by Leslie Smith | Oct 26, 2022 | business, business owners, nonprofit, small business
If you run a start-up, you need to step-up! An Employee Mindset Is Not Enough If you run your own business or founded a nonprofit, you can attest to this fact: you have to think like a boss. You can no longer just show up to work each day and see what happens. You...
by Leslie Smith | Jan 18, 2021 | business, Uncategorized
If you haven’t read the short fable “Who Moved My Cheese?” please do. Though Dr. Spencer Johnson first published this in 1998, it is particularly salient right now as society is determined to make 2021 a better year than 2020. In a Nutshell The short story is...
by Leslie Smith | Aug 24, 2020 | business, business owners
Before I started my business, I was the communications director for a local then for a statewide membership association. Both were invaluable experiences for me. I learned about board leadership, volunteer structure, the power and importance of bylaws and their...
by Leslie Smith | Jun 1, 2020 | business, Uncategorized
As we re-set and recalibrate, watch your vertical clearance. I’m all for a full plate—literally and metaphorically. The problem for many of us is that once the plate is full, we start loading it up vertically. As it gets taller and taller, it is harder to manage, like...
by Leslie Smith | Feb 21, 2020 | business
Do you believe in your business? I ask this because I think it is the most important element determining your success. Do you believe in your business? Do you believe it will succeed? That it will supply a needed product or service to the marketplace? Do you believe...
by Leslie Smith | Sep 9, 2013 | business, craft, nonprofit, Open for business, retail, scarf, scarves, service
Both my husband and I are self-employed and have endured super slow cycles in our businesses as well as having almost more business than we can handle. One thing is certain for a successful business of any kind: you have to be OPEN FOR BUSINESS to get any...
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