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The relentless pursuit

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 Posted in Business, Career, Community, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, PR, Philanthropy, Social media, Web | No Comments »

"Strike while the iron is hot." Most of us have probably heard that old saying. It's about recognizing opportunity and the relentless pursuit of it. Chris Brogan's recent post on the topic got me thinking about how any and all ...

Fear is not the answer

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 Posted in Business, Communications, Community, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Marketing, Uncategorized, Web | No Comments »

Fear or bravery? Doomsday or opportunity? Everywhere I seem to turn there's bad news -- layoffs, bankruptcys, financial disaster. And, when times get tough, organizations seem to cut and stop doing things important to their business or organizational success. Cut people, cut ...

Food for thought and fru heading into 2009

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 Posted in Blog, Business, Communications, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Uncategorized | No Comments »

Modern marketing as we've known it has been all about consume, consume, consume. The more you consume, the better a citizen you are – you're fueling the economy. But that's starting to change as consumers embrace what the Boomer Consumer ...

A guide to cutting costs now!

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 Posted in Business, Communications, Entrepreneurship, Leadership | No Comments »

Lots of us are watching are wallets and bottom lines. Many organizations keep a close eye on costs because it’s good business. Today, however, controlling costs is probably more important than ever. Of course, that doesn’t make it easy or ...

You can get on top of the bottom line - even in today’s economy

Friday, October 24th, 2008 Posted in Business, Community, Entrepreneurship, Kelley, Marketing, Uncategorized | No Comments »

NOW can be a good time to start or grow a business. That’s according to a panel of banking, finance and business experts who talked about finding funding for business at the Main Street Institute today, sponsored by the Kelley School ...