Most of us have experienced the sudden “aha!” of an intuitive answer. Very, very few have any idea how to look for an intuitive answer, or how to actually use our intuition. The intuition seems too erratic and unpredictable to be considered a tool. However, the technique discussed here offers a way to tap into…

Think what we are saying is too basic? Or too repetitive? “People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.” Dr. Samuel Johnson We owe Mark Taylor for the Blinding Flash of the Obvious quote. small biz rural entrepreneurship

Inc.com has one of those headlines that really didn’t take a survey to find out: Business Owners Work Twice as Much as Employees, Survey Finds. Surprised? Me neither. How much do we work? Thirty-three percent of small-business owners reported working more than 50 hours per week, while an additional 25% said they work more than…

The great CEO of General Motors, Alfred Sloan, was a business leader who understood that a corporation’s greatest asset is its people. Sloan once said, “Take my assets but leave me my organization, and, in five years, I’ll have it all back.” Sloan understood that every business is a people business. -Mary Kay Ash Your…

Small towns beat big towns for Random Encounters that can benefit your business. No need to ‘manufacture a Starbuck’s moment’ in a small town. Any trip to the post office can lead to the kind of chance meeting that spurs a creative thought, builds a new partnership, or leads to new business. Referrals are a…

First, Jeanne (OkieJ), explained that small businesses don’t get much of our money from banks. I gave a link to a bit more on how to raise money from friends and family. Now Marco Terry explains another option in his blog, Invoice Factoring: Small Business Financing: There are still two types of financing that are…