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This came across my desk via email. The source of the original email is unknown. I also don’t know how true the stories are, but regardless I felt they were well worth sharing.
1 – First Important Lesson – Cleaning Lady.
During my second month of college, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions until I read the last one: “What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?”
Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times. She was tall, cark-haired and in her 50′s, but how would I know her name?
Customer negotiations can be tricky, particularly when it comes to cornerstone deals for start ups. The negotiation process shouldn’t be one sided, resulting in one party winning and the other losing. The ideal outcome for any negotiation is a win-win for both your client and your company. Below are some little gem’s of advice thanks to Inc.com and were based upon a conversations with sales expert Randall Murphy, (president of Acclivus R3 Solutions), and negotiating expert James C. Freund, author of the book Smart Negotiating.
Every entrepreneur has the dream of building their business to the point where they can take 12 months off. But are we being realistic? Inforsurv’s CEO, Jared Heyman took a 12 month sabbatical. How did his business survive?
What’s Greece got to do with your business? How worried should you be? And what’s the silver lining? It’s all here.
Last week it almost looked like Europe might just have stumbled on a solution to its debt crisis. But no—it turned out to be just another head fake in the stumbling battle to save the world from a second global financial crisis.
Now, you don’t have time to study the nuances of the European Financial Stability Fund or the finer points of Greek parliamentary procedures. (You’ve got a business to run!) So here are the five questions—and answers—you should be asking about the debt crisis.
Entrepreneurs often think their way of thinking is the only way of thinking. Think about your answer to these questions before next discussing your thoughts on business
A few things came up over coffee the other day. His idea is good, his funding is solid, there are many choices. Some of the questions that don’t usually get asked:
Are you aware of your cash flow? The thing about a fish in the stream is that it doesn’t care if the water is six inches deep or a foot deep. As long as it never (ever) goes to zero, it’s fine. What’s your zero point? What are you doing to ensure you get to keep swimming?
