[Denise McGill is back, with another smart guest post. Today, she wants to help you save some time in your day.] How many productive hours are lost in a typical day due to lack of training, standardization or outdated materials? Utilizing time management and having the tools to be productive can cause fewer headaches…
A man to carry on a successful business must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing. Charles M. Schwab New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get our updates.
At the Oklahoma Entrepreneurship Conference, a new feature was the Entrepreneur 360 panel. A group of startup experts offered insight and feedback to two actual start up founders. I won’t get into the details of their businesses, but I will share a few thoughts that apply to any startup. Being an entrepreneur is like climbing…
As I work on building the business of Small Biz Survival and Tourism Currents, I’m learning and sharing what I learn at the Third Tribe Marketing site.Besides the interviews and other resources, there is a forum full of some of the smartest people in marketing today: Chris Brogan, Brian Clark, Sonia Simone, and many more….
HP and AT&T sent me a Glisten for a review (which I tweeted). As a follow up, they want to give one to one of you.You can read about the Glisten’s technical specs from AT&T. My take? The screen is bright (like, readable in the sunlight bright), and the battery life beats the heck out…
Every week, I open a new Basket. I call it the Brag Basket, but it’s not really about bragging. It’s about sharing. I started this so you can introduce yourself, share some good news, or congratulate a friend. The basket is open all weekend, from March 5-7, 2010. Speak up and add yourself or another…
A big discussion at ChrisBrogan.com about unpaid internships spilled over into the question of whether unpaid internships are legal in the US. I used to work in the field of workforce development (back in the dark ages), so I wasn’t afraid to head to DOL to check. Here’s what my research says:Unpaid internships would not…
This is a picture of some of the wine racks in the stock room of our liquor store. You can actually buy specially designed metal shelving and wine racks for liquor store stock rooms. Instead, my mother scrounged up some book cases. Then she used cardboard wine boxes and their dividers to make perfectly functional…
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