Doing business with family members has NEVER been a neutral topic. Family businesses are a time-honored tradition. In contrast, many companies have formal policies against doing business with people you have outside ties with, just because of the (MANY) possible complications. What follows is a discussion of how to accentuate the positives, downplay the negatives, and make good decisions for YOUR situation when it comes to matters of family business.
http://www.waynemessick.com/small-business/the-perils-and-potentials-of-doing-business-with-familySaturday, March 2, 2013
How To Spot Business Opportunity In Tomorrow’s Economy
G. Michael Maddock is the founding partner of Maddock Douglas, the leading Innovation Agency which has helped 25% of the Fortune 100 invent, brand and launch new products, services and business models successfully. A serial entrepreneur, Mike has launched three successful businesses and chairs the Gathering of Titans entrepreneurial conclave at MIT. He will help you free the idea monkey.
http://www.waynemessick.com/small-business/how-to-spot-business-opportunity-in-tomorrows-economyFriday, March 1, 2013
Do You Have A Strategic Planning Team In Place Right Now?
A peer to peer collaboration process removes the number one problem faced by today’s business owners, making decisions in isolation with no one to trust to talk to, who will not hold it against them in some way.
http://www.waynemessick.com/strategic-planning/do-you-have-a-strategic-planning-team-in-place-right-nowWorkplace Conflict - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
In this article by Mary Gormandy White, M.A., SPHR we are provided with key insights into the three elements of conflict and how it is managed. What makes conflict positive or negative has to do with how it is handled by the people who are in conflict with each other.
http://www.waynemessick.com/conflict-resolution/workplace-conflict-the-good-the-bad-and-the-uglyWill Your Online Strategy Be Worth The Time and Effort?
Business owners always wonder, “Will my new Web site be successful?” That seems like one of the questions that is heard the most and is considered first before launching a serious effort into this unknown area of business. When you define success in reasonable terms, then a state of art Web site is invariably successful.
http://www.waynemessick.com/business-strategic-development/will-your-online-strategy-be-worth-the-time-and-effortAn Internet Strategy for Main Street
Obviously, there is far more hype than fact about the Internet today. What’s often lost in much of the hype is the great opportunity traditional Main Street companies now have to regain the ground given up since Montgomery Ward catalogs started showing up in mailboxes nearly a century ago. I wasn’t around when the catalogs first appeared. But I witnessed the next big threat to Main Street–the shopping center. When I was 13, my folks took me to see one of the first–the Great Western Shopping Center in Columbus, Ohio. There was even a model of the Seven Wonders of the World in the parking lot, imagine that.
http://www.waynemessick.com/marketing/an-internet-strategy-for-main-street
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