Articles on: Small Business Strategy

You’ve got 6 shots – use them wisely!

photo by mikejmartelli It’s the start of a new year and the possibilities are endless!  Although that sounds like a great situation, the problem is that the possibilities are endless, and if you’re like most business owners (or most people for that matter) it’s easy to get overwhelmed when you have that many things you […]

Is your team focusing on the fundamentals?

I had the chance to watch Hoosiers over the holidays – it had been a long time since I’d seen it (and the rest of the family hadn’t seen it!).  Great movie – I’d highly recommend catching it again! If you’re not familiar with the movie – it was made in 1986 and it’s the […]

Who Needs Sleep? 8 things to watch out for.

“My hands are locked up tight in fistsMy mind is racing, filled with listsof things to do and things I’ve doneAnother sleepless night’s begun”. Who Needs Sleep – The Bare Naked Ladies It’s tough to be a business owner and you will have more than your fair share of stress and sleepless nights.  Whether you’re […]

What’s the Small Business Vote in November?

   photo by AndYaDontStop I typically don’t get embroiled into political discussions – for the most part they are a waste of time and it’s just a good way to get into an argument that no one can really win.  My take is you do your homework on what’s going on, take a logical view […]

What’s your recipe for a Competitive Advantage?

  photo by TheBusyBrain It can be really tough to explain to people why they should spend their hard earned money with you rather than the competition. As an example, let’s pretend that you have a catering company…and that your target market is the business crowd – larger groups that like a variety of hot […]

It’s time to start saying ‘No’ more often!

  photo by smlp.co.uk I had a crazy week this past week, a lot of late nights and not enough downtime…but it’s my fault due to poor planning.  It was the cumulative pile-up of too many things going on at once, all of them important, but not necessarily urgent (other than I had piled up […]