December 2, 2012
Referrals Are Your Lifeblood
My business owner group met recently and one of the topics we discussed was referrals. I thought you'd be interested in the highlights of that…
November 29, 2012
Three Ways Not to Run a Business
Here are three strategies, taken from the headlines, that you should avoid at all costs if you want to continue to be successful. Treat your…
November 22, 2012
Don’t Overcomplicate Things
I recently took a tour of the Lake Nokomis Cranberry Marsh (it's on the same lake as our family cabin). The operations manager told me…
November 19, 2012
Run Like a Jamaica
The 2012 London Olympics saw the tiny country of Jamaica (population of 2.7 million) dominate the sprint events. They took 10 of 14 possible medals,…
November 2, 2012
Bad Customer Service
My kids gave me an atomic clock from LaCrosse Technologies for my birthday last year. It started “eating” batteries, going through a battery every two…
October 31, 2012
There’s Never a Shortage of Ideas, Even Bad Ones
I opened an official looking letter the other day from “Corporate Records Service” that referenced my corporation’s annual minutes on the envelope. I was immediately…
October 30, 2012
The Waiting Game: Business, the Election and the Economy
I finally got around to reading a Puget Sound Business Journal column from a couple weeks ago that was titled: Small business in ‘maintenance mode’…
October 25, 2012
The Election and Small Business
The October 25, 2012 Wall Street Journal’s Small Business column was on how the presidential candidates are not addressing the issues that most concern business…
October 14, 2012
Are You Using Your Technology Or Is It Using You?
Over the last 18 years my use of the Internet at our family cabin has seen dramatic changes. Here’s some of the history: Go to…
October 2, 2012
Overregulation
Small business owners often complain about the burden of government regulations, paperwork and overbearance. Non-owners, especially, governement employees rarely understand this frustration. At all levels…
