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Management

Is Management Obsolete?

by mvh on August 24, 2010

Will corporate management be replaced by ad hoc teams that band together for a particular project, then disband? Would you buy something from such a group?

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Neglecting HR Costs CEO $1,000,000+

by mvh on August 13, 2010

by B.J. Van Horn
Here’s a story with a moral. A business owner was driving her red Beemer convertible along a beautiful stretch of straight road, when a four-way stop intersection came into view.  Her passenger saw the rapidly approaching sign and said, “Do you see the stop sign?  Are you going to stop?”  She replied, [...]

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O Woe Is Me! I’m Doomed!

by mvh on August 10, 2010

Here’s “small business growth killer #1,” and it’s a point of view that pertains to a lot of people, probably most of us at some time. Since I’ve been there too, I’m putting it in first person.
“Things aren’t working well for me now, and I’d really like to make my business work better. So I [...]

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The 3 Barriers to Small Business Growth

by mvh on August 2, 2010

Your business is growing and profitable, then BOOM, you hit a speed bump. Or you get stuck in a swamp. What happened? You ran into one of the growth barriers that are dang near universal.

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