By KELLY SPORS
Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal Online
Question: How do I start a career as a songwriter without also being a performer?
— Arkady Synhavsky, St. Paul, Minn.
Answer: Building a … Read the rest
Author: Robin
Jack of all trades living in SF Bay Area, California. Asian.
From a Home Business To Million-Dollar Firm
By KRISTEN GERENCHER
From MarketWatch
For Lindsay Holt, starting a business two years ago with her new husband already has paid off in an end run around maternal guilt.
For years, as a single mom working for a catalog company … Read the rest
Stephen Covey: Goals and Priorities
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The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness
Get Your Website Critiqued by Entrepreneurs from forum
A bold StartupNation community member posted a request for a critique of his website and the response has been fantastic. What better way to gauge the effectiveness of your site than to ask those who have gone before you? Be … Read the rest
What Do You Think? How Much of Leadership Is About Control, Delegation, or Theater?
Online forum OPEN until Wednesday, July 25. It may be important for us to believe that our leaders have control over performance, whether or not it is true, particularly in times of turmoil or concern about the future, says Jim … Read the rest
Seth Godin: Sliced bread and other marketing delights
[youtube width=”425″ height=”355″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBIVlM435Zg[/youtube]… Read the rest
CHOOSING A RETAIL LOCATION
FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED
Three factors confront you as an owner-manager in choosing a location: selection of a city, choice of an area or type of location within a city; and identification of a specific site.
If you are going … Read the rest
Goodbye My Beloved Dogs
So I gave up my last dog today. It’s a St. Bernard named Morgan. Months earlier I let go 2 Golden Retrievers, a Siberian Husky and a Chow Chow to be adopted by our friends.
So I gave up my … Read the rest
Example of Store KPIs
Sales compared to budget/target:
Actual sales $ divided by budget/target sales $
Sales compared to last year (or any other period):
Actual sales $ for a given period divided by actual sales $ for the period you want to compare … Read the rest
Learning From Experts is Always Helps
Lately, me and my wife have been busy taking care of our newborn daughter. What we learn from this is the words ‘you think you know everything but you don’t have the idea’. Haha… ya! Before the baby was born, … Read the rest