small business

 I have two guitars in my office now.  For a while, I just had one guitar in my office. Sometimes when people visited they would see it, ask if...

 Step aside, Black Friday. Small Business Saturday is where it’s at. It’s a day dedicated to celebrate and support small businesses in the US. (Though I try to make...

The term "marketing" can get a bad rap. But hear this: Marketing, good marketing, is your responsibility as a business owner. It's also your responsibility to stand out among your...

  GET THE BOOK   THE FIRST STEP IS GETTING NOTICED. THE SECOND IS GETTING BUSINESS. In Get Different, Mike Michalowicz reinvents the way marketing is done. In it, you will...

Here's a friendly reminder from your buddy, Mike: Profit First is not an accounting system. Many people think that it is, and they get protective. "I don't want to change...

Every entrepreneur knows that starting and growing a small business is a challenge.  We don’t have the enormous resources – financial and otherwise – that the big guys do, and...

Being an entrepreneur is hard - the relentless questions, the insane demands, and the occasional hate mail. And I am not talking about your clients, I am talking about your...

For a small business, one great client makes a difference. One big project makes a big difference. One more rock solid deal makes a rock solid difference. If your business's...

The 5 Traits Of A Successful Entrepreneur That saying, “Every time one door closes, another opens,”? That saying was describing entrepreneurialism. Every year thousands of businesses open their doors. But...

7 Ways To Spark Innovation In Your Business Leaders innovate. Followers follow. Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, was quoted as once saying, “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”...