Small Business Boomers

Jennifer Hoffman is burning up the blogging world in her new post at My Organized Biz.  She’s asked us b5media bloggers to comment on simplicity.  Here’s my contribution:
I am a firm believer in the “KISS” principle – that’s “Keep it Short and Simple.”
Henry Thoreau said, “Our lives are frittered away by detail; simplify, simplify.” And Einstein said, “Things should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.”
In business, this principle is of primary importance. I’ve seen far too many business owners try to over-complicate their businesses, and their lives. For example, in putting together a business plan, …read more

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GOOGLE founder Sergei Brin recently was asked in CNN Money how to succeed this year. He said, “Success will come from simplicity.”
I treasure simplicity; the simpler things are, the better I like them. Life is so cluttered that the more we can un-clutter it, the better. Sergei Brin says that technology has become overly complex, and that Google works hard to keep things simple. One of the things that initially attracted me (and a lot of other people) to Google’s main search page is its simplicity: lots of white space, a minimal amount of text. …read more

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