Driving to work this morning I was listening to the radio. The radio announcer said that the police have yet to identify the shooter in yesterday’s attack at Dawson College in Montreal but reports are out there identifying him. I missed the name they said on the radio, but I did catch this part (and […]
Archives for September 2006
Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs Need a Long-Term Vision
Answer these questions: Do you think small business owners and entrepreneurs should have a mission statement for their businesses? Do you think most small business owners and entrepreneurs think a mission statement is pointless? Do you think mission statements are a bunch of corporate propaganda perpetrated by overpriced management consultants? Denise O’Berry draws our attention […]
Blog And You Shall Be Heard, Even if Companies Don’t Respond
Blogging is about having a voice. It’s about being heard. And it works. You might want to praise someone. You might want to complain. Do it reasonably and without sounding like a raving lunatic and you just may get a response. You should get a response because companies and people should be listening to what […]
Sharing the Link Love
I’m a big fan of link leaking and its mates, the link leak virus and link love. Given the choice I’ll take link love over the others, only because it sounds…nicer. But if you want to cough on me and spread your link leak virus, by all means. With that in mind, I’ve put up […]
Master of Your Own Domain? Delegate Anyway.
Small business owners and entrepreneurs are masters of their own domain. You rule the roost. You’re the big cheese. In many cases your business lives or dies with your effort, creativity, guts and passion. You don’t work for anyone right? Well, I’d argue you work for your customers, but that’s another story for another day. […]
Toss a Little Fun and Passion into the Work Environment
No matter what your job, whether you’re an entrepreneur, running a small or large business, or working for someone else, please don’t forget to inject a bit of FUN and PASSION into what you do. For many, fun and passion are natural and a part of their day-to-day lives; but that’s not the case for […]
How To Make Sure the Customer Isn’t Forgotten While in Startup Mode
From the folks at Cambrian House comes these thoughts on getting lost in product development and ignoring the customer. Oh, how easy it is! And these guys admit to making this mistake which immediately sets the tone for the rest of their blog post. Customers = Good (quoted from them) Yup. It’s hard to say […]
Entrepreneurs Should Never Say “Greedy”
There’s nothing wrong with wanting to be rich. Lots of entrepreneurs have that goal, and it’s a perfectly suitable goal. But greed is another story. And “greedy” is one of the 7 words an entrepreneur should never use. Not because the word itself is so awful, but the connotation and meaning behind it are bad […]
Gilad – Why Won’t You Let Me Contact You About Your Plugin Yes-WWW?
During the most recent open mic session at Successful Blog I was asking the participants about some problems I’m having with Technorati. In the midst of that, Joe at Working at Home on the Internet suggested I try the WordPress plugin yes-www. The plugin redirects all non “www” requests to “www” — so if you […]
My Biggest Failure as a Business Owner
Entrepreneurs and business owners will fail. It’s hard to talk about, it’s even harder to experience. My biggest failure as a business owner was having to let people go because I couldn’t pay them. It was in 2001 when the bubble burst, and I couldn’t make payroll. We had grown a bit too quickly and didn’t anticipate the severity of the problems. Some of the best advice I can now give is this: don’t hire too many people too quickly.