Management Strategies

Grow Your Business Fast, By Doing Less!

I hope you have your seat belt on (even if you're sitting in your office chair). At the very least you're about to experience a jolt, and at the very...

Create Your Own Golden Rule

"Treat others like you want to be treated," doesn't have to be your company's golden rule. It can be. Or it can be something different.  Your golden rule is the...

How To Break Up A Business Partnership

So the time to break ways with your business partner has finally come, huh?  Those early start up days where you and your partner were both going to "do whatever...

Take Your Profit First. Run Your Business With The Rest.

GAAP Accounting Is Kinda Useless Here it goes: The GAAP has it all wrong. Now, before you click the little X at the top of the screen to close out...

What Passion Is Not

I saw this billboard in New York City.  It totally misrepresents passion.  Passion is not the feature - what we do. Passion is in the benefit - why we do...

The Real Reason Entrepreneurs Don't Hire Their First Employee

The excuses all sound so legit.  I don't have the money to hire someone!  The systems aren't in place yet!  Unless the new guy comes up to speed super fast,...

Every Business Is A Manufacturer

Does your company make pillows? You're a manufacturer. That's obvious. Does your company clean rooms? You're also a manufacturer. That is not so obvious. But you in fact are. Every...

How To Make Critical Business Decisions

I just helped one of my consulting clients address a critical business decision. It was fraught with emotion, history, regret, and the fear of making the wrong choice. All the...

Make Things Simple And Make Simple Things

Simple is not easy. Complex is. Simple requires that you do the same thing as the complex, but with less. A lot less. Simple is hard, but when you master...

Learn The Basics On Crappy Instruments

At age 13 I bugged my Dad about getting a guitar. He supported it. He actually insisted on taking me to the store to get one. When we got there,...

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