A Little Business Know-How from the Chick in the Skirt…
Posted in Start-Up of the Week on Dec 1st, 2008
We often take for granted the intricacies of shipping. What appears seamless and efficient on the surface, shipping involves an endless array of complicated and intertwining processes. Here’s a glimpse… Say you own a flourishing outdoor sports retail chain with a handful of stores located across the U.S. You have inventory coming [...]
Posted in Business Basics, What's Hot in Business on Nov 16th, 2008
Regardless of technology and how far the Internet takes us, there will always be a need for business cards. I mean, think about it. What are you supposed to hand a potential new client that you just met at the supermarket or on a plane? A laptop? They’re busy, too, and [...]
Posted in Business Basics, What's Hot in Business on Nov 15th, 2008
Business networks come in all shapes in sizes. Some networks meet once a week for the sole purpose of sharing referrals, while others are like ships in the night – occasionally passing by one another - sharing leads, ideas and marketing opportunities once in a blue moon. If your business networks are lacking [...]
Posted in Start-Up of the Week on Oct 21st, 2008
Some businesses flop months after launching, while others have the distinct honor of hitting the ground running – taking off and never looking back. To the joy of its owners, our featured start-up of the week is happily finding a home in the latter category. Recently featured in BTW Magazine and Snowboard [...]
Posted in Business Basics, Business Extras on Sep 29th, 2008
There is a frame of mind or rather mindset that seems to afflict unseasoned, first-time entrepreneurs. It’s what I like to refer to as entrepre-lusion; when all the start-up excitement and business newness causes otherwise rational and very smart businesspeople to get a little loopy. You see the “I’m never going to work for anyone [...]
Posted in Business Extras on Sep 25th, 2008
I’ve written about Twitter before and I’m going to write about it again because I’ve developed a new found respect for this micro-blogging service. If you’re an entrepreneur and you’re not ‘tweeting’, you should be. Really… Don’t be afraid to ‘tweetwork’ (aka ‘tweetilize’) with other ‘twits’ (okay, ‘tweeters’). I know it sounds [...]
Posted in What's Hot in Business on Sep 24th, 2008
Quid pro quo… The phrase immediately reminds me of Anthony Hopkins and Silence of the Lambs. I mean who can forget this line: “If I help you, Clarice, it will be “turns” with us too. Quid pro quo. I tell you things, you tell me things. Not about this case, though. About yourself. Quid [...]
Posted in Business Extras on Sep 18th, 2008
Okay… I had to share this with you because my dream – every entrepreneur’s dream - has finally come true. A company by the name of Details has introduced the Walkstation – an all-in-one desk and treadmill. I’m literally doing cartwheels because I have longed for something like this. Have you ever [...]
Posted in Business Extras on Sep 16th, 2008
As entrepreneurs we often find ourselves having to give a presentation or speech at the last minute. If public speaking isn’t hard enough, when under pressure writing the write piece can be absolute torture – particularly when it comes to the opening line. The next time you find yourself lost for words, borrow [...]
Posted in Business Extras on Sep 10th, 2008
Do you often find yourself trapped by a mountain of paper, plagued by an e-mail box with 20,000 messages and often late for appointments because you cannot find that important proposal? You’re not alone, but you need to get organized. Here’s my five-step plan that can help you get your act together and [...]
