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Is Being Politically Correct Blinding Your Business Vision?

Filed under Business Management, Small Business, Venture Capital and Start Ups on July 6, 2009

My own view is that political correctness has resulted in the dumbing down of America. We can no longer have intelligent conversation about important issues of the day for fear…

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Great Moments in Technology

Filed under Business Management, Small Business, Venture Capital and Start Ups on May 8, 2009

Every once in a while a conversation triggers some memories that have stuck with me through the years. They are usually humorous, ironic or particularly prophetic. Everything else has been…

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How Much Should a Business Make?

Filed under Business Management, Small Business, Venture Capital and Start Ups on December 24, 2008

How much a business should be making is not an easy question to answer, although all too many answer it without a lot of thought. Too often those who put…

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My Very Best Customer Service Experience

Filed under Marketing, Sales/Selling, Small Business, Venture Capital and Start Ups on December 4, 2008

It was on Good Friday. My wife informed me that we were not going to be eating meat, but she wanted to stop in and get some fast food while…

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Strategic Planning in a Small Business

Filed under Business Management, Small Business, Venture Capital and Start Ups on December 3, 2008

The strategic plan is a vision and roadmap to future success only to the extent that it is: Founded upon a rational vision. Impediments to the goal are anticipated and…

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Executing Business Plans

Filed under Business Management, Business Plans, Small Business, Venture Capital and Start Ups on December 3, 2008

If there’s one thing worse than not having a strategy, it’s having a strategy with no implementation plan. It’s all in the execution. no matter how much research goes into…

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Selecting Tasks to Delegate

Filed under Business Management, Small Business, Venture Capital and Start Ups on December 3, 2008

Deciding what task and decision making you should let go of and pass on to others may be the easiest part of the process. You have more than likely already…

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Business Process

Filed under Business Management, Small Business, Venture Capital and Start Ups on December 3, 2008

Defining the process for every day decision making and tasks is both difficult and essential to successful delegation. Thinking through how you go about doing something is not as easy…

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The Delegation Dilemma

Filed under Business Management, Small Business, Venture Capital and Start Ups on December 3, 2008

One of the most common difficulties facing small business managers is dealing with the concept of delegation. Delegation is a vital element in ensuring the efficient use of scarce resources….

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Outsourcing in a Small Business Environment

Filed under Small Business on December 3, 2008

The question of what to do with the decision making and tasks that you have identified should be far more straight forward and quantifiable than the series of things you’ve…

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