Startup Blog
Me, Inc.
After graduating from college, I was like most bright-eyed, bushy-tailed graduates with a sheepskin in hand. I thought employers would beat a path to my door. They didn’t. After dozens of dead-end interviews, I ended up taking a minimum wage at a large wholesaler in...
Stronger. Smarter. Wiser.
A fifth wave, the possibility of new public health measures, disrupted supply chains and a worker shortage. Is there no end in sight? It’s like jumping into a life raft as the ship begins to founder, and as hard as you paddle, the safety of the shore never gets...
A Rubik’s Cube economy.
A new strain of COVID is making the rounds. New hires are hard to find. Existing workers aren’t thrilled with coming back to the office, at least full-time. The supply chain is uneven, as are prices. And businesses are trying to balance customer fears with the need to...
Your most important product: Trust.
With immunizations becoming the norm rather than the exception, the economy is on the verge of a reset as people return to a relatively normal routine. Even so, many people will feel it’s anything but normal, wary to return to their former routines or still wanting to...
Entrepreneur Academy is a “class” act.
In previous blogs, I’ve mentioned how gratifying it is to own and operate a small business. Not only do you get the freedom to create your own company, but you also get to forge lasting partnerships, build a loyal customer base and create jobs in your community. It’s...
From crisis comes opportunity.
This past year has certainly been a memorable one, one that we’ll undoubtedly tell our grandchildren and great-grandchildren about without the need to add the phrase, "two miles in the snow, uphill both ways." Some of us will even be able to tell them that this was...
A checkmark recovery?
When the pandemic first hit, there was endless talk about a V-shaped recovery where we would bottom out and recover at relatively the same pace. Some experts, however, are beginning to think recovery may look more like a checkmark instead, with a compressed downward...
A sure bet.
When I talk to others about what it’s like to start a business, I often turn to one of my favorite analogies. “It’s like the Old West,” I would say. “Old West towns had two types of people in it: settlers and gamblers. The settlers were more than happy to live life as...
Are you ready for the Soaring 20s?
By any measure, 2020 was a tumultuous, challenging time. Who would have guessed last January that by March, we would be facing a global pandemic that sent the economy into a spiral of uncertainty and caused millions of Americans to seek the safety and security of...