Another hard-earned lesson from one small biz owner to another. The 8th Commandment: LISTEN HARD. REMAIN RELEVANT. In my first year of business I pretended my way into a few Joomla Template customization projects. Hard
I’m going to take a break from the Small Biz Commandments this week, since nobody wants to read ten weeks worth of those in a row. Instead, today I offer you one rule I learned
These ain’t your granddad’s commandments, but we take ’em darn seriously. The 9th Commandment: LEAVE NO INTERACTION ON THE TABLE Think small town mentality. In smaller towns the idea of walking down the street and
We use these as a compass to make sure we are taking our clients (and our company) in the right direction. Inevitably we slip up and break a commandment and pay the price in sanity,
We’d like to congratulate Mark Lundsten of Fidalgo Films for the full funding of his short film on Kickstarter. Mark’s film, The Bath, is a movie about a family dealing with Alzheimer’s Disease. Mark and
My name is Rich and I’m Nate Wright’s partner in crime in Small Biz Triage. I met Nate about 5 years ago while we were
Every man has his favorite charcoal, every woman has their favorite lip gloss, every kid their favorite toy, every cop their favorite hand-gun and every
Know yourself If you’re confident with who you are and know that your intentions are in the right place (that being….for your customers, not just
CHALLENGE: Bronzer Salon was referred to us by one of our peers from a few years back. A mother and daughter started an airbrush tanning
CHALLENGE: ACT has recently begun re-selling the classroom ModelMaker, but did not have a web platform to showcase the product OR a place for ModelMaker
Unconventional B2B Strategy #17 1775. Boston lay in the grip of the world’s mightiest empire. British authority seemed absolute. Most colonists still proudly called themselves British subjects. Revolution? Unthinkable. But Samuel Adams saw something others
Unconventional B2B Strategy #16 216 BC. Rome was bleeding. North African general Hannibal Barca just obliterated 50,000 Roman soldiers at Cannae—the worst defeat in Roman history. For 15 long years, Hannibal could not be stopped.
Unconventional B2B Strategy #15 1941. North Africa. General Wavell finally gained the upper hand against the Germans. The British general had more soldiers, more weapons, more tanks, more supplies, and a heavily fortified position. There
Unconventional B2B Strategy #14 1818. South Africa. The 12,000-strong Ndwandwe army emerges from the morning mist. Shaka waits with his Zulu army half the size. If Shaka loses here, the Zulu could face extinction. The
Unconventional B2B Strategy #13 1942. Lisbon. Juan Pujol writes another coded message for the Nazis. English troop movements. Air defenses. Supply routes. At least, that’s what the Germans believe. In reality, Pujol has never stepped
My name is Rich and I’m Nate Wright’s partner in crime in Small Biz Triage. I met Nate about 5 years ago while we were
Every man has his favorite charcoal, every woman has their favorite lip gloss, every kid their favorite toy, every cop their favorite hand-gun and every
Know yourself If you’re confident with who you are and know that your intentions are in the right place (that being….for your customers, not just
CHALLENGE: Bronzer Salon was referred to us by one of our peers from a few years back. A mother and daughter started an airbrush tanning
CHALLENGE: ACT has recently begun re-selling the classroom ModelMaker, but did not have a web platform to showcase the product OR a place for ModelMaker