October 2009 Archives

Everyone always talks about "Thinking outside of the Box", but who's actually doing it?

Local Mastermind Member John Knight is. His furniture company, Rockridge Furtniture "zagged" while everyone else was "zigging" and he ran a marketing campaign for "Cash for Clunker Couches."

Most competitors would shudder at the thought of such a marketing stunt, but the result was more foot traffic, media coverage and increased sales.

The most precious commodity in the universe is time. time.jpgWe all know that we only have 24 hours in a day. However, when you subtract sleeping, eating, and basic living necessities we actually only have between 12 and 16 hours each day. Making sure that we do not waste any of those precious hours is a task for anyone in this economy and especially for busy entrepreneurs. So in this post we are going to take a quick look at five time wasters that just steal your time. By being aware of these time vampires we all will be able to get more done and make more money.

Money-dollar and coin.jpgAs we begin the final quarter of 2009 let's take a moment to see where the economy is. By most accounts December 2007 was official day that most economist recognize as the beginning of the great recession. On the positive side looking at just GDP we are now beginning to get out of the Great Recession.

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