Everyone needs an Elaine. Not Elaine Benes (from Seinfeld) – the Elaine I’m talking about came up in a discussion at the workshop I did this morning for the Overland Park Chamber on marketing to your existing customers. The discussion was on the importance of employees carrying out your key marketing differences to your customers […]

Picture by Prettywomen_1969  If you’re an established business (i.e. out of the start-up phase), there’s a pretty good chance that you’re making a major mistake that’s costing you a lot of money. You’re setting a goal to grow next year – maybe you’d be happy with a 10% top line growth.  With that in mind, […]

photo by ed ludwick  The following is a guest post by Mike Vande Brake, partner at Vande Brake and Baker CPAs. It’s nearly time to begin making those New Year’s resolutions, the wishful thoughts borne out of our guilt for the things we typically let slip. Lose weight. Exercise more. Eat fewer sweets. You get […]

photo by RandysonofRobert  I imagine I’m like a lot of people – I’m proud of being an American, I love this country and I strongly believe in the many things that makes the whole thing great. However I’m guilty of sometimes taking that for granted.  Which is made worse when you make the mistake of […]

photo by superfantastic  There’s a pretty common saying when it comes to software development and implementation (I’m sure it applies to other projects as well).  It’s all about balance. Good, Fast, or Cheap – You can pick two of them. It’s always a trade-off, a balancing act because at the end of the day nothing […]

Do you ever feel like you’ve just been run over by a car (or decided to lay down dramatically in the middle of the road?)  😉  You know when you’ve got a ton of stuff going on, you haven’t had a free moment to yourself for quite a while and your work is piling up […]