Over the years of working with Fortune 500 companies and small businesses I have seen it all when it comes to websites. I have seen corporations spend thousands sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars more for a company website than they should. I have seen sites that don’t match brand, take forever to load, SEO [...]
How do most businesses begin? Small. Sometimes they are an idea born from a hobby, a passion, or a skill…and then they progress and grow. Bill Gates’ behemoth of a global corporation, Microsoft, started in his garage! Your own business could go the way of Microsoft, or it could thrive and sustain itself from your [...]
Written by Dave Kauppi
The purpose of a letter of intent is to define the economic terms and conditions that apply to the pending business sale if the due diligence results in no material differences in the condition of the seller’s business. In simple terms, it means that if I go over your books and records [...]
Okay, call us nerds, but we love tech stuff! I’m not nearly as ‘into’ it as Mark is, but I really enjoy engadget.com’s top-rated blog.
Learn about Dig Dug quilted pillows (for the Gen-Xer in your life), the latest BIG LETTER, OVERSIZED KEYBOARD (for the Boomer in your life), Samsung’s Soulful Dinosaur (for kids of [...]
We are approaching our 9th anniversary for the one80 group. Amazing how time flies and how wonderful it is to have a walking, talking reminder of how long it has been.
For those of you who don’t know the story… I gave my notice to my employer and two weeks later found out I was [...]
Last weekend I drove all the way over to Fort Worth to the Texas Christian University campus to attend a writing class with a wonderful woman named Carmen Goldthwaite. As I pulled up to the beautiful campus dotted with beautiful, expansive oak trees I could feel that this would be a special day.
I entered the [...]
More than 70 percent of family-owned businesses do not survive the transition from founder to second generation. In most cases, the "killer" is taxes or family discord, both issues that a good family business succession plan can address.
Whether your company is one of the many thousands of family-owned businesses or it is a partnership, succession [...]
Hiring a full-time employee is a big decision for most small business owners. In many cases, you’ll be better off selecting another option rather than hiring a full-time employee and assuming the legally mandated responsibilities and costs involved. Savvy business owners exhaust all other options before making the decision to hire a full-time employee.
To [...]
A few of you emailed asking about Jan King and Authorsmart.com so I thought I would share my response in this week’s Marketing Mojo for those of you who wanted to ask and didn’t! I have heard so many publishing horror stories that if I can share this information and save any of you time [...]
What do you get when you cross Microsoft’s PowerPoint with a YouTube type of interface? The Web’s latest website dedicated to helping users share PowerPoint files, AuthorSTREAM. This presentation sharing engine not only allows you to upload your PowerPoint presentations online for free, but also assists you to share them with your friends, students or [...]