“How do I manage my cash while focusing on all the other things I need to manage?” Our answer is simple. Create cash-flow projections, by the month, the quarter and the year. Business owners who know where their money is coming from and where it’s going become the masters of their cash flow. They make wiser decisions that develop and sustain...

The Number One Skill If there was just one thing you could improve upon that is guaranteed to make you more successful, would you do it? Well then listen up! We mean it, really – listen up and listen better. The better we listen, the more others appreciate us and, in return, the more they listen to us. By listening better, we learn more and misinterpret...

Feb 1, 2012

Attention, entrepreneurs: The planets have aligned for the right startups to find their angels between now and the end of the year. An incentivized and increasingly sophisticated angel community is making a greater number of investments and with a high degree of urgency. The reasons why are varied, but significant: 1. Angel investors are taking advantage of...

Jan 25, 2012

The great Peter Drucker once said that 60% of all management problems are the result of poor communication. When employees and managers fail to understand each other, everything suffers-sales, service, safety, productivity and morale. I was reminded of this while watching this year’s World Series between the St Louis Cardinals and the Texas Rangers. What...

When you leave the corporate world to go out on your own, you trade the illusion of security for the illusion of freedom. It’s best to realize that now. It’s also useful to think of starting a business like having a baby: It will take all the time you can give it and lots more money than you thought it would. Go into it with eyes wide open and be prepared...