Find The Love

"Tell me," Ernie pleaded. "What am I doing wrong?" Ernie had just closed the books for February and he had a loss for the month. He rattled off a laundry list of very good action items and projects that he was initiating to make sure March would be profitable. The problem, according to Ernie, is [...]

Find The Love2017-01-13T15:09:35+00:00

How Inspiration Changed the Course of My Business

Plan… or be planned for. If you don’t craft your intention, you may fall into someone else’s plan. And what they have planned for you may not suit you. So consider what you want, and plan for it. Clarity simplifies your life and energizes your dreams. This is the basis of solid business – and [...]

How Inspiration Changed the Course of My Business2016-12-01T14:55:16+00:00

How to Get Certified as a Diversity Business Owner

Heather Cox Co-founder and COO, Certify My Company I’m proud to be a woman business owner.  I have heard the inspiring and discouraging statistics.  While most businesses are currently being started by woman, only 3% of all woman owned businesses reach the $1 million mark in sales.  It’s a big [...]

How to Get Certified as a Diversity Business Owner2016-12-01T14:55:17+00:00

The Upside of Fear

Weldon Long Weldon Long spent 14 years in prison.  7 years into his sentence, he had a humbling, leveling moment where he realized that everything that he was afraid of he had brought into his life.  He was afraid of becoming an addict, of getting arrested, of losing his family…and [...]

The Upside of Fear2016-12-01T14:55:17+00:00

My favorite Jim Rohn story…

Once upon a time, I saw Jim Rohn speak. There were 15 of us in a small room, thanks to my mentor Paul Swan for setting it up. Jim was a physically small fellow, but his presense was enormous. We sat, rapt, and he told the story below. I pulled it from his e-newsletter. Biz [...]

My favorite Jim Rohn story…2016-12-01T14:55:18+00:00

In A Pinch, Try Customer Service

Crisis shouldn’t be the spur, but better late than never. A Wall Street Journal article from a couple of summers ago caught my eye. Titled “Customer Service as a Growth Engine,” the article described efforts by large organizations such as Walgreen’s, Comcast, American Express and others to pay “more attention to customer service in an [...]

In A Pinch, Try Customer Service2016-12-01T14:55:19+00:00

Weekend Love and Business Planning

Jack Boykin and his wife, Muffin…short for Love Muffin, own an electrical service company, The Sign Doctor. Not long ago, I suggested that the two of them take a weekend and put together a business plan. Family businesses can get a lttle kooky, and a focused plan can help. Jack reported in on the planning [...]

Weekend Love and Business Planning2016-12-01T14:55:19+00:00

You get to decide how much is enough…

Greetings! It seems odd that so many people get their underwear in a bunch about proposed tax increases for the top 2% of all US Citizens. Hmmm. I suppose there is this idea that at some point we could all be part of that 2%. Aside from the problematic math, the core issue is… When [...]

You get to decide how much is enough…2016-12-01T14:55:22+00:00

How sexy are obsolete electronic components?

Greetings! My friend, Dawn Gluskin, has a decidedly un-sexy business. She finds and sells obsolete, long lead time and hard to find electronic components. She found a need and went about filling it, in a simple, no nonsense way. 2010 marks her second year in business. She just passed the $1Million in Sales YTD mark...profitably [...]

How sexy are obsolete electronic components?2016-12-01T14:55:23+00:00