Exit Strategy Planning Tips from the Author of Walk Away Wealthy Here are two of Mark Tepper’s (author of Walk Away Wealthy: The Entrepreneur’s Exit-Planning Playbook) more startling statements made during our one-on-one conversation: Wondering when you should start exit planning? Answer: when you’re just planning or […]
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Actually, it is Rocket Science: How NASA’s Professional Crisis Management Can Help You Devise Your Own Crisis Management Plan. No one goes looking for trouble, especially when you’re dealing with the normal day-to-day challenges of running a growing business. But it’s probably inevitable that sometime, sooner or […]
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7 Essential Tools for Startups As a new business owner, gaining access to the right tools early on can make or break the success of your startup. At their conception, new businesses have a lot of potential. A majority of the nation’s businesses are small independently-owned-and-operated companies. […]
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15 Facts That Can’t Be Ignored About U.S. Manufacturing Simply defined, manufacturing is the process of transforming raw materials into new products, using mechanical, physical or chemical means. Without manufacturing, we wouldn’t have the tools and technologies needed to be productive in the other sectors […]
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Workers who regularly exercise average 9% more in pay than non-exercisers, according to the Journal of Labor Research. Why? Researchers aren’t sure, although some speculate that it’s because exercise increases mental function and energy levels, and improves mood. This makes employees who exercise more attractive to employers […]
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Last month, we shared information about the hiring environment in the United States. As with most issues, there is good news – and there is bad news. The good news is that more hiring is taking place, which is a hallmark of a revitalizing economy. The bad […]
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We were browsing Twitter to find news of interest – and we came across a story by Michael W. Freeman in the Orlando Sentinel about how studying Walt Disney can teach small business owners plenty about running their own companies. In this article, he interviews Jim Korkis, […]
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MP Star Financial asked people in the trenches what successful social media strategies they’re using and/or what tips they have to offer other small business owners. Here are just two of the many responses we received: Justyna Krygowska Justyna manages social media channels for a New Jersey […]
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Is America’s entrepreneurial spirit dead, wounded, or just resting? With the economy still lurching through a weak recovery, that’s a question worth asking. Business start-up rates have remained steady in recent years, but failure rates are staggeringly high, with 95% of new ventures not surviving through five […]
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A college friend used to say, “what’s good for General Motors is good for America.” Of course, this was back in the late 1980s, and way before the bailout. Anyway, his statement was more than a little self-serving, since at the time he was working in engineering […]
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