How To Hire Great Talent

Want to hire great talent (and who doesn't)? Skip the resumes. Resumes are simply a compilation of experience - a compilation of skills. Skills are thee stuff that great talent...

Don't Give Your Employees Lofty Titles

Entrepreneurs have the propensity to give employees big, lofty titles. That new kid handling the social media is given the title "Chief Marketing Officer." The technician who is an old-timer...

As An Entrepreneur You Will Fail & Succeed

As an entrepreneur you will fail and you will succeed. You just can't predict the order or the frequency.

The "It's Easy" Sucker Punch

If anyone tells you that ". . .it's easy, just follow my formula," they're throwing you a sucker punch. If anyone tells you "I am living the easy life, and...

Art Versus Science

Sometimes "art" is simply an excuse for science that is too difficult to figure out. Is what you do really an art, or can it be broken down to a...

An Idea Is Easy, Doing The Idea Is Hard

In this episode of On A Roll, Mike Michalowicz shares why it is so easy to give great ideas, and why it is so hard to actually do them.

Most Pessimistic Estimates Are Way Too Optimistic

Entrepreneurs like to use pessimistic numbers, because they prepare us for the absolute "worst case." Alas, we use flawed pessimistic numbers. The real worst case is inevitably way worse than...

Money Amplifies Your Addictions

Money is not good. Money is not bad. Money let's you do more. Be more. Act more. Money amplifies who you are. If you are addicted to drugs. Money will...

How To Measure The Health Of Your Business Instantly

I suspect you don't check your income statement every day. You likely don't check it weekly either. Maybe you check it monthly. Maybe. But probably not. For many entrepreneurs the...

The Marketing Fence Method

Home service provider Gold Medal Service enters a new market by first determining the community they want to serve. Then they study all the demographic information they can find for...

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