Bob Phibbs is The Retail Doctor. (No, really, that’s his registered trademark.) And he has the credentials and experience to have a valid claim to the title. He’s helped many ailing retail businesses get healthy. He is the author of The Retail Doctor’s Guide to Growing Your Business, a practical and tough guide for retail […]
My blog knows everything about my business
How could your blog know everything about your business? You could tell it, as part of capturing and sharing the valuable knowledge in your small business. Whenever your small business brings on a new person, there is a period of adjustment and training. You have to teach them what to do, how it’s done here, […]
Are unpaid internships legal
A big discussion at ChrisBrogan.com about unpaid internships spilled over into the question of whether unpaid internships are legal in the US. I used to work in the field of workforce development (back in the dark ages), so I wasn’t afraid to head to DOL to check. Here’s what my research says:Unpaid internships would not […]
6 Tips for managing a distributed workforce
With all the technology available to us, sometimes we work with people for years before we ever meet in person. That can be terrific, or it can be a headache. Digging around in my notes from conferences, I found these tips on managing a distributed workforce from a 2008 session at SXSW with Andrew Huff, […]
