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Reminder: Good Retailing Still Works
We were walking around Granada last week, enjoying some free time, waiting an hour or so for it to be supper time, when we came across a store selling beautifully wrapped and packaged and classified...
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That — the title to this post — might seem obvious, but we forget so easily, as we struggle to grow the business, and especially as we contemplate an economic downturn (free-fall?). The best ROI is...
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Marketing yourself requires an abandon that’s hard to get right. Have you ever read the one about "sing like nobody’s listening" or "dance like nobody is watching?" Do you get my point? When I lived in...
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Relationship Cluelessness Celebration Day
What’s wrong with this picture? Or maybe I should ask how many different things are wrong with it? I read about Spouse 2.0 day in the New York Times. No, it’s not a joke. The Times says: To celebrate,...
View ArticleThe 6 Most Expensive Words in Business
I saw this on Twitter yesterday, posted by Meghan Biro: Remember that the six most expensive words in business are: “We’ve always done it that way.”–Catherine DeVrye She makes a good point. In my 30+...
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Don’t Underestimate Beachhead Strategy
I like beachhead strategies. The term comes from military strategy, meaning that as you invade enemy territory, you need to focus your strength and concentrate on winning a small border area (the...
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Nice People Can be Bad Bosses. Way Too Often.
I’m troubled. The problem, in a nutshell, is that saying jerks and idiots are bad bosses is a bit too easy. It implies that not being a jerk or worse makes you a good boss. And that’s not always true....
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Beware of One-Size-Fits-All Business Advice
Last Tuesday I had the privilege of taking 10 half-hour appointments with student entrepreneurs developing business plans. The idea was listening, talking, suggesting, and maybe helping with a thought...
View ArticleRestaurants, Bootstrapping, Good Stories, and Divine Intervention
This is a great look at one example of a successful restaurant business. Jonathan Fields calls it “bootstrapping with a bit of divine intervention.” That story is about four minutes in. The whole...
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8 Successful Companies That Had to Pivot (Infographic)
My thanks to Paula Andruss for this infographic on Entrepreneur.com:
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What? Me do a Business Plan? But I’m Not a Start-up!
Are you a business owner? Do you have a business plan? Is your answer to that question: “Business plan? but I’m not a start-up. Why would I want a business plan?” My answer is that you do want...
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Adam Osborne on Product Release Brinkmanship
Ah yes, software product release. When do you let that product go? When is it good enough? What if there are more problems? This is publishing at its best. The joy of easy updates I will say that what...
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5 Simple Rules for Better Business Decisions
They teach decision sciences in business schools. Those of us doing business, either as entrepreneurs, business owners, or careerists, talk a lot, and think a lot, about business decisions. We all want...
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Do We All Undervalue Bootstrapping?
In business schools, in popular blogs, in business publications, and in general discussion of starting a business, we undervalue bootstrapping. We teach starting a business as if every new business...
View ArticleThe 6 Most Expensive Words in Business
I saw this on Twitter yesterday, posted by Meghan Biro: Remember that the six most expensive words in business are: “We’ve always done it that way.”–Catherine DeVrye She makes a good point. In my 30+...
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Don’t Underestimate Beachhead Strategy
I like beachhead strategies. The term comes from military strategy, meaning that as you invade enemy territory, you need to focus your strength and concentrate on winning a small border area (the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nice People Can be Bad Bosses. Way Too Often.
I’m troubled. The problem, in a nutshell, is that saying jerks and idiots are bad bosses is a bit too easy. It implies that not being a jerk or worse makes you a good boss. And that’s not always true....
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Beware of One-Size-Fits-All Business Advice
Last Tuesday I had the privilege of taking 10 half-hour appointments with student entrepreneurs developing business plans. The idea was listening, talking, suggesting, and maybe helping with a thought...
View ArticleRestaurants, Bootstrapping, Good Stories, and Divine Intervention
This is a great look at one example of a successful restaurant business. Jonathan Fields calls it “bootstrapping with a bit of divine intervention.” That story is about four minutes in. The whole...
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8 Successful Companies That Had to Pivot (Infographic)
My thanks to Paula Andruss for this infographic on Entrepreneur.com: The post 8 Successful Companies That Had to Pivot (Infographic) appeared first on Planning, Startups, Stories.
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