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The Sochi Olympics will last only 17 days but the logistics are staggering. There will be more than 5,500 athletes and team members along with 1,350 Paralympic athletes. In addition, there will be more than 25,000 people on the support staff and 12,000 members of the media. More than 3 billion tele Read More

Lean inventory management is a philosophy derived from the Toyota Production System of the 1940s. The car manufacturer developed the system to eliminate waste and inefficiency in their manufacturing environment. Due to both its successful implementation and positive financial impact, this methodo Read More

Local and mobile search comprise most of today's queries. If you're not planning for and speaking to prospects who are searching via his/her mobile device, you're not in the game. Miles Young provides a slew of great tips on how to reach prospects who are searching via mobile devices. Read More

Is Excel truly meeting your inventory management needs? Small businesses, with a small staff and a small amount of inventory, may successfully use Excel. However, as a business grows, the limitations of Excel become very real obstacles. Moving to a more efficient, cost effective inventory mana Read More

The holiday season, and Black Friday in particular, is the ideal time for businesses to move inventory and increase revenues. Mismanaged inventory during this time causes frustrating issues, like loss in revenue and upset customers. Here are examples of Black Friday inventory disasters and how your Read More

With the holiday season fast approaching, successful retailers will be in control of their inventory. The holiday season is a perfect time to get rid of slow or non-selling inventory through the process of write-downs. J.C. Penney used this strategy to bring customers into their stores. Read More

Although the Obama Administration recently delayed enforcement and reporting requirements of employer penalties under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) until 2015, businesses should use this extra time to better prepare. As an employer, you need a full understanding of how the law impacts your busines Read More

If something seems to work for others, but not for you, the smart choice is to try to learn and expand one's skills, not to go running around saying "I can't do this, so no one else can". I don't tell you to stop tweeting, please step aside, and let those who can and know how to, do their thing. Read More

Where is the first place you look to find out about a business? The company website.

How do you find information on a product, a service, a potential supplier, business partner or resource?

Chances are, the first thing you do is type the name in the query bar of a search engine on your desk Read More

If your first startup fails, you are about average. Most entrepreneurs fail on at least one attempt. Investors agree that an entrepreneur who has never failed probably hasn’t pushed the limits. What investors look for is not that you never fail, but that you learn from the failure, maintain a posit Read More