Management Strategies

Why Fake It 'Til You Make It Doesn’t Work

Want to guarantee failure? Do this: fake it ‘til you make it. I bet you didn’t expect to hear that. I mean, how many times have you been told you...

Business Tips For Women Business Leaders

Business Tips For Women Business Leaders The business environment has changed dramatically over the last 15 years.  When I started my first company in 1996, it was still very much a guys...

Never Try To Motivate Employees With Money

Money Does Not Motivate Employees I can’t think of anything I love more than being acknowledged, unless it’s rewarded at the same time I’m being acknowledged. Employees are the same...

How To Explain What You Do

The Customer Might Not Get It There is a danger in simply sharing a one or two word title of what you do. The reason is your customer may already...

Bad Business Habits That Make You Hate Your Company

Bad Business Habits There was a time that you loved your work. Maybe you started the business yourself, or you joined a company that was going to take you places....

How Business Huddles Work

Touchdowns From Business Huddles Not Meetings I’ve never seen anyone drag a table, chairs and a white board onto the football field or basketball court. Have you? Every successful (and...

Successful Business Ideas: The Strong Sprout Method

Mike Michalowicz, Author of The Pumpkin Plan, shares the method of identifying and cloning your best clients. Imagine have 10, 50 or 100 copies of your best client - the...

How To Build A Wildly Successful Business

Mike Michalowicz, Author of The Pumpkin Plan, lectured in October 2012 in Philadelphia on how to build a wildly successful business. Using strategies Michalowicz learned from colossal pumpkin farmers, entrepreneurs...

Running My Business From A Shelter

A picture from my "office" at the local town shelter. This is Day 7 with no power, heat, phone or beer at my house.  Damn you Hurricane Sandra. Damn you!

How To Manage Entrepreneurial Growth

Manage The Ego And You Manage Entrepreneurial Growth When it comes to entrepreneurship, a little ego goes a long way. You need a healthy ego to do this incredibly risky...

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