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We watch a lot of old movies in our house. It is more common to see something black and white on the television at times then something in color. I honestly believe that I’ve seen more movies from t...

I remember the time I met my first multimillionaire. I was working in a financial planning office, and our biggest client was coming in to the office. We had several clients who had a million dollars...

Running a business can be a hard job. You will often work well over 40 hours a week, deal with customer/employee issues, manage multiple priorities, and be expected to be available for your family...

Employees and business owners are often times very similar to parents and children. Seldom do we see eye to eye, and often we think the other has no clue what we are trying to get across to the other....

Odds are most of you have heard some version of the 80/20 rule. The general concept behind this rule is that 80 percent of your revenue comes from 20 percent of your customers. The actual percentages...

The concept of “proper debt structure” is an important topic for most financial professionals. A business with poor debt structure is often described in lending circles as being “misfinanced...

Your time is valuable: how much are you worth to your business per hour? How would you figure this out? I was recently working with someone who was trying to decide if they should hire an employee to...

I think most of us know the importance of setting goals and coming up with a plan to achieve those goals. However, in practice most people set some sort of goal but often fail to really plan out how...

Applying for a loan is a lot like applying for a job. Both require that you have adequate history that will give the interviewer/lender a reason to believe you are the right choice over the other appl...

Don’t stop advertising. Most businesses should always be looking to attract new customers and keep existing customers coming back for more. It is pretty hard to accomplish these goals without some...

This is a common question I find myself asking both existing businesses and those looking to start a new business. For example, let’s consider starting a new business selling milkshakes. To keep thi...

Your business is special—but not that different: there are more similarities among businesses than differences. Hopefully that first sentence gets your attention and peaks your curiosity enough to...