Fantasy?

Or reality?

I had the opportunity to discuss pricing with a classroom full of entrepreneurs at Washington University in St. Louis.  Two of the students said that they were struggling with pricing because they didn’t have any competition.  Are they delusional?  Is it possible that they don’t have any competitors? (more…)

If so…

…should they be?

If I had a nickel for every time a business owner told me that he or she needed to be competitive, I’d need a vault larger than Fort Knox to house them. (more…)

Are you stimulating consumption…

…or leaving it to chance?

Scott Aughtmon in his book, Survive and Prosper in a Recession http://www.RecessionSolution.com, interviewed a host of business growth/development experts and shares their wisdom with you. (more…)

You can wait for the inevitable…

…or take charge of your destiny.

All excesses are eventually reversed.  Many liken the way world works to a pendulum.  When it moves too far in one direction (more…)

Great strategy?

Or sheer folly?

It’s early spring.  I’m listening to the radio when I hear an ad for the premier carpet cleaning company in our city. The woman in the ad is telling her friend how awful her carpets after having dirt, sand, salt and grime tracked in all winter long. (more…)