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Small business owners can ditch plans and still smile
Unexpected life circumstances can derail our carefully crafted small business plans. Sometimes itās best to simply deal with the urgent and not beat yourself up for getting off track on the important. Rarely are important items so urgent that they become lost opportunities if you donāt act immediately. Admittedly, Iām a list maker and a…
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Small business success & cell phone cocktail?
“Samson killed a thousand men with the jaw bone of an ass. That many sales are killed every day with the same weapon.” — Anonymous I recently did something I won’t do again. Granted, I tend to accept āmodern conveniencesā grudgingly, but being plugged in seems to create a modern expectation of 24/7 attention ā…
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Driving into Darkness
As I headed back from the warm, welcoming sun that greeted me to Rochester the day prior, I grimaced when fog fell thick on the Thruway just as I approached Albany. It was that kind of shroud where you canāt tell if itās dawn, dusk or midday. The playful drizzle that had accompanied me for…
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Small business success story fun – 17 YO gal projecting $250 million in sales
The ones that make the news are the exceptions, of course, but it always puts a smile on my face when I read about a small business success story that exceeds the founderās wildest dreams. Forbes ran a story yesterday about a young girl that had the gift of planning already in her heart. She…
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Wild rides provide small business lessons
The scariest ride I ever faced was on a 1954 International Tractor. As I rounded the top of 20-foot-wide pathway between pastures and started heading down the half-mile or so hill, it popped out of gear. My mechanic had advised against replacing the breaks, citing anything legal today would be shot in three months. Iām…
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Are you on the right trail for small business success?
āIf you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.ā -Chinese proverb Finding your path to small business success doesnāt necessarily come from doing what youāre supposed to do. Sometimes, you need to put platitudes aside and forget about āstanding on the shoulders…