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Of Course Its Personal!
There is a famous moment in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather where Sonny and Tom (James Caan and Robert Duvall) discuss business: Tom: Your father wouldn’t want to hear this, Sonny. This is...
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Up At Night – Interviews with Business Owners: Tony Joe and Susan Froher
“Up At Night” is an ongoing series of interviews with small business owners. I am celebrating interview #10 with Tony Joe and Susan Froher of Tony Joe and Associates. The goal is to tell a story in...
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Business Content Highlights – January 2013
Every month I summarize my favourite posts and articles of the past 30 days Most Popular SMB Fundamentals Post This article from the “Up At Night” series was the most-accessed article on my blog in...
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Great Performances: the Small Business Script for the 21st Century
This is the edited transcript of an interview I gave to Christine Till of The Marketing Mentress on Practical Podcasting. The interview is about my book Great Performances: the Small Business Script...
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Up At Night – Interviews with Business Owners: Gifty Serbeh-Dunn
“Up At Night” is an ongoing series of interviews with small business owners. This is interview #11, with Gifty Serbeh-Dunn of Shea Butter Markets. The goal is to tell a story in which other small...
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As Good As it Gets?
Get over it: it’s not going to get better. When I interview a potential client (I call it “seeing if we can stand to be in the same room together”) one of the things I listen for is conditionals....
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Seeing and Getting There
If I start walking from anywhere in North America and keep walking in a straight line until I hit an ocean, is there a possibility I will encounter the Grand Canyon without intending to? There is....
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5 Tips for Getting Your Startup Off the Ground
A guest post by Jane Huges Are you trying to launch a startup company? It can be one of your life’s most rewarding decisions, but it also comes with high levels of risk. Here are five tips to reduce...
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New SMB Fundamentals: Part 1
In life and in business, categories can become boxes that prevent us from seeing similarities and connections. But categories can be useful heuristics allowing you to be systematic in maximizing the...
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New SMB Fundamentals: Part 2
This is part 2 of the New Small Business Fundamentals article. While business fundamentals matter as much as ever, they have evolved. In the first part of this article I covered the role of influence...
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Up At Night – Interviews with Business Owners: Jeff Downie
“Up At Night” is an ongoing series of interviews with small business owners. This is interview #12, with Jeff Downie of The Old Firehouse Wine Bar. The goal is to tell a story in which other small...
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Shipping Magnate or Engineer?
Getting a large freighter safely into the right harbour is a complex and risky process. Just like growing a successful small business. In the world of ocean shipping, there are layers of...
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Business Content Highlights – January 2013
Every month I summarize my favourite posts and articles of the past 30 days Most Popular SMB Fundamentals Post This article from the “Up At Night” series was the most-accessed article on my blog in...
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A Map Of The Future
Defining a strategy is a central act of leadership. A strategy is a map of the future. Tactics are the geographical details of that future. The word strategy comes from the ancient Greek words stratos...
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Music of the Spheres: A Model for Business Planning Part 2
Part 1 of this series introduced the 3 cycles of planning that are critical to the long term growth and sustainability of a business. The article ended with these questions: “What are the optimum...
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Music of the Spheres: A Model for Business Planning Part 1
You can’t do everything. So how do you decide where to put your time and energies? One challenge I have as a coach is supporting my clients in developing lists of priorities that keep their process...
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Strategic Planning for Small Businesses
“If I start walking from anywhere in North America and keep walking in a straight line until I hit an ocean, is there a possibility I will encounter the Grand Canyon along the way?” That was a...
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