April 30, 2013
Love What You Do
I came back from the gym the other night and my wife had the MLB network on and was watching the Dodgers-Brewers game. The Dodgers…
April 23, 2013
Learning From Catastrophe
There are a lot of words that can be used to describe the events in Boston last week. They include amazing, senseless and barbaric, and…
April 18, 2013
Shake Up Things
My mother-in-law just completed an amazing journey that started when she had a severe reaction to a minor and routine medical procedure. After three months…
April 3, 2013
Don’t Let Tax Avoidance Stifle Your Growth
I uncovered a business for my business buyer clients that is engulfed in a “disagreement” with the Washington State Department of Labor. Disagreement is putting…
April 1, 2013
Guest Column – Using Technology For Growth
From Russel Wood, www.fushionflavorsusa.com, Tampa, FL When we purchased our company, it became blatantly obvious how important technology was going to be for us to…
March 27, 2013
Emulate Success – It Works
Once again it’s the NCAA basketball tournament, aka, March Madness. This year’s tourney has created great headlines for all of the (major) upsets. I feel…
March 20, 2013
Is it Time to Reboot?
The other day our washing machine started flashing some error codes. Our first reaction was, “oh no” because we had just replaced our dryer and…
March 18, 2013
Know Your Benchmarks of Popularity
Let’s assume you make a product that uses consumables. One of your goals should be to get so popular that Costco comes out with their…
March 6, 2013
Be Relevant – Stay Relevant
Three diverse occurrences that tie together to show why staying relevant is so important. Last week I spoke to a board member and investor of…
March 4, 2013
Guest Post – Relationships Trump All
From Pat Nugent, www.patricianugenttextiles.com After returning last week from Printsource, an international print and pattern market for textile and surface designers, I was struck again at…
