Two Minute Business Wisdom

Business sense is a combination of the senses working together, not just a preference over one.

Do you feel threatened by competent employees? How is this affecting your hiring and retention? How is this affecting your new customer acquisition?

Business success has a lot to do with your skill, but much more to do with the conditions of the market and the inability of your competition to be successful than most want to admit.

Slotting in tasks as you 'find' free moments is great. Don't confuse person time with unscheduled activities as 'found' time for work activities.

Lemonade stands are always profitable because the operators (children) don't have to pay for the supplies and the customers can't refuse the product (because they are children), even in spite of its terrible quality.

From well-measured samples to full services on the house, offering up a taste of what you can get as an enticement to bring in clients is a well-established business tactic. But just how much free stuff will weigh out to a level where it is hard to maintain a good profit margin?

If you are blessed to have a mentor to help you navigate the world of business, do everything in your power to maintain that mentorship for as long as possible.

Goals will ensure you are paying attention to the progress you are making (or not) in your journey as a business owner. Milestone will creep up on you as that journey soldiers on and need to be addressed and celebrated when reached.

What your expedient mobility really does is leave a wake of destruction that may never be fixed that you will never get the blame for as you leave for your next destination.

Is it legal to make a person wait for an hour past their scheduled interview time to start the interview? Yes, it is legal, and yes, it paints a terrible picture of your company.