Marissa Mayer is a 37 year old executive of a technology firm that alone should create energy and excitement around leadership potential. She is joining Yahoo from Google and to be frank some rigidity is needed at Yahoo. So as we wait with bated breath to dissect her every move as CEO, here are things that I would like to see her bring to the troubled company. Well rounded … [Read more...]
Can’t We All Just Get Along?
Support Each Other and Stand up for the Right to Choose I recently found an article that made me start thinking about the various struggles women have in the working world, wherever that may be. Anne-Marie Slaughter wrote Why Women Still Can’t Have It All , in the Atlantic mobile. The title drew me in immediately. In short, Anne-Marie talks about her decision to leave a … [Read more...]
What we need in incubators
Around the country politicians, industry leaders and small businesses have screamed their support for small business development centers and universities to get involved in creating business incubators that help build and sustain small business. The goal is admirable, small businesses stimulate economies and create more jobs. But there is an undercurrent of dissatisfaction … [Read more...]
“How to get people to BUY from you!”
Last week I got so many emails from our mailing list and on Facebook asking for clarity on how to get people to buy from them. Well it’s not brain surgery but it does require a certain level of listening and giving that can change your financial future FAST! Let me to address some of your possible … [Read more...]
Is it time to stop running your business?
There are things in life that are inevitable, love, death, taxes and the failure of a business. Knowing that doesn’t make the pain any easier to deal with so if you are facing the decision of when to quit and when to hang on, I have four pearls of wisdom (ahem, at least in my mind) for you to consider. Did you give it your best shot? Hindsight is 20/20 and when making the … [Read more...]
Where’s the help?
In every city across the country scores of small businesses are encouraged to seek help at small business development centers, with SCORE counselors and attend small business workshops put on by their local economic development office, but where is the help? Routinely I’ve heard that the advice given was generic and general and really didn’t help them run their business once … [Read more...]
Sexy Business
As women in the business world we often have to navigate through a variety of unspoken rules, so I am bringing one out in the open and giving you my take on why I think it should be broken. Flirting with limits can be a great asset but does it have a place in the business world? Being nice has its advantages Now I can be as ugly as the next person, but most of the … [Read more...]
Finding Your Customers
As entrepreneurs many of us realize that we aren't salesmen, so we hire business development managers to find our customers. The thing is though as CEO's we are the best business development managers available. We know this company inside and out and we know what the company can do, so even if you have a business development manager here are a few tips for developing new … [Read more...]
The Myth of Talented Applicants
Yesterday I had the wonderful experience of attending a STEM collaboration workshop and the one question that kept running through my mind was, is it really a lack of talented applicants or are small businesses just inept at using technology to help us recruit the right people? Here are the three things that stuck. Talent is a Myth Talent is subjective at best and if … [Read more...]
JC Penney: The Aftermath
When JC Penney introduced their new pricing plan, I had reservations about the long-term success. Apparently I was right on target with everyone else, so as the retail giant gears up to revise the strategy here is what fellow entrepreneurs can learn. A confusing strategy is a bad strategy Anything that requires multiple explanations should be … [Read more...]