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I know, I know, you think I am confused. Trust me. I know we have three months until 2010 starts. I suspect 2009 was not a great year for you. If you want to change your results in the coming year, now is the time to start planning. Have you started on your budgets for…
Three old men are at dinner. They have a splendid meal: steaks, baked potatoes, veggies. But they have a problem. They have only one set of teeth. It’s going to take them a while to eat. I’ll let you imagine whether they share a little at a time or one finishes before passing the teeth…
Recyclers have been talking about Cash for Clunkers, and whether it was good or bad for our industry. I won’t opine much, other than to say the answer probably depends upon how prepared you were to take advantage of the opportunities the initiative presented. Ever noticed that some folks seem to do well no matter…
E-mail can be a remarkable tool that boosts productivity or it can be a huge time waster. Mostly how well email works depends upon how skilled you are at effectively managing it. I would like to share some of the tips and tricks that have helped me manage the hundreds of e-mails that I get…
As promised, this month I will explore the technique of bottom up budgeting. It was mentioned in my articles on financial forecasting and sharing teeth. You can learn more about these and other topics by visiting the industry specific discussion boards at www.MrMissionPossible.com. I was proud to learn about bottom up budgeting in my stint…
“Listen, I left my new Dell 6400 at security earlier today. Did you find it?” “We did recover a computer today. I can’t release any more information without a serial #.” “What if I gave you my password, and you turned on the computer and logged in. Only the owner would know that, right?” “I…
Reid Hoffman, CEO of Linkedin, asked an interesting question of participants in the business networking site. He asked a question about the best ways small business people could stimulate the economy on a grassroots level. I believe he is asking the right question. I firmly believe that the recovery, when it comes, will be led…
Last month we discussed how most small businesses just don’t make the time to do strategic planning, so they don’t grow as fast as they otherwise might, and they are always in a response mode, not ready for future conditions. Many big businesses have a systematic method for analyzing future initiatives, quantifying their value and…
How Much Time Did You Use Last Week on Strategic Planning for Your Business? Two things I have learned in all my experience working with large businesses over the last decade: Those big guys that we often dismiss as too big and too slow are very focused on doing the things they do best, and…
Week after week, one of my clients or friends loses their computer to a virus. They end up spending hours or days trying to get back to a state of normalcy. Fortunately, I have never lost a PC to a virus, but to make sure that you don’t, you must: Have good virus detection software:…