Monthly Archives: May 2010

A popular story about negotiation goes as follows: two sisters both wanted the same crate of oranges. But as they talked about it, they realized that one of them just wanted the peels for use in a recipe, while the … Continue reading →

When you make dinner, you need a menu. When you start a business, you need a plan. A Business Plan. A Business Plan is a formal document that you use to describe your business: what you intend to do, how … Continue reading →

Entrepreneurship is business. It’s the whole enchilada. It’s finance and HR and marketing and R&D and sales and making coffee and answering phones and probably some amateur carpentry. It’s about making something out of nothing. It is, by far, the … Continue reading →

If “A = L + E” is the heart of accounting and “credibility” is the heart of leadership, then the heart of career growth is “networking.” Networking means you try to get to know people who know people. It’s not … Continue reading →

Financial statements are reports that publicly-traded companies are legally required to file by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In order to be traded on a stock exchange, companies need to reveal a surprising amount about their financial situation, to … Continue reading →

Keeping your business running from day-to-day is tactics, or execution. You’re making sure the donuts are made on time. But all the big, long-term decisions–what kind of donuts to sell, what hours you’re open, the number and location of your … Continue reading →

The single most important part of a project is a shared, detailed, clearly-understood and agreed-upon description of what it is that you’re trying to end up with. Most projects fail because of some minor detail, glossed over in the planning … Continue reading →

My favorite piece of technology: the wheel. What I mean is, “technology” does not have to be a computer or made of carbon fiber or have blinking lights and a manual in Korean. “Technology” is the application of a tool … Continue reading →