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Although owning your own business is about much more than just money, there are times when it’s all about the bottom line.
You can love what you’re doing, make a significant contribution to society, have employees that love you, but [...]
The Media declares ‘Disaster of biblical proportions’!
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008photo by clearly ambiguous
Dr. Peter Venkman: This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions. Mayor: What do you mean, “biblical”? Dr Ray Stantz: What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath of God type stuff. Dr. Peter Venkman: Exactly. Dr Ray Stantz: Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers [...]
The power of thinking bigger
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008photo by booleansplit
I’m a big fan of thinking bigger.
Thinking bigger is how progress is made, how stuff gets invented, how revolutionary change happens.
Thinking bigger is also how you can inspire - yourself and others. I’m sure you’ve heard the story about the three bricklayers:
A story that well summarizes the power of Vision, is the story [...]
How can you stand out?
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008photo by pshutterbug
I’ve been giving a lot of thought lately to target markets and how important they are to most small business owners. Clearly the world is a big place and the more you can differentiate yourself and stand out, the more likely you’ll be the provider that gets the first shot at the business.
As [...]
On the Edge of Success?
Sunday, March 16th, 2008Photo by Ishrona
Working with small business owners, it’s pretty common to see a good or even great idea, a passionate owner or business team and…unfortunately less than stellar results in terms of revenues or profits. They are one big breakthrough away from really hitting it big - they’re on the edge of success, but they [...]
Revisiting being Remarkable
Thursday, March 13th, 2008What does it take to be remarkable?
Remarkable: Worthy of being remarked or noticed; noticeable; conspicuous; hence, uncommon; extraordinary.
At a BANG! meeting last week, we briefly got on the topic of the need as a business owner to be remarkable.
I’ve been running across this concept a lot lately and it sounds really intimidating. Who am I, [...]
How to make your Revenues soar - a story!
Monday, March 10th, 2008
photo from despair.com
This is the story of Joe Bob and Dirk, two business owners with remarkably similar businesses selling only the finest widgets. Joe Bob and Dirk are direct competitors and they are selling exactly the same product!
In fact Joe Bob and Dirk have been in business the same amount of time and both have 3 salespeople [...]
