What Big Brands Can Teach Us – Know Your Customer
If you're in business you know doubt know why grocery stores place high-impulse items in the checkout line. Whether it's your child or the child inside each of us, big profits are made by selling candies, mints, snacks, magazines, sodas,…
Happy New Year! The Benefits of Observing a Fiscal Year
Happy New Year! The Benefits of Observing a Fiscal Year. A fiscal year is a year in time observed by a person, group, or agency that may or may not coincide with a calendar year. A calendar year is generally January 1 through December 31.…
“What Do You Do?”
Not long ago I was on stage for a keynote presentation for Subway Development. We reached a point in the presentation where I asked, “What do you do?” From the very back of the room a lonely voice I could barely hear said, “I manage a…
What Entrepreneurs and Small Business Leaders Can Learn from the Demise of Sports Illustrated
What went wrong at Sports Illustrated? Last week it was announced that the publishing licensee of Sports Illustrated (SI) had missed a payment to their licensor resulting in termination of the agreement and ultimately laying off the…
Who Do You Spend the Most Time With?
"You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with." This quote by Jim Rohn changed my life. No doubt it has changed the lives of countless people. While we can debate