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Thanks to Six Disciplines. Innovation is a discipline and in reality, is broader in scope than product or technological innovation. In fact, your company can innovate along any of 12 different...

This book is about Idea Engineering, and is revolutionary in that it contradicts the conventional idea-generating systems of the vast majority of today's corporations. (including brainstorming)....

I once read a quote that said "Everything that could be invented has already been thought of." Supposedly that was said by someone at the turn of the century. The OTHER century 1900. Clearly...

MBNA and Band of America have come together to create a new rock album. Tip of the hat to ValleyWag Seriously, does your business have a theme song, or a company song, maybe this will be the new trend...

So I was reading John Jantsch, of Duct Tape Marketing, as I do faithfully everyday, and learned about a new blog BizBox on which John is a featured contributor. "BizBox follows the business lives...

Remember dial up connections to the internet, remember 56K modems? It seems with every new speed level our impatience grows greater and our need for speed increases, at least it does for me. Finally a...

Even though online retail sales are growing there are still huge barriers in the way for some potential online consumers. That being security concerns. In addition many small businesses cannot afford...

In just saw the new Rolex ad in Fortune Magazine featuring Eric Clapton and the caption reads "Styles Change, Soul Doesn't." Think of the musicians who have stood the test of time. What...

This week Britney Spears text messaged her divorce desires to Kevin, her husband of two years. It's been a month of strong, successful women leaving husbands whose careers have not shown as...

I love it when life hands you a theme. This week's theme is Goal setting. At my monthly women business owner's meeting, we talked about the goals we'd like to set for 2007. It's a two...

Thanks to RainToday.com Business basics are find a market, provide more value than someone else, keep doing it and success happens. Today the customer is king, are you truly client focused? Are you...

Most blogs are about voting today and hopefully you have done your civic duty. I thought I'd change up the conversation and talk about toilets. Not to imply that all the political back-stabbing,...

In another great effort to bring Software as a Service to Small Business, FreshBooks surpassed 100,000 "happy" business users since its initial release in 2004. FreshBooks is a painless...

I am in the process of de-cluttering my home in anticipation of putting it on the market. I'm reading a book called Home Staging, The Winning Way to Sell Your House for More Money. It talks about...

Ok, now that I have your attention, all you service firms out there pay attention. Raintoday.com has written an excellent article about websites for service firms, you HAVE to read this article....

Holy Cow Batman! Watch out on your next Skype call your fellow caller may be evaluating your stress level and using that knowledge to negotiate a better deal. KishKish Voice Stress Analysis (VSA) is a...

One of the best ways to kick start innovation for yourself or your business is to look to others for innovation examples. A great place to spend some time is the food industry. This example is really...

Have you tried Google Ad Words to advertise your business? Google ad words are the little ads that appear down the right hand side of your screen. When someone clicks on them, you are charged, but...