by Leif Jensen | Aug 29, 2018 | General |
What do you do to recover from a major misstep that had a significant cost? I was talking to a peer who works with a restaurant in my neighborhood. The original owner created a successful business but was getting older and wanted to step down. They transferred the...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 28, 2018 | General |
I have never been a fan of having partners. You have all of the responsibility of what they do in the business whether it is good or bad for the business. Wrapped up in an S-Corp gives you some protection, but I have seen too many go bad. But now I myself and a...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 27, 2018 | General |
Amazon has been vilified on social media lately, which is surprising since President Trump is also not a fan either. This mix would have trouble agreeing on the color of an orange, let alone agreeing on a common villain. According to a Business Insider article:...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 22, 2018 | General |
I just met with a client who is now ramping up their business. The initial plan was to set-up an e-publishing company. The client has a number of completed books, but felt that they were not good enough for “prime time” so there has been a deferred in getting the...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 21, 2018 | General |
I was at a networking meeting and one of the people there has just started their business, one of the steps in her start-up business plan was to sign-up for Seth Godin’s 100 day marketing plan. I confess I had heard of Seth Godin, I skimmed a couple of his books. I...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 20, 2018 | General |
I have been watching a couple of businesses over the last year and both seem to be missing the mark in getting their businesses off the ground. One is client who started a new business because he was forced to close one business that was marginally successful, but...
