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Business Owners: Recognize Changing Market Forces
Last Friday I heard small business expert Steven Little speak. He was in town for an entrepreneur conference, “One Inc.Redible Day.”
A key nugget heard in his talk:
Business owners need to recognize the forces of change around them, and adapt to changes in the marketplace. “Small…
How to Build a Small Business That Lasts
“There’s more wasted activity in your organization than you imagine.” These jarring words are part of the advice Gary Harpst received from another CEO that eventually prompted him to found Six Disciplines Corporation.
Six Disciplines is unlike anything I’ve seen for small…
Hottest Sites to Find Small Businesses for Sale
One of the trends that we noted over at our sister site, TrendTracker, is the trend of more small businesses changing hands. In other words, more small businesses are being bought and sold these days.
Indeed, Marketwatch just wrote an article to this effect, quoting us.
Since readers frequently…
Owner’s Series Books for Business Growth
“Your time is precious. So why spend it reading this book?”
These are the opening lines in all three of Andy Birol’s new books on business growth. The books are part of the Owner’s Series and designed for small business owners.Andy Birol is a small business authority —…
Using “Weak Signals” To Identify Opportunities
Editor’s Note: We’re very pleased to bring you this guest column from small business authority Steven Little. He talks about how successful small businesses grow through keeping their ears to the ground for “weak signals” about the first signs of emerging trends — in…
Self-Publishing A Book
Editor’s Note: Today we are hosting the 7th Business Blog Book Tour. The Book Tour features Wayne McVicker, author of “Starting Something.” The following is our first Tour article — this one is the backstory about Wayne’s decision to self-publish his book. It’s a…
Why the U.S. Presidential Election Doesn’t Matter
Recently we had the opportunity to interview small business expert, Andy Birol, www.andybirol.com.
Andy is the author of “Focus. Accomplish. Grow… the Business Owner’s Guide to Growth.” He is also a noted small business coach, consultant and speaker who has been interviewed…
Venture Capital: The Illusion of Easy Money
I am reading Guy Kawasaki’s The Art of the Start. For anyone who doesn’t know, Guy Kawasaki is a venture capitalist and managing director of Garage Technology Ventures.
This is a snappy book filled with street smarts about startups. It’s set up so that it is easy to read a section…
Tom Ehrenfeld, The Startup Garden…final installment
In this, our third post, we wrap up Day #4 of the Business Blog Book Tour. Our guest today has been Tom Ehrenfeld, author of The Start-up Garden. Tom answers the final two trends questions we posed to him. (Remember to scroll down two posts to see the first entry in this series.)…
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