by Jeff Mendelsohn | Oct 22, 2012 | Business Planning
This past week I saw a very interesting video from Jon Stewart. It has some slightly NSFW language. So mind your ears. Anyway, in the video Jon proposed a thought and question. The rich aka the job creators take all the risk so they need some sort of reward like a...
by Tiffiny Fayerweather | Oct 17, 2012 | Business Management, Employee Management, Uncategorized
Did you know that a whopping thirty percent of staff members in the US will call off of work and fake being sick? Just a few of the reasons workers feel the need to call off and play hooky for the day include family emergencies, child care issues and unpalatable...
by Linda Fayerweather | Oct 16, 2012 | Business Culture, Business Improvement, Personal Improvement
Procrastination is a lot like playing Words with Friends®, you spend time, have some fun but when you are done; the dishes are still in the sink to wash! Well, entrepreneurs are famous for finding ways to start the next adventure before making sure the last one is...
by Jeff Mendelsohn | Oct 15, 2012 | Customer Service & Culture
These last few weeks being out and about shopping I’ve come across some unusually bad customer service. Your customers are every thing and most of the time they don’t expect much. The image that your business presents to customer can make or break your...
by Tiffiny Fayerweather | Oct 10, 2012 | Business Improvement, Goals, Organization
Want to make 2013 the year your business gets organized? Start now! Here are a few ways to make the new year a little less cluttered; Scan your receipts and invoices and electronically file them by month. Some office programs even allow the electronic copy to be...
by Linda Fayerweather | Oct 9, 2012 | Business Management, Employee Management, Planning for Business, Selling
Let’s say you’re in the market for buying a house and you go to view one that looks appealing in the ad. How does it look on the inside? The outside? What about the location? What is your general impression? Like your house, your business projects an image to...
by Jeff Mendelsohn | Oct 8, 2012 | Business Culture, Employee Management
While talking to a friend this past week, she was telling me about a co-worker that was very negative, rude, and in some ways would do things just to stop progress. Whether it is on purpose or not he causes a bad work environment. The problem is management...
by Linda Fayerweather | Oct 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
This is an awesome presentation about “re-imagination of nearly everything” becasue of the Internet. Ms Meeker is whith Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers – a venture capitalist company that reflects thier passion for invention and ingenuity. The...
by Tiffiny Fayerweather | Oct 3, 2012 | Business Networking, Customer Service & Culture, Image & Marketing
Social media sites have given companies ways to communicate with people like never before. You can ask your fans how they like your newest product and get instant feedback good and bad. The good comments are great, but how do you respond when a fan posts a terrible...
by Linda Fayerweather | Oct 2, 2012 | Business Culture, Business Improvement, Planning for Business, Uncategorized
We, in business, use the term “Bus” often as an abbreviation for business and we have a habit of saying “threw them under the bus” as an euphemism for blaming someone for something that didn’t work. Thanks to Jim Collins, we also use the...
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