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The Next Level

Ok, you made the decision to start your business, or the decision was made for you.  Either way you have a business. After the initial start-up phase you went into the growth phase of the business.  You have acquired those initial clients and grew your business from...

Board of Directors

I sit and have sat on numerous Boards of Directors (BOD) in my lifetime.  I also know a number of people who do or have done the same. An overriding concern of being on a BOD will always be the liability issue.  Being on a board does contain legal responsibilities the...

Cell Phone Security

I recently went to the Sage Summit.  It was suggested to me that heavy usage of the Summit app could garner prizes, fame and fortune. When I went to download the app, it was demanding access to very and all aspects of my phone. Why would an app for a three day event...

Commercial Property

I don’t believe that the commercial property market has ever recovered from the economic downturn.   I base this on a couple of findings.  Close to home, my complex has a number of open for sales units.  When I moved in all were filled and active.  But as time...

The slow descent of the small business

I was reading a WSJ OpEd piece that hit home for me.  Robert Wilmers of M&T Bank had the stats that I suspected but pulled them together.   According to the Bureau of Labor Statics, since 2009 the pace of small business start-ups has fallen to the lowest...

Promoting yourself or the business

I have run into a number of situations where an individual should be promoting themselves, yet seem to be promoting the company wrapper they currently have about their shoulders.   I know a realtor form a networking group, when I was a member of the group he...

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