Modern attention spans being as short as they are, the art of storytelling probably isn’t as quite as good as it once was. But that can actually work to your company’s advantage. With tons of mediocre descriptions out there, it might not take much to set your […]
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Cash Flow. It should be a four-letter word. (Actually, it’s two four-letter words, but who’s counting?) Cash flow can be a headache for almost every small business owner. Making sure that more money comes in to your company than goes out is always job #1…but it’s seldom […]
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“Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life or come with me and change the world?” – Steve Jobs to PepsiCo CEO John Sculley Are you a leader or a manager? Is it possible to be both? In the age of Jobs, […]
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It always comes back to Detroit. Most of the general public – and many business professionals – had never even heard the term “lease” until Motown heavily promoted leasing as a way to bump up new car transactions in the wake of the recession that crippled the […]
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Not every business is feeling it yet – hopefully, yours is – but by most measures the Great Recession, which started in mid-2008, appears to finally have run its course. Certainly the recovery, with annual growth in the economy sputtering along at around two percent, has been […]
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Hollywood seldom does any favors for corporate America. Captains of industry are generally portrayed as evil (Casino, 1997), greedy (Wall Street, 1988), or both (There Will Be Blood, 2007). Perhaps the Steve Jobs biopic, Jobs, opening this month, will send a better message and present a more […]
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Ignorance is bliss. Oh, really? For whom? How is being ignorant better than knowing? A business associate used to say, “you may not like where you are, but you better always at least know where you are.” That may not roll off your tongue like, “ignorance is […]
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It depends on whom you ask and how certain terms are defined, but some experts believe that more than 90 percent of small business failures can be attributed to cash flow management problems. The amount of cash coming into your business must be more than the amount […]
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What if You Can’t Make Your 941 Payment on Time? Stop us if you’ve heard this one, but you need to do everything in your power to keep your company’s 941 tax filings and deposits current. Your 941 tax payments, in case it’s slipped your mind, represent […]
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With parades, fireworks and non-stop baseball on television, the summer holidays – Memorial Day, July 4th, and Labor Day – tend to bring out the red, white and blue in just about everyone. But as a business owner, you can make a more permanent patriotic gesture by […]
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