Increasing Value

The New York Times small business blog on January 18, 2012 had a case study on franchises. A former International Franchise Association executive, now a franchise owner,…

In wrote this while on the island of Antigua in the country of Antigua and Barbuda for our annual Rotary service project. We're working in…

The "You're the Boss" blog in the January 18 New York Times featured "How to Diagnose What's Wrong With Your Business" by Jay Goltz. Mr. Goltz said to concentrate…

I recently participated in a focus group for a company with which I have a business referral relationship. They received tremendous value from the session…

While watching the TV show, "Bar Rescue" the other day the host told the owners of a bar/restaurant (who wanted to increase their business from…

"Keeping Boomers Fit for Work" was the headline of the lead article in theWall Street Journal's Marketplace section on December 28, 2011. The focus company was…

The January 2012 issue of The Rotarian magazine (sent to Rotary Club members) has an article titled, "Open for business." The focus of the article is about…

A lot of books on careers and entrepreneurship talk about having a passion for what you do. My advice is to not stress over it…

Saturday, January 7, 2012-I bring in the Seattle Times and The Wall Street Journal and see that both have headlines about the dropping unemployment rate. Seattle Times-"Job front improves,…

During December I started conducting a survey of business owners (if you're an owner, please take the survey by clicking the link below; it is…