Planning & Strategy

You don’t have to go into debt, compromise quality or performance to cut business costs. There are significant ways to save money without compromise. How? Most of the techniques revolve...

It is easy to go really hard at something for a period of time, but the energy wanes. It reminds me of boxing. When those fighters start the first round,...

If you were to study some of the most creative people throughout history, you would find that each of them had little rituals. There were things that each of them...

In 1982, George Kelling and James Wilson published an article entitled Broken Windows. The article argued that a crucial and necessary step to keep order in a dangerous neighborhood, was...

Think about the way your business runs:  you attract prospective clients, convert them to customers, collect the money, cultivate repeat business, and encourage customers to refer other prospective clients.  Each...

Right now, pick up the phone, call your best client and after the appropriate niceties ask them this question: “What am I doing right?” They will surely share some details....

As entrepreneurs, we ask ourselves questions all the time – how we can get more customers, how we can get more money, or even... how we can get more expenses...

Step 1 - Take 10 sticky notes and write one of the ten most important things your company does on each individual note. Step 2 - Now stick each one...

The first business in a new territory gains the respect. A great example of this theory, was proven with the emergence of the company Uber. Uber became the first in...

Could you imagine a fruit stand that just sold bananas? Kinda lame, don't you think? Customers want variety. Where's the blueberries? The apples? The mangoes? Where's all the options? The...