A friend was telling me about a great Brian Wilson concert he went to. Wilson is the creative mastermind of the Beach Boys and he had fellow Beach Boy founder Al Jardine with him for the show and a slew of other great musicians. The audience was on its feet throughout the show and singing […]
How do you continue to grow your small business in an uncertain economy? It’s a question many entrepreneurs are asking themselves, and the answer may lie in thinking small about how to be big. Small business owners who take baby steps toward growth, rather than making major or risky investments all at once, are more […]
According to the National Entrepreneurial Assessment for the United States of America, 69 percent of entrepreneurs get started at home. It’s wise to save on overhead like office space and full-time employees when you’re starting out and setting up shop in your basement, but as your company grows, so do your business needs. Fortunately there […]
Predicting trends is always risky business. However, I’m confident the five I’m enumerating here will definitely command their share of headlines over the next 12 months and beyond. But frankly, whether I – or anyone else – publish an “X Number of 2015 Trends” article is not important by itself. Any value lies in determining […]
When we flip our calendars over to a new year, it’s a good time to step back and look at the big picture of our business operations. Perhaps 2015 is the year for you to scale up your company. Better than peering into a crystal ball is to evaluate your business against these five signs. You […]