OK. It’s the end of the week. I’d like you to take a look at your schedule this week, business owners. How much of your time is taken up with activities that don’t create new products or services, drive more sales or find new customers? If the answer is a lot, it’s probably time to [...]

As many of you know, I’ve been in several startup entrepreneurial ventures.  One of the biggest problems I’ve faced (for a variety of reasons) is when customers don’t pay on time. We’ve all had the experience of running our businesses on a frayed shoestring. And that shoestring frays even faster when a customer fails to [...]

Let’s take a brief test for a second. Ask yourself this question, especially if you’re an entrepreneur and have employees and/or 1099 “partners”. Here’s the test: Can you say the following: ”I just love my staff! I want them to never leave. I take them to plays and out to dinner and pay them higher than [...]

Now that the economy appears to be turning around a bit, small-business owners across the country are hoping that the long, dark months of cutting resources to the bone in order to survive the economic recession are over. So, as we look ahead to 2011, we wanted to know: Do you plan to hire more [...]