Listen to the Episode Below: Length: 27:07 minutes I look down at my Staples® five-subject spiral notebook, slowly filling with notes and ideas and jottings about how I run my business. Summer is usually a quiet time for my business. To look carefully at what’s working–and what’s not. To stop reinventing the wheel every time … Read More
Listen to the Episode Below: Length: 26:08 minutes I only want to focus on 3 things, said Caryn. But who will do the rest? Burned out, tired, and constantly pulled away from her family, Caryn Kopp reached her limit. Her company, Kopp Consulting, helps clients get new clients. Get meetings with high-level corporate decision makers. … Read More
NEWS FLASH: The SBA will consider any Payroll Protection Program loans issued for less than $2 million by definition to have been made in good faith. This new rule was issued MAY 13, 2020. This is a HUGE win for small businesses! Why is that an issue? When submitting a PPP application, solo and small … Read More
These are unprecedented times. Fallout from the Coronavirus may have you feeling uncertain, anxious and even a little fearful. But I bet you also feel the urge to take action and protect the things you’ve worked hard to build. One way to do that is by finding the money that keeps your doors open. How … Read More
As you may know, I live and work on Park Avenue, in the heart of New York City. But right now, The City That Never Sleeps … has gone comatose. So I do what I can each day, and then try to give myself a treat. Like the other night, I was chowing down on … Read More
It’s March 18th, 2020. I don’t know about you, but I’ve had a whole range of feelings about this COVID-19 thing. Not unlike Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’s 5 stages of grief. Denying there’s an issue because hey, I’m healthy and not in a high-risk group. Angry at the panic-inducing a**holes who create a run on basic necessities … Read More
A recent Wall Street Journal article reported on seismic changes befalling large law firms. Seems that under the new regime, “data and money rule.” Gone is the tightknit camaraderie. The three-martini lunches. Where “I’ll get around to it,” was the response to turning in time sheets and billing practices were lax. Where splitting profits at … Read More
It’s my birthday week, so naturally, my thoughts turn to cake. (I love cake.) As a kid, I got to choose what kind of cake I wanted for my birthday. Not there was such a wide selection in those days. You got Duncan Hines® chocolate cake or golden cake. Chocolate icing or vanilla icing. Fruit filling … Read More
You’ve probably gotten more than a few emails recently about privacy policy updates. Why? Because privacy policies are part of a system. A system of handling, managing, and guarding customer information. They’re a kind of “contract”—a pledge—you make to your customers about the care you’ll take with their personally identifiable information. When subscribers join our … Read More
You don’t sharpen a knife against a sponge. I love that expression. It goes beyond the platitudes like there is no I in team, or it takes a village. To grow—in any area of life—you need people who will help you sharpen your skills and thinking. Who will challenge you constructively. Not just rubber-stamp your … Read More
“Every time I call, it’s a [expletive] debate,” Devon fumed. “And I gotta call every month to get paid. I can’t stand it!” My client, Devon, runs a tech support and solutions business. He’s been grumbling about this business customer for many months. How the company never pays on time. Or follows the “rules” in … Read More
