Looking Back at 2009

Note: This article was written and published in 2009. It’s fun looking backRemember when… If you’re in, or as some would say ‘into’, business, you’ve probably looked at the statistics for Gross Domestic Product per capita in...

Marissa Mayer Got It Wrong

No more working from home according to Marissa Mayer’s (Yahoo CEO) latest edict. This brilliant decision comes under the heel of her guidance of Yahoo’s new and unimproved homepage. Perhaps that was a failed homework assignment?Frankly, I don’t...

Why Success Cannot Be Copied

You have heard that no two snowflakes are exactly alike. It’s true.In fact, no two of anything are exactly alike. No two cars, made in the same factory by the same people under the tightest quality standards are exactly alike. Cars are complicated. What about,...

What To Do With Friday

For most non-retail businesses Friday is the slowest day of the week. What do you do on Friday?Many businesses go into a sort of “unwind” mode. A lot of people go home early and some businesses even close early on Friday.And yet when asked about marketing,...

Too Late

Something a lot of us do. We put off what we think is going to be bad news until it is too late be better than we expected news.This happens in business all the time. I get an email that says, “the landlord wants me out by the end of the week and I have no...