#1 Spring Cleaning for Small Businesses

The arrival of Spring is such a welcome sight. The world bursts with colors as trees regenerate, flowers bloom, and the green landscape rolls in. We open the windows to let in the crisp breeze and we fire up the grills in the evening with the extra daylight. And for...

Pain Free Timesheet Management

“People won’t change until the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change.” The internet cites many sources for this quote, but whoever first said it really understands human behavior. And since humans own and run companies, this...

Building a Business: Change Happens

In this last installment of our Building a Business series we’re going to talk about change. Change is inevitable. In our second post of this series, Focus on Service Done Well, we discussed staying committed to your core purpose as a small business. This...

Building a Business: The Golden Rule

The Golden Rule states, “do to others what you would have them do to you.” Notice that it doesn’t say “don’t do to others what you don’t want done to you.” Therefore, “do to others” implies an active engagement of...

Building a Business: Choosing Vendor Partners

How did your fantasy football season go? You may be rethinking your draft strategy for next season or at least questioning some of the picks you made last Fall. A small business owner drafts players for his team in terms of his vendor partners.  His business success...