Innovation and Entrepreneurship
by Paul Mobley, MBA
From the monthly archives:
The Federal Reserve decided today to lower rates 0.25%. Recent information indicates that economic activity remains weak. Household and business spending has been subdued and labor markets have softened further. Financial markets remain under considerable stress, and tight credit conditions and the deepening housing contraction are likely to weigh on economic growth over the next [...]
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We’ll it’s official, we were not in a recession in the first quarter of 2008! GDP numbers released today show growth of 0.6%. That’s better than expected macro economic data. But what does it mean for you and you’re small business. First of all, microeconomics (i.e. your business) is much different than macroeconomics. I know [...]
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Food for thought: “Successful people form the habit of doing what failures don’t like to do. They like the results they get by doing what they don’t necessarily enjoy.” – Earl NightengaleÂ
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The process of getting new work often requires putting it in writing. Sometimes an estimate or quote will work just fine, but for larger more complicated projects you’ll need to write a proposal. A “estimate” is for a simple product or service that requires just enough information to define the details of the sale and [...]
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The most effective way to provide a catalyst for innovation in your organization is to clearly define the roles of everyone on the team and the overall objective of the project but allow the strategy or method to grow organically from the interaction of the team. This will force your team to find innovative solutions [...]
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When starting a business you need to confirm that you have the resources and commitment to complete the startup process and get it to sustainability. Often people who have the ability to do development build their product or service but forget that this is only 1/3 of the battle. You also need sales and solid [...]
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Did you know that the internet has a memory way better than ours? Not only do we now live by “Google assisted memory” but we also have to expect that anything online now will stay online. For example, I’ve owned paulmobley.com for years. Back in 2003, I was mainly using it for e-mail but I [...]
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