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You're probably losing at least a good chunk of your sales due to this. And it's right under your nose.

Here's the scenario I'm talking about: a customer calls you, and you respond to that two hours later. You might think that's not too bad, but I'm telling you, good luck: you probably lost th Read More

Are you having trouble putting together the down-payment to buy your first business?

Having a down payment in the bank works wonders in terms of boosting your confidence level when dealing with sellers, lenders, and everyone else. It turns you into a real buyer in everyone’s eyes. Brokers use yo Read More

Well, this was an episode with surprising results, to put it mildly, and one which provides the second season with a strong start.

Within the first ten minutes I found myself thinking that this was a lost cause for a number of reasons. Read More

'What you're seeing is how a civilization commits suicide," says Camille Paglia. This self-described "notorious Amazon feminist" isn't telling anyone to Lean In or asking Why Women Still Can't Have It All. No, her indictment may be as surprising as it is wide-ranging: The military is out of fashion Read More

Since we’re on the topic of Wolf of Wall Street, I’d thought I’d make another recommendation.

Let me ask you a question first. Do you enjoy horror or science fiction stories where an alien creature attaches itself to the victim and refuses to let go? Yeah, me too! Then you’ll love this book. Read More

Meshulam Riklis is one of the modern era’s pioneers in the use of creative financing to acquire companies. He is also famous for coining such lines as “The effective nonuse of cash” and “Money is to look at, not to use.” They summed up his philosophy of hoarding cash to flaunt in front of bankers a Read More

Top Business Lessons from The Profit’s Marcus Lemonis

Marcus Lemonis may just be the best thing that’s happened to American entrepreneurship in a decade or more. I say this not only because he’s an inspirational rags-to-riches success story, but because he is showing us all how to put the fun ba Read More

He said the way to be a better comic was to create better jokes and the way to create better jokes was to write every day. But his advice was better than that. He had a gem of a leverage technique he used on himself and you can use it to motivate yourself—even when you don’t feel like it.

He rev Read More

The Case of the Missing $400,000 in Profits. The Profit is the best reality show on business ever. Watch Marcus try to figure out what happened to Planet Popcorn's $400,000 in missing profits.

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Alexa Total Fail

The names Jeff Bezos and Amazon are normally associated with quality services and goods. (For example, few people are aware that Amazon owns IMDB the site which all film buffs consider the bible for movie and television show information.) So the question then becomes why does Am Read More