Posts Tagged ‘Strategy’
Tips for small business: Negotiating With the New Recruit
Mike | May 7th, 2012Last year, I wrote a couple of posts about the process of hiring new employees and what applicants can do to help. Recruiting and hiring can be one of the more painful aspects to running a small business, but job applicants can go far to ease the process for those doing the hiring and, at [...]
Small business Congress-watch: Three Reasons to Vote Next November?
Mike | April 23rd, 2012A few times a year I take a browse through current legislation that has been introduced in our Congress. The idea is to stay current on what the folks in Washington are doing for small businesses and startups and to briefly analyze some of those priorities and efforts. As business owners and operators who live [...]
Small Biz and Startup Tips: 5 Ideas to Plan for Success(ion)
Mike | April 16th, 2012When starting and running a new company it is easy to focus on the present and quickly lose track of what may come in the future. This is not a bad thing - in fact the present is exactly where entrepreneurs should place most of their priorities and devote most of their energy. But as [...]
10 Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Academics
Mike | April 9th, 2012As college graduation weekends and summer business incubator announcements loom, I thought I would take a few minutes to consider the connection between the entrepreneurship and academia. Entrepreneurs, by definition, take an idea or a concept and strive to make that idea into a operating business. To do this, we spend a great deal of [...]
Lean Marketing Tips: Hyperlocal Marketing Channels
Mike | March 26th, 2012We write often about marketing strategies and tactics for small business and startups. These companies typically have limited budgets, thin resources, and strained capacity which combine to create a challenge for managers and owners: how to develop an effective marketing campaign using tactics that will work for their business. The Lean Startup movement provides a [...]
Small Business Tips: Foreign Payments, The Patriot Act, OFAC, and you.
Mike | March 5th, 2012Every time I find myself on the security line at the airport, I watch the folks ahead of me anticipating that someone will be pulled from the line because their name appeared on the TSA “no-fly” list. I have yet to see this happen, but I sympathize with the poor schlub whose name matches that [...]
10 Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Politicians
Mike | February 13th, 2012‘Tis the season. Not for giving gifts or reflecting on peace on earth. This is the silly season where we have to opportunity to elect our next President of the United States. Every four years, our country engages in a ritual which will impact the course of our economy, our social policy, and our governmental [...]
