Last time we covered the painful, expensive mistakes made by Big Dumb Companies. That was fun, but the clever Michael Martine had the brilliant idea of talking about what small companies do that's just as dumb. Which saved me all the trouble of bending my brain to think of a post topic, so yay for Michael. This week I'm going to try something … [Read more...] about 7 Things Dumb Small Businesses Do That You Can’t Afford (Especially Now)
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Linky Tuesday: Anti Recession-Freakout Edition
Since, let's face it, this dismal economic news is on a lot of our minds (especially if we're trying to start or run businesses), most of my links this week fall into that rough category. Here's a little anti-panic tool kit for you. The sky is not actually falling and we are not all actually doomed to wandering a blackened landscape trying to keep … [Read more...] about Linky Tuesday: Anti Recession-Freakout Edition
How to Get Delightfully Rich (and Still Keep Your Soul)
Thinking about the post I would write for Blog Action Day, I started to realize just how powerful this "poverty" idea is. In the developed world, swimming the way we are in material abundance that we can't really see, just changing your thinking about poverty can have profound implications for the kind of success you can start to create. I don't … [Read more...] about How to Get Delightfully Rich (and Still Keep Your Soul)
7 Things Big Dumb Companies Do That You Can’t Afford (Especially Now)
Not every big company is dumb. There are actually a decent number of big smart companies that do things we can learn from. But big, well-capitalized companies have a mortal enemy: inertia. It's very hard to change the direction they're already headed. It's very hard to fix the cultural mistakes that have been ingrained in the company since its … [Read more...] about 7 Things Big Dumb Companies Do That You Can’t Afford (Especially Now)
