America's manufacturing sector does not have to "race to the bottom" to win against overseas competition. Training the workforce to fill highly skilled, well-paying jobs, and then contin…

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Tech support, financial services and retailing led the wave of business services increasingly being sourced overseas. But the offshoring effect is now rippling outw…

Yesterday I read an article about Wendy's International – the Square burger that made Dave Thomas famous.

They've decided to go back to the basic burger.

Over the years Wendy's has purch…

Pretend for a moment you're not part of your company, instead, you're an anonymous member of your target market. Now look at your business and your competitors. Be objective. Given all the cho…

I don't post a lot on the subject of blogging. Although I blog quite a bit, certainly far more than I ever thought I would, I don't dip my toe into the blog on blogging space very often. There…

Thinking of starting a business? Some of the most compelling of all reasons to start one stem from the dreams of freedom – working when you want, making the money you deserve. Nice thoughts. And achie…

I don't want this to sound trivial. It isn't. And I'm serious in this statement – the difference between success and failure in business is execution. I know, we all heard that before, but…

I was recently asked what I believed to be my biggest failure in my professional life and what I'd do different were I to get another chance. What would I do again if I could go back in time and c…

There is a ton of talk and good information on the Internet on winning new customers and growing business one new customer at a time. Every business needs a customer acquisition strategy and ongoing e…

I have lived in Cleveland now for the past 7 years having moved here from Chicago during the tech boom.

This area is really struggling, the city has been shrinking for about 30 years, businesses have…