In this day and age, if you’re going to sell anything online, you have to accept online payments. From online payment services to tried and true credit cards, you have options that are tools to help your small business grow.
You ask: is it really necessary? Why can’t customers just call me? In a recent […]
Archive for August, 2007
Helping your employees maintain work/life balance isn’t something you do just for them — it’s vital to the health of your company. Employee burnout has a major impact on productivity.
Overworked and stressed-out employees are more likely to <cough> call in sick — be it physical illness, general malaise, or outright depression. Burnout directly affects turnover rates. Employees […]
Make no little plans, they have no magic to stir men’s blood. Make big plans, aim high in home and work and let your watchword be order and you beacon beauty.
-David Burnham
In Chip & Dan Heath’s book, Made To Stick. One of the principles they share is the importance having compelling story. We discussed the […]
For those of us that work from home, it’s extremely tempting to check e-mail on the weekends, between commercials or during your kid’s soccer game. Just as enticing is taking that client phone call on the way to a Saturday night movie. In your mind, it makes things more efficient and lessens the amount […]
Our spotlight interview this month is with Ray Leach, CEO of JumpStart, Inc.
JumpStart was formed to accelerate the growth of early-stage ideas into venture ready companies in the Northeast Ohio region.
Ray has 20 years experience leading high-growth entrepreneurial organizations.
His career began at IBM and has been principally focused on information technology previous to JumpStart. […]
In a recent article, I touched on Timothy Ferriss’ book The 4 Hour Work Week. While I can’t say I agreed with the practicality of all of his suggestions, I did find some of his ideas very interesting and figured I’d try some on for size. Namely, I wanted to find my very own […]
