It’s harder to hit a home run in marketing and business these days, it’s not impossible just harder.
I think we need to learn to approach marketing and the way we think about doing business differently. It’s the “little” bit that will make a huge difference, should you connect with the ball.
Who do you think should [...]

Many entrepreneurs joke that perhaps they have ADD. For the record a lot of very successful entrepreneurs had ADD and they got a lot done.

Is ADD, a.k.a. AD/HD an Entrepreneurial Trait?
I Google’d AD/HD and Entrepreneur and ended up at the AD/HD website at about.com They have an interesting article, but one sentence got my [...]

Do you conduct business online?
Do you sell your goods or services online?
Do you have a way to extend the relationship with your customers in a cost effective, efficient, and accepted media?
Do you want to implement a marketing campaign that is truly measurable and accountable?

In the last decade the cost of starting an online business has [...]

A University of Pittsburg study of 128 CEO’s found no correleation between charisma and business performance.
How’s that for a counterintuitive fact?
There is hope for the geeks, quiet spoken, and introspective business owners. Hurray!

Like anything in life, balance reduces risk and increases harmony.
The Entrepreneurial Shuffle is what I call the process of “Kaizen” which is a Japanese word for constant and never ending improvement. The entrepreneurial version of “never ending learning, change, and professional development”. It is also:

Equilibrium: Maintaining an equilibrium is how we create balance in any [...]

I have updated the PDF available from the post Challenging Business Environment Ahead.

I commented on Anita’s blog that her post titled, “Comprehensive 2007 Trend Map” analysis was interesting and yet I could not fully understand what she was saying and so Anita accepted my challenge by creating her own “Money Trends for 2007 and Beyond” chart which shows some interesting trends.
As promised, here is my contribution to [...]

I got an inquiry over the weekend from a entrepreneur who located a business that the existing owner listed for sale. The question I was asked was how much is the business worth? How do I come up with a price?
A Deal with Some Hair On It
The important part of the inquiry is that the [...]

Locating a business to buy is a time consuming process. By the time you find a good candidate you have likely met with the seller and will be anxious to get the deal done. Slow down. There are way more reasons to slow down than there are to be in a hurry.
Beware of the 10 [...]

I was reading The Entrepreneurial Mind today and a post that mentioned a Red Herring article titled Help Wanted: Angel Employees.
What is an Angel Employee? Angel Investors make a cash investment in a start up venture. According to the article, “They’re angel employees, willing to invest their labor in exchange for an equity [...]