For those of you who read this blog regularly, you'll notice some big changes. I've moved the blog "in house" so to speak with my own Wordpress hosting. Hopefully this gives me the capability to do some new things as we go along. Unfortunately, things are going to look a little odd for a while and ...
Category Archives: General
Texas Business Tools Announcement
I want to let you know I've put together some new resources that reside on my website. I've tried to put together a solid list of business resources at several different levels but this is an ongoing process. This resource will grow over time. You can access these tools through the link below: Texas ...
Texas The Best State for Business
Texas topped The Best States for Business survey recently released by Directorship Magazine. The surveyed used several several rankings(Texas in parentheses) including the states' litigation rank(10), number of Fortune 500 companies(1), tax climate(7), cost of living(3), cost of labor(27), economy(5), quality of life(27), and education(33).
But Don’t Steal Those General Terms and Conditions
Yesterday’s post pointed you to a discussion on the advantages of using General Terms and Conditions in your business and gave you some ideas on the things you might incorporate into them. Today, I point you to a cautionary discussion of how you generate those terms and ...
Where Texas Falls in the Rankings
A couple of interesting rankings have come out in the past month or so that might be of interest to SBO’s across the country. The first is the American Justice Partnership’s annual
Don’t Act Like the Modern American Consumer
So what does that mean? Well let’s look at the modern American consumer these days. A home mortgage, perhaps two. Car payments for that Escalade or Mercedes so he or she can look like the ...
Common Mistakes Made by SBO’s (Linked)
I decided to go ahead and repost my original list of Common Mistakes Made by SBO’s with links to each post for ease of navigation. So without further ado, here you go: Common Mistakes ...
Open Question to Small Business Owners
Rush Nigut, author of the Rush On Business blog, has an open question seeking input from small business owners, or SBO’s. Rush On Business is an excellent blog discussing current issues facing SBO’s. In this post, Mr. Nigut is
Mistake #11: Failure to Consult an Attorney
Most SBO’s probably do not like attorneys. There are a variety of reasons for this but it is largely due to the idea that attorneys produce nothing tangible for the business. With most of the work an attorney will do for an SBO, there is ...
Mistake #7: Thinking: “I’ve got some experience, I can do this myself.”
This is perhaps the most common mistake SBO’s make. SBO’s often come from other businesses where they have interacted with other professionals and seen the work they have done for the company at the time. The thought ...
Category Archives: General
New blog, new host, what a mess…
For those of you who read this blog regularly, you'll notice some big changes. I've moved the blog "in house" so to speak with my own Wordpress hosting. Hopefully this gives me the capability to do some new things as we go along. Unfortunately, things are going to look a little odd for a while and ...
Texas Business Tools Announcement
I want to let you know I've put together some new resources that reside on my website. I've tried to put together a solid list of business resources at several different levels but this is an ongoing process. This resource will grow over time. You can access these tools through the link below: Texas ...
Texas The Best State for Business
Texas topped The Best States for Business survey recently released by Directorship Magazine. The surveyed used several several rankings(Texas in parentheses) including the states' litigation rank(10), number of Fortune 500 companies(1), tax climate(7), cost of living(3), cost of labor(27), economy(5), quality of life(27), and education(33).
But Don’t Steal Those General Terms and Conditions
Yesterday’s post pointed you to a discussion on the advantages of using General Terms and Conditions in your business and gave you some ideas on the things you might incorporate into them. Today, I point you to a cautionary discussion of how you generate those terms and ...
Where Texas Falls in the Rankings
A couple of interesting rankings have come out in the past month or so that might be of interest to SBO’s across the country. The first is the American Justice Partnership’s annual
Don’t Act Like the Modern American Consumer
So what does that mean? Well let’s look at the modern American consumer these days. A home mortgage, perhaps two. Car payments for that Escalade or Mercedes so he or she can look like the ...
Common Mistakes Made by SBO’s (Linked)
I decided to go ahead and repost my original list of Common Mistakes Made by SBO’s with links to each post for ease of navigation. So without further ado, here you go: Common Mistakes ...
Open Question to Small Business Owners
Rush Nigut, author of the Rush On Business blog, has an open question seeking input from small business owners, or SBO’s. Rush On Business is an excellent blog discussing current issues facing SBO’s. In this post, Mr. Nigut is
Mistake #11: Failure to Consult an Attorney
Most SBO’s probably do not like attorneys. There are a variety of reasons for this but it is largely due to the idea that attorneys produce nothing tangible for the business. With most of the work an attorney will do for an SBO, there is ...
Mistake #7: Thinking: “I’ve got some experience, I can do this myself.”
This is perhaps the most common mistake SBO’s make. SBO’s often come from other businesses where they have interacted with other professionals and seen the work they have done for the company at the time. The thought ...