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April 16, 2015 by admin

All Dressed Up and Ready to Grow – Part II

Layoffs from existing businesses are not the only market event that causes new small businesses to be birthed. I’ve noticed consistently that even the best performing leaders within existing businesses, and maybe especially the best performers, start to get restless after age 40. They begin to reflect on where they’ll go, and how they’ll own[Continue Reading]

Former Fortune 500 CEO Talks Crisis Leadership

While pundits and experts are churning out a plethora of books analyzing the causes of the 2008 economic crisis, it’s refreshing to find a practical book that provides some good thinking on how to manage for success in crisis situations. In his new book, “7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis,” Harvard Business School Professor and[Continue Reading]

Kansas City’s ARC General Contracting is Busy

Have you heard the one about the residential realtor, the commercial realtor and the general contractor at a business networking event? The residential realtor says to the commercial realtor, “When are you going let me sell you a house? “ The commercial Realtor says, “Not until you figure out how to sell mine.” The general[Continue Reading]

All Dressed Up and Ready to Grow – Part III

David Rayl of Executive Suites and Services www.suitesandservices.com has been building businesses since the beginning of his career. After a few years as a software developer renting space in someone else’s building, David decided to become a landlord. He learned the lesson early, that being a landlord could become much more profitable than being a[Continue Reading]

International Investments in the Dark Corners of the Global Economy

January 17, 2019 By admin

You and I fret over how to balance our investment dollars in a SEP or an IRA. Meanwhile, Robert P. Smith has his bags packed for Damascus, Syria to measure that country’s investment potential. That’s why he is portrayed as the “Indiana Jones” of international finance. “Give me a country that is at war because[Continue Reading]

Kansas City’s ARC General Contracting is Busy

January 6, 2019 By admin

All Dressed Up and Ready to Grow – Part III

December 22, 2018 By admin

All Dressed Up and Ready to Grow – Part II

December 22, 2018 By admin

All Dressed Up and Ready to Grow – Part I

December 22, 2018 By admin

Even during the best of times, small businesses in America represent the majority of all new U.S. job growth. In fact according to the Small Business Administration, most net job loss occurs within firms that are greater than 500 employees. In a recent Fox News Sunday interview, Steve Odland, Chairman and CEO Office Depot, told[Continue Reading]