Rush is Right!

March 10, 2009

This will drive some of you nuts, no doubt, some of you will cringe with discomfort, but Rush is exactly right in his recent comments. The first requirement for those of you who are not going to agree is to first listen to what he has actually said. Sorry, just reading what someone else said [...]

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Why Do Businesses Fail?

December 10, 2008

Why do small businesses fail?
If you think you know the answer, send me your answer in a comment.
I already know the answer, I want to see if any of you out there know the real triggering event. I’m not talking about owners abandoning the business, I’m talking about they got out the paddles, shouted “CLEAR” [...]

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All You Need to Hear!

October 27, 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iivL4c_3pck
Go ahead, just give it a listen. Obama in his own words describes the challenges of actually re-distributing the wealth. He laments that the civil rights movement did not address it. He says the courts would never find it constitutional, but legislatively and administratively, it can be done!

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Spreading Around the Wealth

October 18, 2008

Nothing divides us, one from another, like religion and politics. Strong opinions and firmly held beliefs tend to get in the way of good relations, even within a family.

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Check Out My New Diggs! 10minpay.com

September 10, 2008

Got me a spankin new website for my little biz, check it out: www.10minpay.com

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Simple Marketing Tip # 2

June 27, 2008

Exceed Expectations.

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I Hate Bad Service!

June 26, 2008

I feel a rant coming on….
In this day and age, how can people with small businesses be so damn stupid? In ancient times 50 years ago your business existed fairly cut off from the rest of the world. You would treat customers badly and maybe you got away with it because you were the only [...]

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Simple Marketing #1

June 25, 2008

Take away the risk of doing business with you.

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The pride of power. Part 2

June 24, 2008

(An excerpt from my upcoming book, Yearning for Simplicity. The book is a derivative work of the 1905 book, “The Simple Life”, by Charles Wagner.)
We forget that the first quality needed in the person of authority is humility. Haughtiness is not humility. It is not we who are the law, the law is over our heads. Our [...]

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The E-Myth re-revisited #6

June 23, 2008

For every person who starts a business of their own, or has a small business, Michael E. Gerber’s book, “The E Myth Revisited” should be a required read. I’m going to post once a week on ideas from this book. For those who have never read it, I’ll boil it down for you, although you [...]

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