by Linda Fayerweather | Sep 18, 2012 | Business Improvement, Business Planning, Customer Service & Culture, Planning for Business
If you are not working ON your business at least 5 hours a week, then maybe on your way home tonight you will want to pick up some cheese and crackers so when you “whine” you won’t be doing it on an empty stomach. In Michael Gerber’s The E-Myth Mastery as...
by Jeff Mendelsohn | Sep 17, 2012 | Business Improvement, Image & Marketing, Personal Improvement
This past week I came across a blog post on Shopify. It contained 12 TED talk videos that were meant to inspire fellow Entrepreneurs/Wantrepreneurs. The one that stuck out for me the most was Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action. It really struck a nerve with...
by Jeff Mendelsohn | Sep 10, 2012 | Business Improvement, Employee Management, Personal Improvement
This past week I was reminded of a situation that I had to deal with a while ago. I helped on a small project, just fixing some bugs and finishing up some functions while the head developer was busy doing more important things. Everything was going fine till I...
by Jeff Mendelsohn | Sep 3, 2012 | Business Improvement, Selling
This week I got a reminder from a good business friend about the selling process that I want to share with everyone. A few lessons are from my friend and few are from me. When writing a proposal or when talking about a service/product, start from the beginning and...
by Jeff Mendelsohn | Aug 27, 2012 | Business Culture, Business Improvement, Personal Improvement
I helped a business friend work on a web site for one of his clients. We were making changes to their membership service site, a small dynamic site. Something that would take six to eight months. At first the experience was a huge mess. There was a VP of a department,...
by Linda Fayerweather | Aug 14, 2012 | Business Culture, Business Improvement
To grow a valuable business – one you can sell – you need to set up your company so that it is no longer reliant on you. This can be easier said than done, especially when, like a PR consultant or plumber, what you are selling is your expertise. To scale...