The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer - Nolan Bushnell, founder of […]
It’s hard to believe but our home re-modeling project is complete. We can actually empty our boxes and move back into our first floor. When the painter left yesterday the fact that workmen weren’t coming back didn’t register for about half an hour. There still is some furniture re-assembly to be done, but we could […]
I have been listening to holiday songs, mostly on Pandora and I have decided that we need a new one. I like Pandora, which is a free web song player; you can create your own stations and select music to suit your taste. I have several holiday stations, including a Motown holiday station […]
Well, the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States held their special auction for banks yesterday and it was reasonably successful. They put another $20 billion of liquidity into the US banking system. A similar auction will happen again in the near future. So what does that mean for small businesses?
Good credit news: The Fed is […]
You see them all the time. Mostly men, shuffling along with a slight stoop at the waist. they have pain in their lower back and upper legs. They pop pills to relax their muscles. They get shots to deaden the nerves. They don’t sleep well. All, they really look forward to is a nice easy-chair. Been there.
At 51 […]
For the “Apprentice” challenge on the b5media business channel this week, we are asked to submit a business success story.
This story is about a young chiropractor named Braxton. He graduated from chiropractic college over $100,000 in debt, with no personal finances to get a loan., and a young wife and baby. But he […]
“If you haven’t got your health, you haven’t got anything.” That is what my father said about health. From time to time he also mentioned that “Be true to your teeth or they’ll be false to you.” With the link between gum disease and heart disease, it turned out to be equally true and medically […]
Yes, it’s my 60th birthday. Hitting one of those decade milestones reminds me of the ones past and causes me to think about the future.
On my 30th birthday, I was sitting around bemoaning the fact that I had no children yet. You know the one about “be careful what you wish for…” - […]
We just had an ice storm here in Iowa, and it reminded me about the dilemma most small businesses face - should I open during bad weather, especially during the holiday season?
Why should you stay open?
You need the money from sales
You may be disappointing some customer who is counting on you being open
You may have […]
The difference between a recession and a depression is that in first one you have a job and your neighbor doesn’t. In the second one you don’t have a job.
“The financial erosion will come to an end when the prices of homes and equity in homes stabilize, probably not before.” Alan Greenspan (WSJ, 12/15/07, A1). […]
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Written by Jean Murray [email] for b5media.
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