More and more small business owners are selling their companies, with sales hitting a four-year high earlier this year in the United States, and Canada predicting its largest small business turnover ever in the next five years. “Many of our CEOs are baby boomers approaching retirement age,” says Kathleen Richardson-Mauro,...
The Five DON’Ts for Networking On the Golf Course
If you’re like me, you probably have a “love/hate” relationship with the game of golf. There are some days that you play incredible. You almost think to yourself, hmmm, maybe I should go pro. And then, there are other days where you play so bad that you just want to...
Geocaching And Finding Nothing?
"Hey," I said to my family while we were eating at the Crepe place in Long Beach, NY, "after dinner let's try going Geocaching." "What's that?" my son asked me. I showed him my iphone where I downloaded the app. Geocaching is a new way to scavenger hunt. People all...
Five Tips to Optimize Focus Groups by Bryan Pazaras
This is Planning Month for many businesses that market their products or services. Many use Focus Groups to concept, formulate, or synthesize ideas and insights that are the cornerstone to growing existing business, seeding new initiatives, or entering new markets. Here are five tips for optimizing the effect of your Focus...