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Notice more. Grow your awareness (of money, needs, expenses, what�s coming, what�s working, where gaps are�). Know where you stand.
Give more than you have to. Practice up-serving not just �up-selling,� (exceed your customer�s expectations). Grow you... Read More

I was read a great post written by my friend Charles H. Green, Why Client Focus Can't Be About Profits. It's outstanding, be sure to read it. Regular readers Read More

Guest post by Kenji Crosland, a writer for TeachStreet. When I started out as an entrepreneur about a year ago my greatest fear was that my idea would be stolen and developed by someone else. My reasoning was that there were other people with more resources and greater technical skills who could de Read More

In this five-part blog series on creating effective landing pages, we look at how to incorporate concepts like online testing, user experience (ux), social media and SEO into your landing pages to put together a high-converting program. Read More

Sometimes your biggest opportunities can come from the smallest things. Stacy’s Pita Chips had an unlikely beginning as a business. Starting out as a street vendor in a sandwich cart in Boston, Stacy had a predictable problem. If you sell food on the street and winter in Boston comes around, how do Read More

It is impossible for someone to lie unless he thinks he knows the truth. Producing bullshit requires no such conviction. Read More

When you're raising capital for your small business, there are a couple of places to start. Your best option is to build a "capital base" from a variety of sources, not just one. This post gives and excellent list of some funding sources you may want to start with. For all those thinking about seek Read More

Business lending improves but challenges remain. Recent indicators show a rise in consumer spending as well leading some businesses to think about hiring again. But if you run a small business indicators are that you will only see marginal improvements if at all. Still, a rise in financing options Read More

Research shows that the one characteristic that successful people have in common is that they continually set goals for themselves. Do what successful people do. Here's how Read More

Employee engagement, employee satisfaction, and employee retention…If you’re a manager, supervisor or CEO, these three things might keep you up at night. Read More