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We don’t need to wait every 3-4 years to graduate. Every job well done, every victory is an “A”. Every mistake or hiccup, is simple a make-up. Every time we have enough victories, enough successes, enough opportunities to push a little further, expand the market a little farther and hire a few m Read More

I hate meetings. I have no problem admitting that. There is something about organizing your staff or team of people together to talk about where you all are that just drains the life out of me.

The first 30 minutes of any meeting, I’m hanging on every word and taking notes. Once we hit the 4 Read More

Hollywood knows how to makes us believe again in the dreams we held as a child as we watch fictional characters become their better selves. And although the characters on the big screen are fictional from time to time, we do share their hopes and determination, if during the running time. Read More

You just landed an investor for your company. Applaud yourself. So many people struggle searching for someone, sometimes anyone, to believe in them and their dream enough to help finance it. And you did it. Whether your pitch was flawless, the business plan was impeccable or the investor believ Read More

How could the same key(s) you use for your life and profession be applied to your neighbor’s life and to his brother’s life and his brother’s boss’ life? In other words, how could there be universal standard for success if we’re all so different and have different aims? Maybe there is no key. Ma Read More

What if you knew that tipping was related to a business’ morale and service, would you tip more? Would you tip less? Why do you think food based businesses have a tip cup or tip jar? Is it asking for too much? Or is it a way for customers give a monetary ‘thank you’? Read More

Everyone starts out with the basic plan (the free plan) because that is what meets our needs (the pocketbook) at the time. And should our needs grow, we can change our plan. But have our needs grown and can we still make do with limitations of a basic plan? Read More

There's something about going up to people, or even talking to them over the phone, and convincing them to buy your product or order our service, that scares the life out of us. For some of us, diving right in works best. Yeah, we'll fumble around, get so jittery we'll transpose our words, but af Read More

”I wish I had really understood how important marketing was. Some people are natural sales people and so for them it might be easy, but many of the small businesses I know would like to have someone assist them with their marketing plan.” Read More

Then we have those “free”lancers who help out others…for FREE. Kind of nice of them, right? How supportive are they to offer their time and energy into something we believe in so much. Yet, pro bono work can make you wish you were flying solo instead. Don’t get me wrong, whenever we can get a h Read More