My wife and I tend to be non-conformists. Don’t get me wrong, we don’t do things just to be different. We just tend to question group think and the common dogma that most people use to place their life on autopilot. Recently we’ve taken this to a new level. There were several areas of our ... ...
Most people know the importance of cash flow. There are many businesses that look good on their income statement. It is only when you look at their cash flow that problems become clear. As a mentor often tells me Cash is king. Part of velocity is how quickly you get paid. How quickly do you ... ...
I was going to write a post today but several articles popped up that I wanted to get to you. Small Business Trends had a great article 5 Key Microbusiness Trends for 2009 that should give entrepreneurs hope. The big things I took out of it are: Microbusinesses (few or no employees) are going to ... ...
Small Business Trends published a post this week on entrepreneurial data. Some New Data on Entrepreneurial Finance is a great overview of a paper written by researchers Alicia Robb of the University of California at Santa Cruz and David Robinson of Duke University. The Capital Structure Decisions of New Firms is actually an easy read once ... ...
I’m in a unique position to see the economy. I talk to everyone from product engineers to CEOs to salesmen to technicians. I call on everything from large engineering firms to chemical plants to refineries to small businesses. You could say I hit a pretty good cross section of society. Most of the work I ... ...
Yesterday I posted Stop Setting Yourself Up for Failure with New Years Resolutions but the links to the book Think and Grow Rich did not work. I apologize. I’ve been trying to publish quicker (and more frequently) and forgot to double check my links. I’ll take this as a learning experience so it doesn’t happen ... ...
