Formula for Guaranteed Business Success

Formula for Business Success Business = small idea Multiplied by [THINKING, HOMEPAGE, ETHICS, ORGANIZATION] (Note: THEO is Greek for “gods” or, luck, if you prefer, which you will need to succeed) divided by MANAGEMENT because Management almost always...

Are You Sure?

Here’s a real problem I see when businesses focus on competition—or competitors.Yes, paying attention to competition is smart. You can’t ignore competition completely. But nor should any business pay too much attention to competition. Why? Well, the...

Where Is It?!

When I visit your business, the first question I’m going to ask is, “where is your R&D located?”And then you’ll say, “hey, we’re not IBM or HP! We don’t even have an R&D department.. But that doesn’t mean we...

The New Economic Reality

The administration can encourage us to think that recovery is right around the corner but I don’t believe it. I believe we are in a new economic reality and we had better respond to it quickly.Why do I believe this?Look at where the serious money lives. Japan is...

What’s New?

Your business should always be working on the next “new” thing. If your business makes things, you should be working on producing something new. If your business is a service business, you should have a new service in development. Even if your business is...