is definitely a trend whose time has come. The thing I'm wondering is about the idea of charging someone because they forgot to show up one week. Somehow this seems like free checking with steep overdraft fees. It's the kind of thing that angers people...and not at themselves for making a mistake! Free stuff should be offered as an enticement for going ahead and getting paid services, not as a camouflage for costs instituted as a punishment for customer behavior. Perhaps a free membership at a store or club that makes its money on other things besides membership fees would be a better model. "