How Guilty Are You?

I adore my friend Lucy! I love visiting her and spending quality time with her. But what drives me, and her husband, crazy is her morning “ritual.” Every morning – and she isn’t even fully awake – she jumps out of bed, turns on the...

Which Turn Do You Take?

What makes you, a small business owner/entrepreneur, successful? You are smart, you know your stuff; you are focused, determined and decided on a strategy. Most probably, it wasn’t always like that; did you spend hours, days on doing things you didn’t need...

How Broke Are You?

My last posts outlined two fast ways to go broke: do everything yourself, and create products you have not yet solved. Here is the #3 way to go broke. One of the most common complaints I hear is “I have no time.” Hmmmm…… sounds so familiar....

Always Always … Sell it First!

Some say it’s like the question of what was first, the chicken or the egg …. or does it really matter? It does, and surely when we talk about our business.  Mary had an awesome product idea, was full of enthusiasm and went from idea to design to...

Do You Need To Stretch?

It’s been a while since I wrote a blog, not to mention a newsletter … In fact, I’ve never felt comfortable with writing; ever since my third grade teacher suggested that my writing was pretty bad! Didn’t I have the perfect excuse to hide! ...