Your Small Business Guide To Staying Profitable In Uncertain Times: 2023 Edition
Strategies for staying profitable through inflation and economic uncertainty, told through the story of one small business owner working the problem.
Can Your Business Keep Up? Customer First Disruption & Innovation
Small service and retail businesses can compete on customer-first innovation. Here is where to start when you know something in the business has to change.
Use QuickBooks (or whatever you're using to keep track of your financials) to make better business decisions!
How to use QuickBooks, or whatever system tracks your financials, to build better forecasts and make sharper business decisions.
Monday Memes Ch 3: Baby Yoda & Burn Out
A lighter look at burnout through this week's meme, with a question about whether you are playing a finite or an infinite game in how you work.
Just Cause > Your Current Mission Statement: The Infinite Game
A look at Simon Sinek's The Infinite Game and why a just cause gives a business more direction than a typical mission statement.
You Can Still Achieve Your 2019 Goals (Step-by-Step)
It is not too late to hit this year's goals. Here is a step-by-step process for closing the gap in the final quarter.
Monday Memes Ch 2: Easy Wins
Buying domains feels like progress, but is it? This post separates easy wins that feel productive from the work that actually moves a business forward.
Monday Memes Ch 1: Time Management
A different take on Monday motivation that uses a meme as the starting point for better time management in your business.
How To W.I.N. Everyday
Cut through the noise about winning strategies. The W.I.N. approach helps owners focus each day on the work that matters most.
How To Make Better Business Decisions
Strategy is a word that gets overused. This post argues for focusing on making better decisions and shows how to do it.
Here's Your Creating Culture Crash Course
Why a supportive, engaging culture makes teams more effective, with practical steps for creating one in a growing business.
BUSY ≠ SUCCESS: Beat the Hustle Porn trap, make the most of your time, and get real results.
Long hours are not a strategy. Here is how to escape the hustle trap, make better use of your time, and get real results.
Stop Taking Bad Business Advice
Lessons from mentoring startups and judging pitch competitions on how to filter out bad advice and move your business forward.
Vet Your Next Business Idea Before You Launch
Before the website and the logo, decide what the business will actually do. Here is how to vet a new business idea before you launch.
It's Time To Up Your Marketing Game
Why marketing automation and marketing technology deserve attention in every growing business, and how to start using them.
Get 1% Better Every Day! Your Business Improvement Blueprint
A blueprint for continuous improvement built on Kanban boards, stand-ups, and small daily gains that compound over time.
Best Business Books For Real Growth
A curated list of favorite business books for owners who want real growth, shared in honor of World Book Day.
Looking to grow? Time to put on your business development hat!
Every owner is also a business developer. Here is how to approach business development deliberately while you are still delivering the work.
What is a Net Promoter Score? (And, why do I need it?)
What a Net Promoter Score is, how large companies use it, and why it is a practical tool for small businesses too.
Why Business Communication Matters
Why communication skills matter in business, drawn from a conversation with an undergraduate business communications class.