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Partners

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...

Amazon

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:...

The Ramp-up

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...

The 100 day marketing plan

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...

Missing the mark

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...

Tesla

“Shoulder to shoulder and backs to the wall” that may be an apt description of Tesla at the moment. This is a company that has been selling a concept, but has never made a nickel.  Nor has it ever met a production deadline or release date. The $8 billion lost to date...

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