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Idea: Be more than a coach, be a taxi
The latest business idea comes from a different source. Let me quote rather extensively from Robert Fulghum. Yes, Fulghum the author of All I Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. This is from his series of short Tango Chronicles. At most large events, there are Tango Taxis.Not for a cab ride home if…
Brag Basket fun!
Once a week, I offer this post as a safe place to brag or promote yourself and your projects, because we all deserve some friendly recognition. Last week, MacPhilly bragged about talking with VC’s and staring on his dream. Glenda was excited to move up in the Blog for a Year competition (vote early, vote…
Common small business mistakes – Setting business hours
Common mistakes can kill your small business, but most of them can be easily corrected or avoided. Today’s bad example: inconsistent business hours.A local restaurant is open, I think, Saturday at 5 pm, Sunday at 11 am for lunch only, and Monday sometime. In fact, they are only newly re-opened from a previous failure. They…
Quick business plans
Most of us agree we need a business plan, but of course, most of us don’t have one. So this week, I took my own advice, and started on my own simplified business plan. Here are four tips to help you move to start your own plan. Simplify – I’ve given you an outline Reuse…
Today is Positive Thinking Day
Change your thoughts, and you change your world. Don’t believe me? Think that’s too much, to optimistic, or too unrealistic? It’s not. It’s Positive Thinking Day. You can’t change anything else, so you might as well start to work on you. You can’t change the economy. We see signs right now that tough economic times…
Brag Basket goes multi-media
Once a week, I offer this post as a safe place to brag or promote yourself and your projects, because we all deserve some friendly recognition. Last week, we had brags in all forms! Phil Gerbyshak called in a brag about Positive Thinking Day. I used the comments to brag on our friend Laura Allen…
Rule No. 1 of Customer Service
“Rule No. 1: Use your own good judgment in all situations. There will be no additional rules.” –Bruce, Jim and John Nordstrom, co-presidents of Nordstrom department store, in the employee handbook Quoted at Customers Are Always New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get our updates. Want more stories? Read our…
