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…
February 18, 2013
Don’t Make Value Judgments
Let me share that I get therapeutic massages for very tight muscles on my IT bands (outside hamstrings). As prep for nine hours of flights,…
February 13, 2013
Forget the Input; It’s the Output That Matters
I went to Marquette University and while recently watching one of their basketball games I heard a quote from their coach, Buzz Williams. He said,…
February 6, 2013
Change With the Times or Suffer
Read the sports page this time of year and, besides the Super Bowl, you'll regularly see articles on college football recruiting because early February is…
February 5, 2013
Finish What You Start
This morning I listened to an interview with an experienced hostage negotiator. He was being interviewed about the Jimmy Lee Dykes case in Alabama. Talk…
February 2, 2013
Sales Training Needed?
The February 2, 2013 New York Times Small Business section had an article titled, "How Much Training Do Sales Representatives Need?" The author gave some…
