5. March 2010

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The 7 Deadly Small Business Mistakes You Must Avoid

Why do so many small or solo businesses fail? Is it because the owners weren’t good enough at what they did? In most cases that’s just not true. Most of them were very skilled and talented in their area of expertise. So why do people continue to struggle without enough clients or income? It’s heartbreaking [...]

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10. December 2009

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Choose The Right Sales Force!

“One of the most crucial decisions you make is how to sell your products or services.” Choosing Sales-Force Alternatives There are basically four different alternatives for building a sales force: You can hire a larger company or a distributor to sell for you. You can hire independent manufacturers’ reps. You can hire your own outside salespeople. You can [...]

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16. November 2009

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Basic Accounting – Depreciation

The concept of depreciation is really pretty simple. For example, let’s say you purchase a truck for your business. The truck loses value the minute you drive it out of the dealership. The truck is considered an operational asset in running your business. Each year that you own the truck, it loses some value, until [...]

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14. September 2009

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Aspiring Managers: Learn to Behave Like an Adult

By Steve Tobak It’s relatively easy to be a successful child. All you’ve got to do is learn how to be cute, get attention, and cry when you’re hurt or hungry. Learning how to be a teenager is much harder; I’m not sure anybody’s good at it. I certainly wasn’t. As for becoming [...]

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26. August 2009

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Does Your Business Have a Foundation? – Joe Costantino

Nobody would ever think of building or worse yet, living in a structure that didn’t have a solid foundation to support the structure.  Try to imagine it . . .  . a house without a foundation would eventually just topple over and crumble to pieces.  So why do so many business owners operate their businesses with no [...]

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18. August 2009

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What is Cloud Computing?

Cloud Computing is a term that is often bandied about the web these days and often attributed to different things that — on the surface — don’t seem to have that much in common. So just what is Cloud Computing? It’s been called a service, a platform, and even an operating system. Some even link [...]

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17. August 2009

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5 Personal Core Competencies for the 21st Century

Every epoch requires people and organizations to develop core competencies or skills needed to be successful. In the time of Henry VIII, key competencies to master probably included fealty to a powerful lord and skill with a rapier. Not so much in demand today, however. What are the core competencies needed in this century? Harvard Graduate [...]

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