Presentation Skills for Entrepreneurs is now available at The Great Big Small Business Show. This week is a mashup of 6 different podcasters discussing various aspects of Presentation Skills for Entrepreneurs. (Below is the transcript from my portion of this weeks Great Big Small Business Show) This is one of my favorite topics, I have [...]

Think Digg meets E-Commerce. Crowdstorm is a new way for consumers to find what to buy by measuring the buzz around products. Users recommend products, and the crowd defines the best products by recommending what they know and like. Good… Read more about Social Shopping Sites

Have you ever contemplated the mathematical equation of what percentage of vision the rearview mirror is compared to the windshield? Both are important, we need to know what is behind us to help determine how we view the scene in… Read more of Looking Forward or Looking Back

A few years ago, before I started my own business, a friend and I set out on a research project. We wanted to know why some people could make an effective relationship with someone very rapidly and others would take much more time and sometimes they would never get to the point of having a [...]

I think the article referenced below is very good. It describes all of the important steps to effective performance management. The first company I managed in believed strongly in a consistent process whose real aime is to CORRECT the performance problem, not to hurt employees. It has worked well for me over the last 25 [...]

I think individual sales rep performance is the single biggest opportunity area for major productivity improvements. Productivity has been addresseed aggressively in every other area of business except sales. (IMHO, having managed hundreds of sales professionals) So of course tools are a major source of help but they need to have the right orientation, I [...]

Small business owners often have to wear many hats to make it in today’s competitive environment. Unlike large corporations, they don’t have teams of top-level executives on call to provide sound business advice or help during a crisis. Or, do… Read more

This is a great article for all of us business creative types who can’t stop thinking up ideas for new products and services. Your business idea is so bad that it’s good. Very good. Sure, getting it from your brain to store shelves might be tough, but well…what if? For Paul Stremple, inventor of the [...]

A month ago I shared some specific ways to get ahead at work. For me it worked, I got promoted within my IT group and was actually bumped up 2 spots. As I mentioned in that post, I was promoted directly by a VP (my boss’ boss), which was unusual. Since then my boss was [...]

One of the worst fallacies is that “Having a Home Business is Easy.” No way Jose. Even without a family or kids around, when one decides to put up a home business, his or her time management skills will… Read more