Category: Business Philosophy

The Nonfinancial Manager’s Guide To Understanding Financial Statements Larry Holmes Huston Texas Separate your profession from your business. The Cash Flow statement was created in 1988. Income statements are 500 years old. 1000 40 1000 30 1000 20 1000 10 total: 4100 Investorwords.com – financial words. Generally Accepted Accounting Principals: GAAP Sales=Revenue THE ACCOUNTING EQUATION:…

I’m at the “CEO Forum” in the Practice Court of Quicken Loas Arena. I thought’s I’d blog the notes that jump out at me. First Speaker: Len Komoroski, President, Cleveland Cavaliers Here are some live notes of his as I’m hearing him speak. The title of his speech is: “Creating a Winning Team Through Leadership”…

Tomorrow is Joe’s evaluation. There are so many things he does right. I just want to make sure I don’t forget any of them. The greatest thing about Joe is that he is the epitome of a team player. If he has the slightest availability he will happily volunteer to help anyone. No one at…

I have been facinated by the life of Paul Werner… a major contributor to the business history of Akron. The reason I’m interested in him is because he was a man of values… values which ultimately caused the ruin of his company. As a business owner you have to hope that your values will not…

Google Analytics has finally opened up to everyone. So now is your chance to give Google Analytics a try if you haven’t already. Here’s an overview video of Google Analytics if you would like to take a look before you try it: lsPzslyV1U4

I’m putting together a speaker sheet. These are my notes on a first draft: Sage has been a guest speaker throughout the United States. His long standing knowledge and unique perspective of the web marketing world will change how you think about your entire marketing strategy. He has spoken with associations, non-profit organizations, and multinational…

We could help insulate our business against recessions, natural disasters, man-made disasters by diversifying our clients along those lines.  If we target too much on cyclical business, our business is going to be vulnerable because of it. However, if we listed industries that thrived in different business climates we would greatly insure our business.

It occured to me today that marketing doesn’t need to be complicated. In fact, I think if we simplified our marketing strategy we would probably be more successful. I’m thinking it might look something like this: Saturate and refine the complete PPC market for our industry 2 years – in 2008 Do 12 Tradeshows a…

Business is not a science, it’s an art. There are no laws, there are only models. Don’t give up.