November 19th, 2007
Fascinating article in WSJ today “Touch CEO’s Ofter Most Successful, a Study Finds”, by George Anders, pp B2. Fascinating because it’s based on a closely held survey of corporate CEO’s run for stock analysts. It’s a real insight into who runs major corporations and what personal traits leads them to be successful. The caveat in […]
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August 15th, 2007
Working with the right expert is money in the bank. Remember trades people are experts, investment advisers are experts, teachers are experts, car repair people are experts. Find people you can work with and appear to have their heads screwed on right then listen to them.
Last weekend we decided to stay in our current 10 […]
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March 14th, 2007
http://www.linkedin.com/home This is the link for “Linked In” which appears to be your personal networking site. My son sent this to me and though I haven’t gotten into every nook and cranney it appears to be very cool. Take a look. Tell what you think.
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February 15th, 2007
Today’s business environment demands that your business management team be technology smart. There are different levels of smart.
My son runs a business on the side supporting small businesses such as a home travel agency, tattoo parlors, churches, and others. He provides web site design, web site hosting, low cost tech advice, trouble shooting, hardware repair […]
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February 13th, 2007
Congratulations, you are the Chief Financial Officer.
Look across the breakfast table. Look in your check book. Look in the mirror. Call your bother. For many small businesses the financial brain trust has just met. For your business that may be enough, but probably not. You don’t need much more and you don’t need it all […]
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February 10th, 2007
Most of the articles you see are about "the entrepreneur", the lone wolf, the sole proprietor. In truth most small businesses are a collaboration of several people. No one can do it all. No one has all the good ideas. Someone has to be the backup when another can’t be in place to do their […]
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December 12th, 2006
I’m not against giving business associates gifts. I just always felt that business gift giving for the holidays is a load of crap. The bottle of booze or box of grapefruit for a client was cheesy.
If you were a good vendor then you gave you clients the best service and the best deal you […]
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