People - The Most Valuable Asset of Your Business at Bizinformer

In the past, I've been as guilty as others in saying that a company's greatest asset is its customer base. I was wrong. Small businesses have no greater asset than their employees. Whether you're a 1 person shop or a 100 person enterprise, there is nothing more important than the people that answer your phones, handle orders, interact with customers, oversee operations, manage the books, etc. A bad hire is devastating [...] Read More


Real People In Business, A Powerful Concept at Bizinformer

There's something about reality television. The Apprentice, Fear Factor, Survivor, American Idol...the list goes on and on. People love reality shows. I read yesterday that America Idol had twice the audience than The Grammy Awards. Incredible. People preferred watching amateurs perform in early elimination competition than professional's being recognized for their accomplishments. There's more to the story than that, but that's an interesting part of it. What is it about reality [...] Read More


FORTUNE SMALL BUSINESS RANKS AMERICA'S FASTEST GROWING SMALL COMPANIES at Bizinformer

In crisis lies opportunity. That's the theme of this year's FSB 100, the sixth annual ranking of the fastest-growing small public companies in America. While drivers curse $3-a-gallon gas and military families watch footage of Iraq and Afghanistan on the evening news with prayers for safety, nimble small businesses stepped in with solutions-and profited accordingly. In these troubling times, some of the fastest-growing businesses are finding profit in conflict. The [...] Read More


No Triangles at Biz Plan Hacks

Have you every had an employee come to you with complaints about another employee? Anyone who has managed employees long enough has dealt with this kind of situation including myself. The employee expects to be able to complain to you and then have you deal with the situation. Now if it is a serious situation, you need to deal with it yourself such as sexual harassment or any of the other [...] Read More


What you didn't learn... at Biz Plan Hacks

The Positivity Blog has an entry titled: 16 Things I wish they would have taught me in school. Having been a manager and running my own small business, there is a lot to be learned from this list. The first one mentions the 80/20 rule which is you get 80% of your results from 20% of your actions. I would also add that 80% of the quality work gets done by [...] Read More