Company Culture: An Asset
What is it that separates companies apart from each other? Is it the products they sell, or the services they offer? Is it the price that brings large amounts of customers coming back day after day? Or is it something beyond that- something that once it catches on, takes on a life of its own [...]
The Under-Valued Business is Caused By its Owners, No One Else
The service industry is made up of many different professions, from a wide variety of technical backgrounds. Within any given niche within the service industry, you will find many companies which act the same way, provide the same services, and are fighting for the same clients. These same companies, often times, are also the most [...]
Call to Action: Shift Your Mentality
It is time to shift your business mentality from that of selling hours to selling value. Now, more than ever is a great time to redesign your fee structures to gain a stronger footing in your niche. Now is the time to take small, calculated risks that will give you a larger return on investment. [...]
Book Review: Rich Dad, Poor Dad
I have chosen to review this book for a couple reasons. While it focuses on personal finance, I feel that that subject is very important for an entrepreneur and or business owner. The information in this book can help anyone, should they choose to utilize it. An Overview of the Book: Rich Dad, Poor Dad [...]
Cashflow 101: Advanced Monopoly
In my post yesterday, I shared the power of Monopoly and how the simple concepts pulled from playing that game are, in fact, the same concepts in business or personal finance. If you want to continue to increase your financial literacy and are looking for another game to help train you, Cashflow 101 may be [...]
The Power of Monopoly
Remember when you were a kid and you would play Monopoly? Sometimes what you bought paid off and you would win, while other times you would end up broke and have to mortgage your properties to pay your debt to another player. Did you ever see the patterns that are within Monopoly as a model [...]
Advice For the Masses Rarely Works for the Individual
Have you noticed if you watch any form of news on TV, they all point to their experts who give very general advice that may make sense, but not fit everyone’s situation. I understand why the networks do it, they need to broadcast to a wide market. Applying General Advice to Your Situation With that [...]
8 Really, Really Scary Predictions
While I do not like depressing stories of any kind, this article from CNN Money got my attention. How realistic it is is unknown as the the economy is shifting and changing everyday. With that being said, these predictions may have some truth to them. Warning Again, I don’t want to make anyone nervous or [...]
Uh-oh: Gas prices on the rise
This weekend I noticed gas prices going down a couple more cents from what they were this last week. However, that may not be the case on the national average. According to this article from CNN Money, gas prices may be on the rise. Check out Gas Buddy for gas prices in your local area. [...]
Gas Prices Are Low… Is This A Good Thing?
Gas Prices have hit a new low here in southern California. I paid $2.05 for premium gasoline. Regular is as low as $1.87 on Pacific Coast Highway. Prices haven’t been this low in about 10 years. At the height of the gas prices, I was paying nearly $5.00 a gallon for regular gasoline. Now, I [...]
