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Over the past few years, as the credit crunch tightened, we’ve all heard horror stories from successful entrepreneurs who had growing businesses but couldn’t get working capital, or saw their business lines of credit cut or their loans called in for no reason. No wonder many small business owners h Read More

If you startup is your dream, why would you want to think about an exit? It’s going to be so successful and so much fun that you don’t need to think about what comes after. Wrong. There are two very real and practical reasons why you need to plan an exit:

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The twelfth post (about keeping things simple) in a new series on David Siteman Garland's adventures in business and entrepreneurship. Read More

Achieving success is really a very simple thing. It’s a three piece puzzle:

1) You need to be smarter than the competition.
2) You need to work absurdly hard for a really long time.
3) You need some dumb luck. Read More

Having a process that everyone adheres to and executes is what make professionals champions, be they in sports or sales. Having structure and metrics to drive success actually makes execution simpler. Read More

QR codes are not new, they have been around since 1994. The 2 dimensional (Quick Response) bar codes have had practical uses on airline boarding tickets and on product lables for stock tracking purposes. What is relatively new is the use of QR codes in marketing. Read More

Spending the time thinking about the language, writing it down, and rehearsing it will build your confidence and your competence as a salesperson. Read More

What are your plans for using social media in your small business in 2011? In a recent post, small business consultant Jason Kienbaum mentioned a bunch of social media sites small business owners should be aware of in 2011, including BizSugar.com. Thanks for the shout out Jason! We can think of at Read More

Tips on organizing and managing your email inbox and the files on your computer. First off, think of your computer as one big filing cabinet organized with “green hanging” folders and then “manila folders” inside each hanging folder. Read More

Differences of opinion at work are inevitable and often integral to innovation, problem-solving, and performance improvement. But knowing that most clashes have benefits does not make them any easier to manage. Disagreements with coworkers can be uncomfortable, and if handled poorly, result in unpr Read More