Working in your own business can be a very rewarding experience. Unfortunately, those rewards also carry along with them some difficult lessons. One of the most confusing lessons that businesspeople learn is that in order to keep our businesses where we want them to be, we have to figure out how to change in order to stay where we are. …
Is There a Market for Quality?
Give the people what they want. George Jessel Obviously, as small business owners, we must follow the advice of George Jessel, and give the people what they want. If we’re trying to sell something that no one wants, there’s a good chance that we’ll quickly find ourselves out of business! Unfortunately, too many businesses point to this quote as justification …
Fishing for Success
Good news! We’re currently in a booming real estate market! While this information will come as no surprise to those of us that have been working as a home inspector for more than a minute, and the bottom is certain to eventually drop out (so be prepared), being in the middle of a boom time does make for some increasingly …
Getting Your Slice of the Pie
There is an old axiom about making sure that as you go through life, you must work hard to get your fair share of the pie. Hard work is always valued, but I am not really sure where the pie reference originated. I have always been more of a cake and cookie guy, but that’s a topic for another day. …