There are those who think this statement is ridiculous. After all, advertising is how a business owner lets potential customers know they have the solutions to their needs…right? But what does a small business do when there are no funds for advertising? How will their message be heard? In the absence of a significant advertising budget, networking …
While I pondered what this title meant to me, there were a variety of angles that came to mind. However, I wanted to discuss it in the context of restoring our humanity. When I was a child we lived in an apartment complex in SE Washington, DC, where we were one of the first Black …
As we are preparing to implement our strategic plan for the second quarter of 2022, I couldn’t help reminiscing on the journey to this point. I have always been an entrepreneur and had side businesses from age nine, but I did not make it official until the 1990’s. While working a fulltime job as a …
When we were children, our parents always told us to be careful who we hung around. Little did they know how right they were. While their intentions were to keep us from spending time with those who could potentially get us into trouble, their warnings had a much greater meaning on a psychological level. The …
As entrepreneurs we are inspired by needs we discover and the wealth to be made in their fulfillment, but we don’t always act. While there are many reasons why, I want to put into your consciousness the power of “doubt”. But before we have that part of the conversation, I would ask you to consider …
I recently had a conversation with a colleague of mine in the emotional intelligence arena and she made a statement I thought was very profound. She said, “no amount of wrong questions will lead you to the right answer” (Thanks Cindy). While I certainly agree with her statement, it made me chuckle because in business …
Over the past decade, I have been brought into organizations to address issues that have challenged their growth. One thing I have always found interesting is the difference between business owners who begin describing the problem by talking about what was wrong and who or what was responsible for the occurrence and those who look …
As recently as this morning, I’ve had conversations with colleagues lamenting the difficulty in finding employees at all, never mind top-quality employees. After he finished, I reminded him of the story of the current Creative Director of GUCCI, Alessandro Michele. Mr. Michele had been working for Gucci since 2002 and served under the previous Creative …
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