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Strategy

• General, Strategy

  The Refiner’s Fire

  07.30.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Steel only becomes steel through a process of tempering…temperature extremes harden the metal. Times are tough…it’s easy to run a business when times are plentiful. You have a choice to make:

  Find a way to make your business grow during difficult times. Find ways to streamline, automate and cut costs.
  Or, you can ride it out. Get [...]

• Strategy

  Self-doubt and second guessing…

  01.26.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Are you in the early stages of starting a business? Believe me when I tell you that self-doubt and second guessing yourself are not uncommon.
  I just had a bout of that today!
  It happens….you know, we need fear and doubt. Those feelings are there to protect us from making mistakes. To warn us against danger.
  If you’ve [...]

• Strategy

  Take on Wal-Mart…and WIN

  08.01.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Wal-Mart has caused the death of countless small businesses.
  As a small business owner, how do you compete with Wal-Mart?
  The answer is simple - you don’t. Don’t play their game. Play your own game. You should be striving to find ways to increase value, not ways to play commodity price games…you will lose.
  Use your [...]