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I saw this on Twitter yesterday, posted by Meghan Biro:
Remember that the six most expensive words in business are: “We’ve always done it that way.”–Catherine DeVrye
She makes a good point. In my 30+ years in business I’ve seen way too much of “we’ve always done it that way” and I’d like to think (maybe I’m [...]
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What’s wrong with this picture? Or maybe I should ask how many different things are wrong with it? I read about Spouse 2.0 day in the New York Times. No, it’s not a joke. The Times says: To celebrate, founders…
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Marketing yourself requires an abandon that’s hard to get right. Have you ever read the one about “sing like nobody’s listening” or “dance like nobody is watching?” Do you get my point? When I lived in Mexico City, an ex-brother-in-law…
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That — the title to this post — might seem obvious, but we forget so easily, as we struggle to grow the business, and especially as we contemplate an economic downturn (free-fall?). The best ROI is selling more per customer…
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We were walking around Granada last week, enjoying some free time, waiting an hour or so for it to be supper time, when we came across a store selling beautifully wrapped and packaged and classified and marketed and displayed chocolates….
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In a thoughtful post on Duct Tape Marketing today, John Jantsch offers an answer to an important question: “How do I grow my business?” He titles that “The Ultimate Secret to Business Growth.” I talk to business owners every day…
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Last week I met with two smart people looking to kick-start a better planning process for an existing organization. The question at hand was what to do first. My answer was: First, start by scheduling plan reviews and course corrections….
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This is a true story. It’s about how doing one thing well and sticking with it worked. Over 10 years, the Small Business Advocate radio show has grown from Jim Blasingame’s own certainty, in the beginning, that it was needed…
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Picture yourself in front of a group of 20-30 business owners. They are computer or software resellers, dealers of Progress Software, Autodesk, SolidWorks, or a personal computer manufacturer. They are mostly men in their 40s and 50s. Most of them…
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What do religious conviction and the awareness of liabilities have to do with entrepreneurship? They’re key to being a successful entrepreneur, according to Vinod Khosla, formerly a General Partner at Kleiner Perkins, and founder of Sun Microsystems. I’ve been browsing…
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