Family Companies

How a custom chocolate bar store built its customer base without any paid advertising.

I like to relate concepts I talk about frequently back to examples in the real world. An interesting article published in the Wall Street Journal last Friday, October 1st, is an excellent example...

"The next logical step is a scenario where customers can create the product to the exact specifications they want."

Here are a few suggestions to help you get started as an angel investor.

No business owner wants to see a valued employee go to work for a rival company.

Because as soon as new regulations squeeze their fees here, they charge new fees over there.

Sampling and Referrals drive product trial better than anything else

Next Tuesday, I'm delivering my 1st & Only Free Webinar in 2010! Coaching Salespeople into Sales Champions - Break Through the Coaching Barriers to Win More Sales. The solution to winning more sales...

Are we in a depression? More and more economists are saying yes.

I recently spoke with young serial entrepreneur Gary Whitehill about whether or not the seed funding phenomenon is a "bubble waiting to burst," or whether it really is a viable way for small...

Whatever the answer to the recession dilemma, make sure to take time to think about your investment, reformulate your business plan, and analyze all of your options. Closing the door on an on...

These tech products bit the dust practically before they even made it into consumers' hands. Here's what your business can learn from new products that fail quickly in the marketplace.

Many small business owners face a dilemma when their employees have newborn children: What kind of maternity or paternity leave, if any, should they offer them?

Exit Strategies are just one aspect of most Business Exit Plans.

...the pigs snarl, snort and blatantly mock you when you don't get all of them.

I meet girls from David's past and marvel at how we ended up together.

One mother rises through tragedy to open a $50 million dollar a year business.

What would your employees say about your company? Take a moment and ask.

A number of companies that engaged our sell-side services over the past several years are “on hold” owing to declining revenues and profits. In many instances, we would have completed a transaction for...