What do you do when you have new ideas to improve your business? Unfortunately, too many entrepreneurs prefer to perfect the concept first or let the idea percolate just a bit more. In most cases, that new idea, which could be a breakthrough, is never implemented and is soon forgotten. There are ways to make … Read more

You’ve built a successful business. Things are running smoothly with you at the helm. But what happens if you get sick… you want to retire… or, god forbid, you die unexpectedly.   What happens to the business? What happens to your legacy? To your family?  Too many entrepreneurs are too focused on the here and now, … Read more

When you hear “influencer marketing,” you might picture some photoshopped celebrity on Instagram, flaunting a new lip gloss on a tropical beach to a fawning teenage audience.   But that’s just a cliche, says Shane Barker. This specialized type of marketing actually works in hundreds of niches with hundreds of different types of audiences. But it’s … Read more

The only constant in business – in life too, for that matter – is change. It’s how you confront change that matters.  For Lori Michele Leavitt, the “Pivot Catalyst,” that means careful and considered decision-making. Your next step could be bold… you might even make a complete 180 degree turn.   But, says Lori, you don’t … Read more

Adam Lean is really all about working on our business, not in our business. Easier said than done when you’re already so busy. But to keep the lights on… and to have a company that lasts with a bright future, it’s essential.   Adam, founder of Strategy Scout, shares his strategies for being able to figure … Read more