Great Ideas for your Small Business: Get Free Government Counseling After working in retail for twenty-two years, Barbara Galloway wanted to start her own business. One of her first stops was at the Jacksonville State University Small Business Development Center. Counselors there provided her with help in finding a good location, setting a budget, record … Read more
Great Ideas for your Small Business: Join a Business Owners’ Support Group – There’s Strength in Numbers Entrepreneurs have a very tough time admitting they need help. But the smartest entrepreneurs I know aren’t too proud to seek outside counsel and objective perspective. There are many groups set up to function as self-help or peer … Read more
Great Ideas for your Small Business: Think Ergonomically I’m usually the last one to urge any entrepreneur to spend money on office trappings. In my previous life as a white-collar crime reporter, I quickly learned the glitzier the office, the worse the criminal who worked there. But with repetitive-motion injuries costing U.S. business owners an … Read more
Great Ideas for your Small Business: Create a Smarter, Safer Workplace Being aware of ways to create a smarter, safer workplace can improve health and morale, and enhance your bottom line. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that, every year, indoor air pollution costs U.S. businesses about $1 billion in medical bills and $60 billion in … Read more
Great Ideas for your Small Business: Say Goodbye to Corporate Life “i suddenly realized i was taking just as big a risk staying in my corporate job as I would if I left,” said Dairl Johnson, who was at the peak of his career and managing a product line with $1.5 billion in sales at … Read more
Great Ideas for your Small Business: Turn to Spiritual Leaders and Science for Management Advice entrepreneurs looking for a new spin on management might want to read two provocative books: Moses on Management (Pocket Books, 2000), by Los Angeles–based Rabbi David Baron, and Leader- ship by the Book (William Morrow, 1999), by Ken Blanchard. In … Read more
