If you’re like most business owners – you’d like to find a marketing strategy that will drive some sizzle into your summer sales…luckily we’ve got a great suggestion for you. For some companies this time of the year is the peak months of their season, for other businesses it may be more of a seasonal slowdown.  […]

There are a lot of ways to define business success – ultimately it comes down to the business owner’s definition. However by anyone’s definition, what Belinda Waggoner has done with her business, HR-Haven, is an outstanding success. She’s been nominated and won numerous awards, including the 2013 25 under 25 award from Thinking Bigger. And […]

Picture from National Museum of American History via Flickr Though they never coined the phrase, almost a century before the Midwest started promoting itself as the “Silicon Prairie”, Russell and Clara Stover may have viewed this region more appropriately as the “Chocolate Prairie”.   Their rags to riches story speaks volumes to the power and will […]

I had a great discussion the other day in one of my Peer Group Advisory Boards. The question for the group was – ‘What’s the most important trait for a successful business leader?’. A great case was made for Honesty and I wouldn’t say it’s a wrong answer – if I can’t trust you I’m […]